Morris tribune., 1880-05-06

Mccormick SelfBind-
ers, Harvesters,
Reapers and Mowers.
Sulkey Hay Rakcs, Sulky and Walk
ing Cultivators, Buckboards, Pacific
Tanning Mill. Porcelain and Ircn 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. Fl. & L. j.
Mccormick
Chicago, Sept IL. 1879.
TIE 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 i'll the shape of a rectangle, having
feet, and to the east and west of 400 feet,
covering and inclosing a 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 the firm have kept as many as 900
employees at work. The season just closed
has been good one. 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 seaboard, from Texas to
Manitoba Nothing can better illustrate
the popularity of the Mccormick self bind
er, and at the same tim0 show tho growth
of the State, than the fact that
5,492 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 in 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.
esting to note, as an item of news, that the
| firm have very extensive trade with Great
Britain and the European countries gener
ally, us well as with Australia, New Tea
land, South America, and 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.
| elements, we veture to say ever made al
one time on single order from any estab
! liShment in the world.
Mr.. Mccormick in the Worlds Fair al
London, in 1851, made all impression which
has not been erased, which gave Europe an
/ idea of the characteristic quality-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 worlds
fairs. 1t has been shown above that to Mr.
| Mccormick was awarded at the recent Par.
is Exposition the highest honors ever given
an inventor, ard in the recent severe trial
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
1T cuts breadth of five feet, the GU
grain falling upon a horizontal platform oil
endless web canvas, OF, 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 psrpendicularly, between endless
webs, to height of nearly five feet, thu.
rising over the main wheel, framing anC
driving gear: and the stuff, delivered in q
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 q 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 Tho
wires are cut off and twisted together by {
rapidly rotating pinion below, named thu
whirl. The sheaf remains upon the tabl,
until the next sheaf pushes it off, with de
4 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, OF
in the direction of the machines course
with the butt ends foremost, and they arr
some feet clear of the horse track. The
wire band is joined by twist in two
places on opposite sides of the sheaf, leav
/ ing the twisted ends sticking out for abou
a couple of inches. The special merit oil
the work was in its perfect collection of q j
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 more
/ than handful per acre for cleaners.