Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-25

Chicago, Sept. II. 1919.
THE n CORMICK REAPER WORKS.
The space these works occupy comprises
about twenty-five acres, lying on the north
side of the south branch of the Chicago
River, all of which, excepting about three
acres that arc covered by the buildings, is
used for railroad tracks, for stables, and for
piling lumber, pig,iron, and other materials
The different manufacturing building are
located in the shape of rectangle, having
q frontage 10 the north and south of 800
feet, and to the east and west of $50 feet,
covering and inclosing space of over three
acres. Without going further into detail,
it may be observed that the floor of the sur
face OF these several buildings is 301, 450
square feet, or about seven acres; and in
the several different departments of the fac
tory tbs firm have kept as many as 900
employees at work. The season just closed
has been good ono. and no less than 25,.
600 machines have been sold. These ma
chimes have been disposed Of in all the
great wheat growing States in the Union
from seaboard to scahoarti from Texas tc
Manitoba. Nothing can better illustrate
the popularity of the Mccormick self bind
er, and at the same time show the growtl
of the State, than the fact that
5,492 MACHINES
were sold during the past season IN tht
State OF MINNESOTA. On McCormlCk' {
ledger Minnesota leads the United States
she is to that establishment indeed the ban
ner State In 1856 Mccormick sold ten ma
chimes in that State one agent writes tina
he will sell 1000 the coming year The
| firm are at present employing 500 hands
| and during the busy season have run the
| factory night and day. 1t might be inter
estiug to note, as an item of news, that tht
| firm have very extensive trade with Grea
| Britain and the European countries gener
ally, as well as with Australia, New Zea
| land, South America, ana South Africa
1t will give some idea of the popularity o
the Mccormick machines abroad as we'll a
at home to say that one years shipment t
New Zealand filled 116 freight cars-th
largest single shipment of agricultural i'm
elements, we veture to say, ever made a
one time on q single order from any estab
lishment in the world.
Mr. Mccormick in the Worlds Fair a
London, in 1851, made an impression whicl
| has not been erased, Which gave Europe a
idea of the characteristic guaiity-orig
nality--of our inventors. From that dat
to the Paris Exposition, of 1878, he has tax
EN- the first prize at every one Of the world
fairs. 1t has been shown above that TO MI
Mccormick was awarded at the recent Pa
is Exposition the highest honors ever give
an inventor, ard in the recent severe trit
for the golden medal of the Royal Agricu
tural Society of England, AS usual, the Nj
Cormick machine came out ahead and wa
awarded the gold medal for it fulfilled tn
conditions laid down.
The Mark Lane Express, of Aug. l2, 1S7!
gives the following very interesting and abb
written account of the Mccormick Bindc
1t cuts a breadth of five feet, the CT
grain falling upon horizontal platform {
endless web canvas, or, as the American
call it, 'ducking' carrying ribs of Woo
This carries the grain toward the rear sidI
where it passes upward at an acute ang
almost psrpendicularly, between endles
webs, to height of nearly five feet, TIL,
rising over the main wheel, framing an
driving gear: and the stuff, delivered in
continuous stream, falls over upon no
iZontal table, binding arm, placed abol
midway along the side of the table, adval
ces toward the falling grain, strikes dow
ward through it, separatinga portion for
sheaf, and at the same time carrying dow
the upper ply of wire beneath, and thus el
compass the sheaf The arm then retreat
drawing the girded sheaf toward the sid
and in the course of this movement Il
wires are cut off and twisted together by
rapidly rotating pinion below, named Il
whirl. The sheaf remains upon the tab
until the next sheaf pushes it off, with d
liberate, quiet motion. Nothing can e.
coed the smoothness and unerring perfe
ton of this arrangement for binding.
. The sheaves are dropped with the create
regularity, lying in line, longitudinally, {
in the direction of the machines cours
with the butt ends foremost, aud they a
some feet clear of the horse track I'll
wire band IS joined by a twist in tvs
places on opposite sides Of the sheaf, lea
ing the twisted ends sticking out for abo,
! couple off inches, The special merit (
the work was in its perfect collection of a
the wheat, scarcely an ear being droppe
thus absolutely the whole of the crop
bound in the sheaves, leaving nothing
all to be raked up, and perhaps not mo
than q handful per acre for cleaners.