Obed Hussey, Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap
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Obed Hussey, Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap
Harvesting machinery; Hussey, Obed, 1792-1860
"Ross County, Ohio,
"July, 1851.
"I have used Hussey's Reaper, and consider it an invaluable
machine. I have seen McCormick's Reaper operate, and am of opinion
that Hussey's is the best machine.
"D. M'CONNELL."
"Union Township, Champaign County, O.,
"August, 1851.
"I have used Hussey's Reaper for four years. I prefer it to every
other machine. I do not have to drive fast, and the raking is the
easiest work in the field.
"JOHN EARSOM."
"Salem Township, Champaign County, O.,
"August, 1851.
"I bought a Hussey Reaper this season, and it has given the best
satisfaction. I cut wheat that was down as badly as any I ever
saw. It operated well by driving in a slow walk. My hands would
rather rake than bind.
"JOHN LEE."
"Union Township, Champaign County, O.,
"July, 1851.
"I have used for five years Hussey's Reaper. It is a labor and
grain saving machine. It is a much better machine than
McCormick's, in several particulars; it is more substantial, not
so liable to injury, and will cut faster and cleaner. I cut this
season, with three horses, sixteen acres of heavy wheat, in five
hours and thirty minutes.
"REZIN C. WILSON."
"Bergen,
"September 1, 1851.
"This is to certify that I have for three seasons used one of
Hussey's Reaping Machines, which I purchased at the Genesee Seed
Store, and that it gives perfect satisfaction. I have cut my wheat
when it was very badly lodged, much faster, better and cheaper
than it could have been done in any other way. I had one of
McCormick's, but left it in the road, a useless article, as I
consider it, having tried for three years to use it without
success.
"I consider Hussey's machine just the thing for our farmers, and I
could not now, after having proved its merits, be induced to be
without one.
"NOAH WILSON."
With a few general remarks as to the reputation of Reaping Machines in
England, and on the authority of the annexed English publications, we
take leave of the subject.
At the trial for which the "Great Council Medal" was awarded, but which
no practical farmer in this country would consider as any trial at all,
being merely the attempt to cut a small space in green and wet grain, and
during the temporary absence of Hussey, his machine was operated by
ignorant laborers of the "Chrystal Palace," and who had never before seen
a reaping machine.
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