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Show AT THE EXPERIMENT STATION. ! Bulletin No. 7 Treating- of the Draft j of Mowing Machines. The Utah Agricultural College Experiment Ex-periment Sut ion at Logan has issued ! bulletin No. ". It treats of the draft i of mowing machines. The purposes of ! the investigation was to ascertain the j draft of different types of machines and ! the influence of varying conditions for ! a given machine. The machines were I tried in six different kinds and condi- tions of grass. The mowers usedj in the contest were the Crown. McCor-ImickNo. McCor-ImickNo. 3, McCormick No. 4, W. A. I Wood's Tubular, New Champion and Deering. Among the observations made in the summary is that the draft of mowing machines varies in their rela-I rela-I t ions to each other in varying kinds of mowing. This seems to be due to speed, therefore they should have two or more pinions. The bulletin will be sent on j request. |