he let Mr. James D.
Smith, of Island Grove, have it, who cut about three hundred acres
of grass with it, the machine giving perfect satisfaction.

"Very respectfully yours,

"EDWARD J. ENO."

"Carrolton, Green Co., Ill.,
"Dec. 27, 1850.

"I procured one of Mr. Hussey's Reaping and Mowing Machines from
Baltimore last spring; I cut eighty acres of wheat, and ten acres
of oats, and fifty acres of timothy with it, to my entire
satisfaction--after which I cut sixty acres of cloverseed with it in
less than five days. I could not have saved the cloverseed without
the machine, so I consider I saved the whole cost of the machine in
the saving of the cloverseed alone.

"SAMUEL THOMAS."

"Springfield, Ill.,
"Dec. 25, 1850.

"_Mr. Obed Hussey, Baltimore, Md.:_

"Dear Sir:--During the harvest of August, 1849, with one of your
machines I cut sixty acres of Hemp, using a set of 4-1/2 feet knives
and guards, and two teams of four horses each, changing every two
rounds, which cut on an average eight acres per day. This last
harvest, the same single machine, with 6 foot guides and knives,[7]
operated by the same force, cut successfully 250 acres of hemp, or
from 10 to 12 acres per day. From this experience, I take pleasure
in recommending your Cutters above the hemp cradle and hook, not
only as labor-saving, by the expedition with which they cut, but as
hemp saving, from the perfect thoroughness, evenness and nearness to
the ground with which they do their work, and the regular and
collected form in which they leave the hemp after being cut.

"Yours respectfully,

"EDWARD S. COX."

[7] The cutters were lengthened by removing a board that previously
reduced the cutting space to 4-1/2 feet in length.

"Carrolton, Lebanon Co., Ill.,
"Sept., 1850.

"_Mr. O. Hussey:_

"The four Reaping and Mowing Machines you sent arrived safe and in
good order. Their performance far exceeded our expectations, the
work went on so smoothly that we scarcely knew it was hay time and
harvest. * * * If your machine had been as well known as they are
now, you could have sold twenty as well as one.

"Yours,

"JONAS WARD."

The few letters which follow, taken from the _American Farmer_, and
referring to a still later period, are selected for their brevity, from