Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-22
MOORE & KENNER.

MCCOI1l1lCh OSl1 Dl1lu-
erS, Har eSters,
Reapers and Mowers.
Sulkey Hay Rakes, Sulky and Walk
ing Cutivators, 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. H. & 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
pliing lum Der, pig iron, and other materials.
The different manufacturing building are
located in the shape of rectangIe, having
Il frontage to the north and south of 300
feet, and to the east and west of 460 feet,
covering and inclosing space of over three
acres. Without going further into detail
it may be observed that tie floor of the sur
face OF these several buildings is sol $50
square feet, or about seven acres; and in
the several different departments of the fac
tory the 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 wheat-growing States in the Union,
from seaboard to seaboard. from Texas 10
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
5, 492 MACHINES
were sold during the past season in the
Stale of Minnesota. On Mccormick 8
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 500 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, as well as with Australia, New Zea
land, South America, ana South Afric?
1t will give some idea of the popularity oi
the Mccormick machines abroad AS We'll as
at home to say that one years shipment tC
New Zealand filled ll6 freight cars-the
largest single shipment of agricultural i'm
elements, we velure to say, ever made al
one time on single order from any cStab
lishment in the world.
MIR. Mccormick in the Worlds Fair al
London, in 1851, made an impression which
has not been erased, which gave Europe al
idea of the characteristic quality-origi
nality-of our inventors. From that DAFT
to the Paris Exposition, of 1878, he has tax
Ell the first prize at every one Of the world:
| fairs. 1t has been shown above that 10 MIR
Mccormick was awarded at the recent Par
is Exposition the highest honors ever giver
an inventor, ard in the recent severe trial
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 ths
| conditions laid down.
| The Mark Lane Express, Of Aug. l2, 1879
gives the following very interesting and
| ably written account OF the MCCormicl
| Binder:
1T cuts 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 perpehdicularly, between endless
webs, to height of nearly five feet, thus
rising over the main wheel, framing and
| driving gear: and the stuff, delivered in q
continuous stream, falls over upon a hor.
iZontal table: a binding arm, placed about
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 dowr
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 The
wires are cut off and twisted together by !
rapidly rotating pinion below, named thu
/ whirl. The sheaf remains upon the table
until the next sheaf pushes it off, with de
/ liberate, quiet motion. Nothing can ey
/ coed the smoothness and unerring perfec
| ton Of this arrangement for binding.
| The sheaves are dropped with the creates
regularity, lying in line, longitudinally, OF
in the direction of the machines course,
| with the butt ends foremost, and they arr
| some feet clear of the horse track Tht
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 OF
the work was in its perfect collection of /
| the wheat, scarcely an car 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,
] IoY n hon Hfi1l Haar nppa For frln .taar