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Show TUe Wood Mower and Reaper. The Chicago 1'it.its is publishing a seiies of articles on "Chicago Enterprise," Enter-prise," in which it gives soruo valuable valu-able facts relative to tfae various large manufacturing establishments that have their factories in the O'ardcn City, or have leading ngencies there. Of the Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company, it says: The general office and manufactory! of this popular and well-known com- pany is at Hoosic Falls, New York, j but in order to place themselves in j closer communication with their army ' of agents and customers throughout the United States and Europe, tho company has branch offices at New York City, Chicago, 111.. St. Louis, Mo., Madisun, Wis., St. Paul, Minn., San Franciseo, Ca1.., and London, England, through which oinccs agencies agen-cies are established and machines and extras distributed fur the respective territory controlled by the.u. The manufacture of these machines was commenced in 1853, and tlie following statement of the number of Wood's harvesting niachines manufactured and sold from 1js3, year by year, to the present time, atlords cuiiclusive evidence of their unequalcd success in practical use and the favor with which they are regarded by the farming farm-ing community, demonstrated by the steady and increasing demand for them; Nl. Mn. Mih- Xu.AUchmw: Ycur. miuic. Years. made ism ;c0 is-q 7.ron 1M W Jli VrtHi 1S55.. l.-'no 10,"l ISM I'.Nt S'!7 11,. V isr7 ,yo isfis 1 7, "A) 1S5S -1 jtlO JSiiO iSt.tKMI X.ia :,.vm.i W0 1...000 1MJ0 ii,)NiO l71 15,. 71 isr.i ii,5"0 i7i; i7,o;. im2 0,;l.f 17:! 'Al,71o ;."' i87-i cm.,,., -..i.kjo Total itSlNi The best possible test of merit iu ' harvesting machines is long continued success in practical use, and facts like the above attest iu the strongest possible pos-sible manner the almost absolute per-1 per-1 fection of principle and mechanical construction eiut touted in these world- j renowned machines. ! Messrs. Scbrcc fc Robertson are agents for these machines in (li s city." |