REAPERS AND BINDERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1299, 18 May 1878, Page 3

REAPERS AND BINDERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Concerning the exhibition and (rial of tin Osborne Reaper and Binder in New Soutl Wales, the “ Town and Country Journal ” ol May 4th, has the following ; Mr Case reached Sydney during the montl of March, and has made arrangements will Mr Wtn. Fleming, of George street, to act a the representative of his principals in Australia. Mr J. Deio y. of Denison Foundry. Bathurst, is the provincial agent. Mr Benny first exhibited the implement n ; the Agricultural Show at Orange on the lOt of April, where he obtained a prize—tin maiden Australian prize—which may be re garded as a good omen, ns the district being purely of an agricultural nature, the judge? were able to discriminate and recognise the merits of the foreign implement. Two days after, the 12th ultimo, the implement was exhibited at the Blayney Agricultural Show, and the judges were unanimous in awarding it first prize. At the Bathurst Agricultural Show held four days after it was again exhibited by Mr Denny The judges then decided to award a prize of £25 to be competed for in the fieldno prize was awarded at the show—next harvest. The event will be open to all comers, and much interest will be manifested in the result. At the present exhibition now held at Sydney, under the auspices of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, it competed against one of Wood’s. The judges selected twenty sheaves of straw, which was of equal quality, in fact the straw for both trials was given by Mr Fleming. The judges informed the exhibitors that the test would be the time, the quality of the work, and the quickest of wire adjustment in case of a breakage. The Osborne commenced and put through the twenty sheaves in 2min. 40sec. The sheaves were found to be well bound and clean, leaving no straw. The Wood’? binder took 4min, to accomplish the sain, feat. The next element in connection with tin trial was the time occupied in the adjustment of the broken wire, which the judges had designedly cut in order to pronounce on tin relative merits of both implements in case oi such a contingency. When Mr Denny commenced, he asked one of the judges, “An you ready ?’ The judge, stop-watch in hand, replied “ Yes ” Suiting the action to tl e answer, Mr Denny, heigh presto! adjusted the wire, and demanded tbe time. “N time,” was the reply, though it was ssec. The Wood’s implement took 30sec. to readjust the wire. The following is t hoolG-iul recoin of the judges of the trial:—“The ab■ rementioned machines are both well constructed, of good workmanship, and appear capable o : performing their work in a satisfactory manner. But, in the absence of a proper field trial, wo are unable to decide between the respective merits of those machines. But taking into account the prospective futun importance of reapers and binders, we hopt the Agricultural Society of New South Wsjee will provide tb® of a pjopey trial."