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Robin G. Wiley, D.V.M.
Peter W. Wiley, D.V.M.
and to the 26th Reunion
of the Pioneer Thresher
and Hobby Association
Bell built separator in 1904
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acreages. A 24 hp. rear-mounted
engine, with 10 inch x 10 inch
cylinder and self-cleaning wheels,
was designed and built during this
period as well, meant for Ontario
farms. However, it did not prove
popular because of its limited
turning radius and awkwardness
for firing with wood, and was soon
discontinued.
In 1904, the Bell foundry in
Seaforth was enlarged in order that
a grain separator could be built,
and the following year the firm
introduced its new “Imperial”
threshing machine, which was
almost identical with the Ameri
can-made Avery “Yellow Fever”
separator built in Moline, Illinois,
and well-liked in western Canada.
The first Imperial separators
proved too heavy for use in the
Ontario barn threshing in use at the
time, andthefamous “Imperial
Junior’ ’ was designed and became
instantly popular. With the advent
of gas traction engines, and the use
of still smaller separators, im
provements in the Imperial Junior
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included the adoption of a side
shake shoe and the addition of a
three-way crank to drive kicker
rakes between the sections of the
long, perforated straw deck. All
Bell threshers were fitted with the
“Ruth” self-feeder and the “Far
mer’s Friend” gearless wind
stacker, and had the Stewart
patented rear straw-cutting at
tachment as an option.
By 1912, the Seaforth plant was
also manufacturing portable boil
ers on skids, 15-ton self-propelled
road rollers, heavy-duty road
graders and road scarifiers, and
later introduced its new “Imper
ial” gasoline tractor, which was
advertised as being ‘‘as easy to
steer as an automobile.”
During this period, Robert Bell
also experimented with a portable
steam engine fitted with a flywheel
governor regulating the speed by a
variable cut-off. This worked well
as a stationary engine, and a
number were sold for small electric
plants, but it proved erratic on all
but the most ideal threshing
set-ups, since the governor was so
sensitive that even gusts of wind
affected it.
In 1915, the company won a
contract to manufacture shell
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We wish
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to the 26th Annual
Thresher and Hobby
Association Reunion
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Pioneer Thresher & Hobby
Association on your
26th Reunion
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