TRIAL OF REAPERS AND BINDERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1611, 16 February 1884, Page 2

TRIAL OF REAPERS AND BINDERS.

(From the Dunedin'Star.)

The trial of reapers and binders under the auspices of the N.O.A. and P. Association, took place at. Oamaru, in Wednesday, the 6t!i iiist., on the property of Mr William Easton, Richmond. It is unnecessary to say more about the trial than-that it was the most successful that has been held in the Australian colonies'. The machines of so many different makers hove never before been brought into competition, and no better opportunity could have' been afforded farmers:of judging of their merits by comparison than was afforded on Wednesday. The following are the positions of tho different machines in. the contests :-r----\Combined Reaper and Binder.—Firat prize, silver medal; second prize, bronze medal; third priie, honorary certificate,

The testing with the dynamometer took-close, upon three hoars to complete. ■• ■ ': It will be noticed that the average number of points gained by the two "Osborne's," ono of which was the winner of the champion competition, and ; the two Of Keid and Gray's, were 157 and 164 respectively, or 7 points in favor of the local make. ,

Time. Draught. Paints, Oaborno ., 2u5}m 4|cwt 85 Beid & Gray.. 2h 5Jm 5 „ ' 84 M'Connick ,, 2h 2dm 4J„. 72 W.A.Wood.. 2hl6m 3J„ 70, Howard ... 2h22ra 6 „ '69 Buckeye .. •— —■ 45 Johnston .. — '•— 39 Champion Competition for Gold'Medal, Osborne .. 2h5}ra' 4|cwt 85 Boid&Gray.Nol 2h5|ra 4 „ 84 M'Cormick.M 2h 48m 4 „ 81 Keid&Gray,No2 2b 11m SJ,, 80 M'Ootrnick.Nol 2k 24m 4£„ 72 Osborne, No 2,, 2h 37m 5 „ 72 Wood .. ... 2hlGm 4J„ '70 Howard .. 2h22m 6 „ 59 i HornBby .. 2b 21m t}„ 55. Buckeye .. — 45 Samuelson .. .— 6ewt 42 Johnston. .. -— — 39.