Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising mowers manufactured by William Deering & Company of Chicago, Illinois; text describing rationale for 2 1/4 inch mower knife sections is interspersed with diagrams of the machinery. Images are engravings. Date supplied by cataloger based on company history; Wm. Deering & Co. operated in Chicago from 1880-1902. "Three Reasons why We Manufacture Six-Sevenths of them with knife sections 2 1/4 Inches wide and not 3 inches wide. N. B. -- Determined to please every taste, however, we make our mowers with 3-inch section [sic] also, which we furnish when it is desired. First Reason. Because (the length of the bars being the same) the 2 1-4 inch Section Bar draws at least 20 per cent. easier than the 3-inch Section Bar. The reasons for this fact are four: First. -- The greater cutting surface... William Deering & Co., Office and Works, Chicago, U.S.A. All Deering machines for sale by [blank]"--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 30.48 x 45.72 cm (12 x 18 in.)
Advertising--Agriculture Advertising--Machinery industry Agricultural machinery industry--Pictorial works William Deering & Co Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Relief prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Agriculture Large Size Implements & Supplies The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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