Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-10-14
HISTORIC AMERICAN TRIUMPH.

Notable visit OF the Foreign Worios r"H
Commissioners to North Dakota TO View
Harvesting Machinery 1t Work.
Forty.five Deering Irvine Binders, form.
ing procession half mile In length, and
steadily moving through waving sea OF
wheat-such was the sight that greeted the
Foreign Commissioners TO the Worlds Fair
during their recent famous visit to the bo-
nanza farms Of North Dakota. This impos-
ing spectacle was witnessed on the great Elk
Valley farm ut Larimore, North Dakota, q
farm comprising $4,000 acres or nearly ~
square miles, 10000 acres OF which formed
one unbroken fenceless neio OF wneat 10
witness this sight the distinguished spec
tators, comprising fifty foreign diplomats,
Worlds Fair Commissioners and represen-
tatiyes OF the foreign press, together win
mn equal number Of Americans, eminent in
Worlds Fair, Railroad and Commercial cir
cles, had undertaken tho disc0mforts OF
Thousand mile journey from Chicago; anu
and the cries Of ''bravo" that rang out on
the air showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized Sent here 10
study all things American, these gentle
men had been especially DESTROYS OF witness
ing the methods in vogue on the much
talked-of "bonanza" wheat farms. Four
days before they had left Chicago as guests
oil tile SulCukO, uhNouhcC ~ ~. q "eA $500
road. along whose route from Chicago to st.
Paul they had received one continuous ova-
ton. From st. Paul through Minnesota and
North Dakota they Travelled as guests OF the
Great Northern Railroad, and the farther
north they travelled the warmer and more
cordial was their reception. Here at Lari.
more they found the climax OF interest and
the height OF hospitality. They were met
at their train and escorted TO carriages oy
what seemed to be the whole population OF
the little city Of Larmore, headed by o. ii.
Phillips, the Mayor, Gov. Shortridge, ana
n G.. Larimore. the proprietor OF the
great farm which they were to see.
Silently and almost breathessly at first
they viewed the mighty phalanx OF ma
conveyances they followed the machines on
foot, eagerly peering into their mechanism
as il bent on finding the secret Of their per-
feet, automatic, almost nOiseess action.
For an hour or more they followed the
machines, asking innumerable questions OF
Mr.. Larimore and his sons, when they were
called 10 one side of the field where scien-
tiic tests Of draft were being made under
the supervision OF Mayor O. II. Phillips and
Mr.. c. II. Olmstead. The machines tested
the Deering Pony binder aud the Deering
Ideal mower-were remarkable because
embodying the ball and roller bearings.
such as are used in bicycles and bicycle
sulkies. Twelve tests were made on eacn
machine with q registered Osterheld q
Eickmeyer dynamometsr, each representing
the draft involved In cutting a six-foot
swath, 100 feet in length, in twenty to
twenty-five seconds OF Time The six cut
ting tests of the binder showed an average
of only POS pounds Of draft. The six tests
IN which the machine was run III gear over
the tops Of the stubble just cut, known rs
the 'rolling draft test, showed an average
draft of only 207 pounds. The Deering
Ideal mower, o new machine also fitted with
the bicycle bearings, in heavy grass showed
cutting draft averaging 1875 pounds, and
the rolling draft ninety-two pounds. The
remarkably low draft-about half the draft
of ordinary machincs-shown by these tig-
ures for both machines was carefully noted
by the astonished visitors as demonstrating
the practicability of the bicycle bearings.
The same Pony binder, drawn by two light
mules, cut an acre OF wheat IN twenty-five
and half minutes.
PAPER TwISI USED.
A notable feature Of the binder test was
the use on the Pony binder Of the Deering
paper" Irvine, made from wood fibre.
This Irvine, patented by William Deering a.
Co., bids fair to prove Waterloo to the
Irvine trust, for it can be made and sold NJ
prices considerably below those now paid
FOR the hemp and sisal fbres.
sioners, together with party of spectators.
were rendered good, substantial prairie
chicken dinner by Mrs. LarlmOre and her
I.eighbors Toasts followed Gov. Short
ridge. Mayor Phillips and Rev. j. II. Kelley
delivered eloquent addresses OF welcome.
which were responded TO by ID: nj. DE Per-
alta, of Costa Rica; Mr.. A. Grineysky the
assistant Russian commissioner; Don AL
bort Gomez Ruano. OF Uruguay; Mr.. Har-
ry Vincent of Costa Rica, and Judge At
water. of Minneapolis. Mr. Lariiiore also
spoke. He said that by using the best
methods and machinery he had reduced the
cost Of raising and marketing wheat 10 be-
tween "a 80 and 800 al acre.
MIR. AfpLEDY SURPRISES 1nE COMMISSIONERS.
Mr.. John +. Applcby, the inventor OF
the Appleby Irvine binder, whose pres
ence was surprise to the commissioners,
told OF the history Of his early struggles
and the final universal adoption oil ms IN
vention. He paid glowing tribute 10 Mr..
William Deering, to whose enterprise he
said the world was indebted for the intro
duction and general adoption OF the ma
chine. Said he:
I'm 1870, when the Deering Company made
sevcnty.hve OF these binders, people smiled
knowingly and predicted failure. The next
year when Mr. Deering made 1900 Of the ma.
chimes the manufacturers OF the old reaper and
the wire binder said he was crazy. II he was
crazy all the manufacturers OF harvesting ma
chinery who have been forced TO follow his cx'
ample have also become violently insane
Ilaughter1 and the millions Of farmers who
now use the invention are fit candidates for
lunatic asylum" Laughter and applause.
The eXcursionists left for Alton and the
great Dalrymple farms Mt p. NJ, where
they Witnessed threshing machines at work
ON crop OF wheat that was cut from 1000
acres by 100 Deering binders-a make that
Is used exclusively by the Dalrymples.
From Alton they journeyed to Fargo, where
they were royalty received and shown the
marvellous result of western pluck, which
in season OF hard times had built solid
city Of brick aud mortar on the bed Of ashes
that had lain smoking there only ninety
days before. From Fargo, the guests re-
turned TO Chicago brimful Of enthusiasm
over the wonders they had seen.