Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 23 April 1898, page 22


The Recent Royal Agricultural

. Society's Show.

SOME OF THE EXHIBITS.

Tile Sunshine Harvester.

The subject of the accompanying illustration ls one of the moob striking evidences of the advance made during recent years In agricultural machinery.

Australian farmers are not slow to avail themselves of the means thus afforded for rapidly dealing with large and small : areas . of growing grain. When in action the Sunshine Harvester is usually drawn by three horses, and the driver operates the machine wlth

; out-any assistance. It . ÍB only a ;

few seconds from the first con7 tact with the reaping or stripping part of the harvester until the grain is saf ely lodged in the bags, after having been threshed, cleaned, and screened in the most thorough manner, and with almost incredible dispatch. The inventor, Mr. Huglr V. M'Kay, has spent 13 years developing and perfecting his machine in a quiet way. The demand goes on increasing. Last season, although the factory accommodation was largely extended , and the staff increased to over 100

workmen, it is said that the supply was not. equal to'the .demand, and many orders had to be refused. The company's factory and machine shops are at Ballarat, Victoria, and are worthy of inspection by farmers from a distance visit. lng that colony. Since the first

invention of the Sunshine Harvester several years ago, it has made rapid progress among the farmers of Australia, auci is now extensively..used "in every colony of the group. ' In Queensland it ls the principal machine used, aud farmers aver it suits the conditions of-the dry- plains of the west of the'colony most admirably. Mr. M'Kay was also the exhibitor of

The Sunshine Harvester.

the Sterling Stripper, Bonnie Binder, Wendouree Winnower Chaff-cutter, etc., all of which bear the stamp of Mr. M'Káy'a masher hand in every detail. Ail these machines are in use from Cape York to Perth (West Australia), and are giving every satisfaction to Mr. M'Kay's customers .'Ui every colony.