Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-04
Chicago, Sept. II, 1879.

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Chicago, Sept. II, 1879.
TIE NJ 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 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
Il frontage to 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 60l $50
square feet, or about seven acres; and in
the several different departments OF the fac
tory th3 firm have kept as many as 600
employees at work. The season Just closed
has been Il good one and no less than 25,-
900 machines have been sold. These ma
chimes have been disposed of in all the
great wheat growing States in the Union
from seaboarl to scaboard, from Texas 10
Manitoba. Nothing can better illustrate
the popularity Of the Mccormick self bind
CT, and at the same time show the growth
OF the State, than the fact that
1892 MACHINES
were sold during the past season in the
Stale Of MINNESOTA On McGormIck' s
| ledger Minnesota leads the United States
she is to That csta Adjustment indeed The ban
ner State. In 1856 Mccormick sold ten ms
chimes in that State I; one agent writes that
/ hc will sell 1000 the coming year. The
/ firm are at present employing 800 hands,
and during the busy season have run the
! factory night and day. II might be inter
! estiug TO nctc, rs an item Of news, that the
! firm have very extensive trade with Great
| Britain and the European countries gcner-
! 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 rs
! at home to say that one years shipment to
New Zealaad filled lie freight cars-the
largest single shipment Of agricultural inn
elements, we veturc TO say, ever made at
one time on single order from any estab-
| liShnlcnt in the world.
Mr. Mccormick in the Worlds Fair at
I London, IN 1851, made az impression which
| has not been erased, which gave Europe III
idea Of the characteristic quality-origi-
nalty--of our Inventors From that date
to the Paris Exposition of 1878, he has tax.
en- the first prize at every one of the worid'E
fairs 1t has been shown above that to MIR
Mccormick was awarded at the recent Par
is Exposition the highest honors ever given
an inventor, ard in the recent severe tria
for the golden medal of the Royal Agricui
tural Society of England, rs usual, the Nc
Cormick machine came out ahead and was
awarded the gold medal for it fulfilled Tie
conditions laid down.
The Mark Lame Express, of Aug. 12, 1879
gives the following very interesting and ably
written account of the Mccormick Binder
1T cuts u breadth of FIVE feet, the GU
grain falling upon a horizontal platform Of
endless web canvas, or, as the Americans
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 a height of nearly five feet, thu:
rising over the main wheel, framing ane
driving gear: and the stuff, delivered in {
continuous stream, falls over upon q 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 dow
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 tabl
until the next sheaf pushes it of, with q 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, longitudlnallv, 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 tw.
places on opposite sides Of the sheaf, leav
ing the twisted ends sticking out for abou
couple of inches. The special merit o
the work was in its perfect collection of a
the wheat, scarcely an ear being dropped
thus absolutely the whole of the crop
bound in the sheaves, leaving nothing a
all to be raked up, and perhaps not NOR
than handful per acre for cleaners.