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KIMMEL BROTHERS, Steam Gang Plows, Harvesting Machines, etc. - The individual members of this representative firm are Messrs. Joseph, Daniel and William Kimmel, all natives and life long residents of Wayne County, and in addition to their large malting and landed interests are among the most enterprising and progressive agriculturists in the county, owning and operating a fine tract of about 700 acres which is under a high state of cultivation. These gentlemen have in their enterprises exhibited progress and by their ingenuity and application have succeeded in perfecting several labor saving machines some of which give great promise of success and bid fair to revolutionize old methods of soil tillage. One of their most important inventions which practical operation during the past season has demonstrated to oe of great value, is a steam plow, invented and patented by Wm. Kimmel, June 9, 1883. It consists of six, plows or more in number propelled by steam power adapting themselves by automatic means to any kind of soil or surface. The motive power for these plows is furnished by an ingeniously constructed traction engine going over the ground on broad wheels 2 feet in width. Each plow acts independently of others in the gang passing over or around obstructions and doing the most thorough kind of work. One of these gangs will plow from 20 to 40 acres per day, according to number of plows in gang, with the employment of scarcely any manual labor. Another important invention which has been successfully introduced by these brothers is an improved Harvesting Machine propelled by steam power, the engine pushing one machine or set of cutting knives in advance and drawing another in the rear, thus securing double capacity of work. These machines have been thoroughly tested and it has been found that the average day's work will harvest 60 acres of grain. Arrangements are now being made by the Messrs. Kimmel to commence the manufacture of these two improved varietes of farm machinery in Cambridge City upon an extensive scale and the enterprise and ability which the members of the firm have evinced in their other undertakings is a sufficient guarantee that their new industrial venture will prove an unmistakable success and contribute in a still more marked degree to the development of the industrial and commercial resources of Wayne County and mark a new and eventful era in the history of agricultural progress in the United States.
