1844-05-04 Gardeners Chronicle
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.
MAY 4 1844
SHANK'S IMPROVED GRASS-CUTTING and ROLLING-MACHINE. - The complete success which has attended the introduction of this instrument in Scotland is sufficiently attested by the accompanying documents, which the Advertiser has kindly been permitted to make public. The patent which has hitherto prevented its use in England expires on the 5th of August next; and Mr. Shanks is now prepared to receive orders for delivery in any part of the Kingdom after that period. As he can only supply a limited number of Machines this seaso0, these will be forwarded in the order of the demands which he shall receive. They are made to cat breadths of 42, 30, and 20 inches respectively, the latter being adapted to hand-power.
Further particulars, and a note of prices, may be obtained by addressing Mr. ALEX. SHANKS, Machine-maker, Arbroath,
North Britain.
Letter from the Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird to Mr. Shanks.
"Rossie Priory, Inchture, June 12, 1843.
"Sir, - I shall have much pleasure at all times in recommending your Mowing Machine, as answering most perfectly in every respect, as I have had some months' trial of it, and find that a man and horse and one woman can cut and clean up upwards of two acres and a half in seven hours, while it formerly took four men and three women nearly three days to put the same ground in order. "Your obedient servant, &c.,
Mr. Shanks. KINNAIRD."
Letter from Mr. Taylor, Factor to the Earl of Camperdown.
"Camperdown, 20th April, 1844.
"SIR - After using your Grass cutting and Rolling Machine for the last season, I am glad to state, it has given us every satisfaction, and the Earl of Camperdown is much taken with it. I think we can cut nearly two acres in three hours with a pony, a man, and a boy. It answers well for green roads and walks: we can cut, in a morning, two to three miles in two rounds. If you wish it, the Earl of Camperdown will give you a certificate.
"I am yours, &c., Thos. TAYLOR,"
Letter from Mr. Lindsay Carnegie.
"Kinblethmont, Arbroath, July 31, 1943.
"Sir - I am quite ready to testify to the utility and correct working of the Grass-cutting Machine you made for me two years ago. It has now been at work the whole of last season, and up to the present period of this one, cutting a space of three imperial acres once a week regularly, in about four hours each time, the force employed being one man and a pony only. The Machine has not yet required sharpening, and I am satisfied it will continue to work the remainder of this season without doing so. I am, your obedient servant, Mr. Shanks.
W. L. LINDSAY CARNEGIE.
Letter from Mr. Lindsay Carnegie.
"Kinblethmont, April 25, 1844.
"SIR, - Two years' experience of the Grass-cutting Machine you originally made for me have fully confirmed the opinion I have already expressed to you of its efficiency and economy.
"I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Mr. Shanks.
W. L. LINDSAY Carnegie."