Show reaping heaping on a wager of garret smith of the town of burnett a few days since prop propst sd d to reap twenty acres of wheat on his farm farra in the town of burnett JB 1 with a reaper much in use nowadays and one span of horses between sun and sun on a wager ot of one hundred dollars this ommer offer was accepted by if IV hawley and the stakes put up mr smith was to at lect elect his own team but the span were not to exceed 2100 ibs lbs bs in weight at 35 minutes past four sour the job was done and well done not a handful of wheat being left standing on the whole twenty acrea acres the cutting time was 10 hours and ani 24 minutes A rest of an hour and ard fifteen minnif minutes es was taken at noon it will thus be seen that this single team and reaper averaged about two aprea acrea an hour for tor ten hours having finished the twenty acres while the sun was yet two hours high it was estimated that the piece would average from 18 to 20 bushels 4 per acre beaver dam argus |