THE TRIUMPH THREE CUTTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1897, 24 January 1885, Page 2

THE TRIUMPH THREE CUTTER.

The Hamilton correspondent of the -Auckland News on Monday writes:—A considerable number of settlers and others .the ground-on Saturday to see the •trial of. (Mr •'Henry Reynolds' new Triumph litre? cutter. A level piece of "ground was selected where the titreegrowing was from four to.six feet in heighT andwliere'dumps of titree of larger growth were-to'-bemet. -'The machine itself is on u.siniilor piincipleto-the mowing machine, but, of mudistrongeivworldnga. knife projecting horizontally from the off side. In ciittingJarge titree, a knife.wa'a' affixed,-' spine thrco feet six-inches'.in. l length, .\*hbritho teeth of the knife,' without finger guards, simply work upon' sections feed underneath, upon the knife' .bar. This, v where the titree was large, say 'from i'mch.to incites: diameter,' do'es.its-work"'we'll,-but where a smaller, growth •wa3-'.pTe3eiit,''-the;knife became, choked. The machine- -Was then tried' with the other knife upon a mixed growth ■ —up to 1 inch; diameter-and on this'lt made excellent work. In this knife the teeth were, protected by strong fingers. 01; guards', which prevent chok-. fog and -the titree was cut down like a.crop of grass, at about -6 inches from the ground, but left lying evenly on the surface. Between now and Saturday next, when a public trial will, be made at Cambridge. Mi- Reynolds will' have made Beveral improvements to the machine, which Saturday's trial show to be necessary,' "namely, strong fingers for the. heavier,knife,- and apparatus for throwing the' titree, when, cut, to one side-. With-a few slight improvements, jwhich.can-easily bo;made, the .machine will be all that its inventor claims fpr it,' ; and a'valuable assistant to the Bottlers in! the. reclamation of scrub land, doing with a pair of horses and man, at a cos.t.of about 2s (3d per acre, what would cost! s per acre by contract; and for which work men cannot always be got, as they will take any job rather than cutting titree, The machine was made entirely at Woodlands by one of the employees in the blacksmith's shop there, under tho 'instructions of Mr Reynolds. The cost would be about £4O.