Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-05-13

ton and acknowledged merits of the ma
chinery manufactured by G. II. s. L. j.
McCOrmick:-
Chicago, Sept. IL. 1879.
THE MCCORMICK 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 are 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 a rectangle, having
frontage to the north and south of $50
feet, and to the east and west of 460 feet,
covering and inclesing 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 $50
square feet, or about seven acres; and in
the several different departments of the fac
tory tbs firm have kept as many as 1000
employees at work. The season just closed
has been good one. and no less than %,
900 machines have been sold. These ma
chimes have been disposed of in all the
great whcat-growing States in the Union,
from seaboard to seaboard, from Texas to
Manitoba. Nothing can better illustrate
the popularity of the Mccormick self-bind
er, and at the same time show the growth
of the State, than the fact that
j,492 MACHINES
were sold during the past season in the
State of MINNESOTA. On Mccormick
ledger Minnesota leads the United States
she is to that establishment indeed the ban
ner State. In 1856 Mccormick sold ten ma
chimes III that State !; one agent writes that
he will sell 1900 the coming year. The
firm are at present employing 800 hands
and during the busy season have run the
factory night and day. 1t might be inter
estilig to note, as an item of news that the
firm have very extensive trade with Great
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 Of
the Mccormick machines abroad as well as
at home to say that one years shipment to
New Zealand filled 116 freight cars-the
largest single shipment of agricultural i'm.
PIGMENTS, we veture to say, ever made al
| one time on a single order from any estab
| lishment in the world
Mr.. Mccormick in the Worlds Fair al
London, in 1851, made an impression which
has not been erased, which gave Europe al
nality-of our inventors From that date
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 Mr.
Mccormick was awarded at the recent Par
is Exposition the highest honors ever givcr
an inventor, ard in the recent severe tria
| for the golden medal of the Royal Agricul
tural Society of England, as usual, the Nc
Cormick machine came out ahead and was
awarded the gold medal for it fulfilled the
conditions laid down.
The Mark Lane Express, of Aug. 12, 1879
gives the following very interesting and ably
written account of the Mccormick Binder
ut cuts breadth of five feet, the Gu
grain falling upon a horizontal platform o.
endless web canvas, or, as the American.
call it, 'ducking' carrying ribs of wood
This carries the grain toward the rear side
where it passes upward at an acute angle
almost perpendicularly, between endless
webs, to Il height of nearly five feet, thu:
rising over the main wheel, framing anC
driving gear: and the stuff, delivered in
continuous stream, falls over upon hor
izontal table: binding arm, placed abou
midway along the side of the table, advan
ces toward the falling grain, strikes down
ward through it, separating portion for
sheaf, and at the same time carrying dowi
the upper ply of wire beneath, and thus en-
compass the sheaf. The arm then retreats
drawing the girded sheaf toward the side
and in,the course of this movement iii,
wires are cut off and twisted together by
rapidly rotating pinion below, named tn,
whirl. The sheaf remains upon the tabh
until the next sheaf pushes it off, with u de
liberate, quiet motion Nothing can ex
coed the smoothness and unerring perfec
ton of this arrangement for binding.
The sheaves are dropped with the creates
regularity, lying in line, longitudinallv, o.
in the direction of the machines course
with the butt ends foremost, and they ar,
some feet clear of the horse track. TIL,
wire band is joined by twist in TIVE
places on opposite sides of the sheaf, leav
ing the twisted ends sticking out for abou
a couple of inches. The special merit O
the work was in its perfect collection of al
the wheat. scarcely an ear being dropped
thus absolutely the whole of the crop il
bound in the sheaves, leaving nothing a
all to be raked up, and perhaps not NOR,
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