WOODS COMBINED REAPING AND BINDING MACHINE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 864, 3 January 1878, Page 3

WOODS COMBINED REAPING AND BINDING MACHINE.

The following description of Wood's Reaper and Binder, from the ' Argus/ is all the more interesti.tg; that Mr one of these maohines into the Wai-i kato district :~" The Melbourne' • Argus' in a recent issue drew 1 attention to this agricultural impl* meat, and stated that from the experience obtained of the working in America, and Britain, the saving by odirig. these machines would be rff~ large. It said: 'At: present P- joat of catting artd binding an a.«4of corn, say wheat, ( 15 bushels to the acre/ by a good t* ( 6-horseside delivery reaping machine, cutting 12 aoßSSliipW .dayj.iß-nearly as follows:-*: ; ;', ; __,-;» ];..:<, . - £ft 13 0 Two horses, per diem - • 0 8 0 Nine men, binding, at 8s ••'3 12 0

■•••,■ ' '•. ' i Or as nearly as possible, ?s 9d pe? acre, and a fraction under 6d J »J bushel. By the automatic machin® 13 acres per day of the same crop would ;be cut down, because its knife., is 12 inches or 18 inches longer than! in the older machines, and the account would stand thus .; A man driving the machine •£OBO Twohowes - ''-"-' "'V * 'OBO Wire, at Is 6d per acre - - 019 6

Or a little less tbatugtf 9|d per acre, and 2£4 per bushel. Tjie saying to beefieeted by the new machine is therefore at the rate of about 4* ll|d per; acre, or BJd per bushel, and if *e estimate the yield of grain for the current agrioulturaj year at nine millon bushels (only a slight increase on the yield of past two years, and'fully warranted by present ci eitrasiancee), there would 'ftr4ss. from the universal use of the and binder* a saving or profit- cf about £140,000 in wages alone,; besides what whould be gained' tlj rough the harvesting of the cfops •x ct.ly at the pi'opej* time.' 11 v<, $\ I vj. •„ Herald s*TO.ytißra& are not aware that: any ojT Jwite m-ichiues h»ve,yet Itovt tofflmfydd into NewZ uland,btit a fair trial,.. i'hecost, witn Ifipply of wire for binding the sneflves with, is* £7O landed in Melbourne."

We (Waikato Tijibs), are, in a position to inform our readers th*t tiiese machjues are far ,f?ofn. scarce in New Zealand: Fhiat secured by Mr Parr for Waikato was one' 6f fifeen landed at Port Lyltleton. Mr Parr has tried it since its arrival in 4 Waikato m>on a quantity of straw set np far and it, toqk vip and bpnnd thja straw into a< sheaf as cleanly anoV neatlyjati could be done by Band. Notice of its fijtsi'work in the field wi 1 be given b/ Mr Parr and the public sb&eM\f'hitj idvit<sd to wit- i ne.lß the performance.