"The machine remains in perfect order, and did not fail to perform
all you promised.

"I deem it one of the best labor-saving machines ever offered for
the advantage of the farmer; its effectiveness, simple and durable
construction, have been witnessed with satisfaction by a large
number of my neighbor farmers.

"Respectfully yours,

"J. DELAFIELD."

The machine alluded to in the above letter is the low priced one at $100.

For 1846, 1847 and 1848 we copy from the _Richmond Planter_ and
_American Farmer_--and all from North Carolina, though the evidence
from other sections is much more extended, and equally as conclusive:

"Somerset Place, Washington Co.,
"North Carolina 25th Aug. 1847.

"_To the Editor of the American Farmer:_

"Dear Sir:--Yours of the 6th ult. arrived at my residence during
my absence in consequence of which I was unable to return you an
answer in time for your August number of the _American
Farmer_. I trust, however, the delay will not materially affect
the value of my communication. In consequence of the
recommendation of a gentleman who had used "Hussey's Reaper" in
the harvest of 1846 with much satisfaction, I was induced to make
a trial of one the present season. It was put in operation under
the direction and supervision of Mr. Hussey himself, upon a field
of reclaimed low ground, originally Cypress Swamp, which of course
could only be cultivated in beds--these beds were six feet wide,
including the water-furrow between, and were intersected at
intervals of about fifty yards by drains, known to us as
_tap-ditches_, which cross the water furrows at right angles,
and are cut from two to four inches deeper than the furrows
themselves. I am particular in describing the land, as I had
always supposed that an insuperable obstacle in the way of the
regular action of any machine would be found in the irregularity
of surface into which our land is necessarily thrown by our system
of culture. The machine surmounted every anticipated difficulty,
and was eminently successful, both in cutting lengthwise with the
beds and across them. The wheat was cut in a most thorough manner;
nothing escaped the cutting surfaces, nor did weeds or any other
obstruction of the kind hinder the machine from doing its work
perfectly. During the running of the machine one day in th