HEDGE CUTTING AND TRIMMING MACHINE.
Agorso-outter, made by Mossrs Hornsby and Sons, was to have been exhibited in working action at Riccarton and a number of people went out expressly to' see the capabilities of the machine put to the test in that locality Mr J. C. Wason was amongst the visitors yesterday forenoon. Naturally the farmers take a keen interest ip the matter, for of all districts Canter(jury' maybe said ! to'be par e|cpjle!ice {hat ihwhiiih'gory Utilised fpyHedges, Sjrqj' Inoiitfis afto, considerable'' inte'rest'typ ekeiteel in Tihwald and the vicinity through a' resident's' of one" of tljosD lijuch'i'nes,'' i| having been then calculated f,hiit prplty stiff'hedgei cpujd' be trimmed al 21$ a.cftain., ™trii\ pi at lq, «s by manual labor, Such (ire'su'li tvoujfj make ft trimmer a satisfactory speoulatlon for contractors, leaving a fair margin of profit, after deducting L 65 or L? 0 for outlay on machine, also wages for a boy driver and a machinist, &c. The makers claim that per day five miles of hedge, twq oy three years old, can be out oil both, sides 'arid atthe tor/, • •• • 1 •! li 111 'iifi! * •
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2
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185HEDGE CUTTING AND TRIMMING MACHINE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2
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