TTfjER V. CBANE. • 779 �main frame of a mower. ' Tkis frame is of cast metal, cast in a single piece," etc.,— and, being referred paiticularly to'the solid frame, he is asked ; �"Question. (4) When did you first conceive the invention ? Answer. I made up my mind ih the spring of 1857 that there had got to be a solid frame, and in June, 1857, that was the time we -were cutting hay, and that was the time I made my calculations how I would make the frame ; I mean the solid frame. What caused me to think more of it at that time was the trouble I found in the warpihg and twisting of the wooden frame I was using. I had several talks at that time aMiit the arrangement of this frame. * * * I had sketches showing the form of my solid frame substantially as shown in the drawings of the Eussell patent. �» » • • iit » • �"Question. (8) When did you commence to manufacture or get ready to maiiufacture the machine you speak of having the solid frame? When did you have a machine completed having a solid frame, and when was the m'odel made to be sent to the post-oflSce ? Answer. Weli, I commenced to man- ufacture the full-sized machine in December, 1857. I cannot giVe the exact date when I had a ma,chine completed. Ail I can say is, I had several machines completed during the winter, before the spring opened. I made a modal like def end- ant's exhibit, 'Eussell Mower,' immediately after that agree- ment was sjgned between me and Bla.ke, Bernard & Co. (Date of agreeinent, August 5, 1857.) Then there was a sec- ond model made, cast from the Same pattern, that was sent to Washington. That was made in the winter of 1857-8." �"Question. (10) Did you or not ever use one of your ma- chines, having the solid frame, in the field, or do you know of such use by others ? Answer. Well, I have used them, and I have known others to use them. The first haying season that they we^e in use was in 1858; I mean the' first year that the solid frame was in use." �And; on crosa-examination, he thinks it was in June, 1858, that the first machine was used on the farm of either Thomas Motley or Richard S. Pay. He took them there to see how ��� �
