Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-29

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cCormick Self Bind
ers, Harvesters,
Reapers and Mowers.
Sulkey Hay Rakes, Sulky and Walk
ing Cultivators, Buckboards, Pacific
Tanning Mill. Porcelain and Iron Lined
White Wood Pumps, Etc.
The following from the Chicago Inter
Ocean fully proves the world wide rcputa
ton and acknowledged merits of the ma
chinery manufactured by G. III. s. L. j.
Mccormick
Chicago, Sept. y. 1870
TILE 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
a frontage to the north and south of $50
feet, and to the east and west of AGO 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 3O1 $50
square feet, or about seven acres; and in
! the several different departments of the fac
tory the firm have kept as many as 900
employees at work. The season just closed
has been good one. and no less than 20,
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
F.! CT, and at the same time show the growth
! of the State, than the fact that
D, 492 MACHINES
/ were sold during the past season in the
! State of Minnesota. On Mccormick S
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 that
he will sell 1900 the coming year. TIL.
! firm are at present employing 800 hands
and during the busy season have run the
factory night and day. 1t might be inter
cstiug to note, as an item of news, that tht
firm have very extensive trade with GrCa
Britain and the European countries gener
ally, as well rs with Australia New Yea
] land, South America, AMI South Africa
1t will give some idea of the popularity Of
! the Mccormick machines abroad as we'll il!
! at home to say that one years shipment Il
! New Zealand filled 116 freight cars-tht
! largest single shipment of agricultural i'm
! elements, we veture TO say, ever made a
one time on single order from any estab
! lishment in the world.
! Mr. Moi Ior,nicE in tho WOri6'S Fair 81
! London, in 1851, made an impression which
| has not been erased, which gave Europe al
/ idea of the characteristic Qualty-origi
! nality-of our inventors. From that date
to the Paris Exposition, of 1878, he has tax
! ell the first prize at every one Of the worid't
! 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, rs usual, the Nc
Cormick machine came out ahead and was
! awarded the gold medal for it fulfilled tht
| conditions laid down.
The Mark Lane Express, of Aug 12, 1879
gives the following very interesting and
! ably written account OF the Mccormick
! Binder:
''It cuts breadth of five feet, the Gu
| grain falling upon horizontal platform o.
! 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 height of nearly five feet, thu:
rising over the main wheel, framing anC
driving gear: and the stuff, delivered in 6
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 dowl
| 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 off, with 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. Th,
! wire band IS joined by twist IN tw'
places on opposite sides of the sheaf, leav
ing the twisted ends sticking out for abou
q 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 i
bound in the sheaves, leaving nothing a
all to be raked up, and perhaps not NOR
than handful per acre for cleaners.