Show mower Is continuously operated at high speed one of the farm machines which must continuously operate at high speed and under adverse conditions Is the mower under the most favorable mowing conditions the mower Is under constant strain because it Is called upon to do a variety of taba from rom cutting heavy hay lay in the field to cleaning weeds bleds out of a fence row or along a ditch it la Is highly important that the mower be in perfect working worl drig condition checking the alignment of the cutter bar seeing that the knives are centered properly on the guards and giving careful attention to lubrication often help to tighten lighten its draft and to improve the quality of work done A type of mower has hag been developed 0 which cabbe can he operated at either of two speeds at high speed in heavy hay where the going is hard or at low speed when the hay flay la Is light and the cutting easy this 2 speed mower operates on the same principle as the transmission on an automobile it can bo be operated with either tractor power or horse power |