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Show j McCORMIUv rs. WOOD. The Trial at KaysviLU Yesttrday. As per announcement, the content bet wee u the McCormick and Walter A. Wood selt-binders cams off yesterday yester-day afternoon, at tbe farm of W. W. Gilbraiib, at Kaysv-lle, Quite a I large number of tbe farmers ol Davis j county were present and witnessed I tbe operations of the two machines, aod a ureal majority, in fact nenrlv all of them, were loud in their priea of the superior! y of the McCormick. The Oo borne belt biuder was also expected to participate in tbe coolest, but Lir some reasoa or other failed to put in an appearance. Mr. Chas. H. Smyth, an expert of the McCormick Machine Company, ran tbe McCormick, McCor-mick, and Mr. Frtem&n, another expert, ran the Walter A. Wood, and tne machines dad not made but about one round be lore tbe manner in which tbe McCormick elevated, bound and dropped the bundles of grain, made the grangers nearly wild with enthusiasm. After making several rounds, the following was gotten up and signed : Katsvilli, Davis Co., July 3d, 1S78. We, tbe undersigned farmers of K.-yaille, Djvia county, hereby rlily that we witnessed the tria. oetween the McCoi mick and Walter A. Wood self biuders and are of the 'pinion that tbe MtOormick is by far the best machine, excelling the Woou i to the manner of elevating tbe grain, and binding it in much better scape, lea? inn no Joose graint and laying tbe uundlea gently on the ground, witb ait pitching them, as is the case witb : tbe Wood, thereby avoiding the melling of ripe grain: LeYl Webster, C. Layton, Ja.. Klitioa, Henry Woolley, ireo. Fliuun, Edmuod Wbb, L, vi J. Payne, H m H. Payne, Curl top Lo Burton, Jcwopb Bobiaa, V V . UaJbrauh, Wm. Barm, t orenzo Drnes, W m. Webster, Ed. Pbiihpa, W. C 8mith, . bodily, O. U. BenneU, H. C. A bits, GlubDpton. At an exhibition of tbe McCormick aloot, on Tuesday, the following expressed ex-pressed the opinion of the signers: I Kaysviixe, July 2, 1S78. We, the undersigned farmers of Davis county, Utah, witnessed the working ol the McCormick harvester tnd Btlf binder, on the farm of W. W. Galbraith, at Kayaville, and ws pronounce it a complete snccess, it oinding tbe grain very light and -eiving it much better than could be lone by band. Old Man Robbies, W. W Galbraith, -J. F it oa, Cba. Layton, W. L. PaDe, l . Webb, W. C. Smith, Levi Pa. ne, E-lmund tt. Webb, J. T. -miih, H.Phillips, Orson i ay ton, W. M. Layton, bmith, Geo T. Hewlai.d, Cha A. Layton, Samuel Flint. Mr. John W. Lowell is the agent tor Utah for. the McCormick com pany. |