Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-11-17
HISTORIC AMERICAN TRIUMPH.
Notable Visit of the Foreign Worlds Fair
Commissioners Co North Dakota to View
Harvesting NlachiH-ry at Work.


Commissioners Co North Dakota to View
Harvesting Macb'a-ry at Work.
Forty-ave Deerng 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 FAN
during their recent famous visit to the DO.
nanza farms Of North Dakota This impos.
ing spectacle was witne sed on the great Elb
Valley farm at LarimOre, North Dakota,
farm comprising 1900 acres or nearly ls
square miles, 10000 ucics Of which formed
one unbroken fcnceless field of wheat. 10
witness this sight the distinguished spec.
tators comprising fifty foreign diplomats,
Worlds Fair Commissioners and represen.
tatives OF the foreign press, together with
an equal number OF Americans, eminent in
w orld's Fair, Railroad and Commercial cir
cles, had undertaken the dscomforts of
thousand mile journey from Chicago; and
the ordinations of delight and surprise,
and the cries of "bravo" that rang out on
the air showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized Sent here 10
study oil things American, these gentle
men had been especially DESTROYS Of witness
ing the me- hods in vogue on the much
talked-Of "bonanzan wheat farms Four
days before they had left Chicago as guests
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Rail
road, along whose route from Chiyago to St
Paul they had received one continuous va,
ton. From st. Paul through Minnesota and
North Dakota they Travelled as guests of tho
Great Northern Railroad, and the farther
north thew Travelled the warmer and more
cordial was their receution, Here mt I,a,i
moro they found the climax of interest and
the height OF hospitality. They we're met
| vt their train and escorted to carriages by
what seemed TO be- the whole population Of
the little city Of I,arimore headed Inv q "A
Phillips, the Mayor. Gov. Shortridge, and
| N q. Larimore. the PROPRIETOR OF the
great farm which they were to see
| Silently and almost ,reathlesslv at first
| they viewed the mi ty phalanx of ma
| chimes: then Quickly inhling from their
| ,onyeyances they folh. wed the machines on
| foot, eagerly peering into their mechanism
| as il bent on fnding the .ecret of their per-
| feet. automatic, almost noiseIess action.
| For an hour or more they followed the
| machines, asking innumerable questions of
Mr., Larmore and his sons when they we're
called 10 one side of the field where scen-
tific tests of draft we're being made under
| the supervision of Mayor O. II. Phillips and
Mr.. G. III. O,mstead The machines tested
the Deering Pony binder and the Deering
ideal mower-were remarkable because
embodying the ball nd roller bearings,
| bucn as are used In tcNCleS ana bicycle
| sulkies Twelve tests we're made on each
machine with registered Osterheld &
Eickmeyer +, each representing
the draft involved In cutting six foot
| swath, 100 feet in length, in twenty to
twenty five seconds of lime The six cut
| ting tests of the binder showed an averag
Of only 29S pounds of draft. The six tests
In which the machine was run IN gear over
the tops OF the stubbe lust out, known as
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| draft of only 2O7 mounds The Deerine
Ideal mower, a new machine also fitted witt
the bicycle bearings, in heavy grass slowed
a cutting draft averaging 1875 pounds. and
the rolling draft nineIy-tw0 pounds. The
remarkably low drart-about half the draft
Of ordinary machines-shown by these fig
nres Tor both machines was carefully noted
Oy the astohlsneo VISITORS as demonstrating
Ine practlGaolilty OF tho olclcie Dea'ings
me same fony Dlnder' drawn by TWO l'Shl
muiesi cut an acre ol wheat III twenty tWt
ana nan minutes.
| PAPEH T"lNE USED
A notable feature OF the binder test was
the use on the Pony binder OF the DeerfnS
paper" Irvine, made from WOOD nore
This twlne, patented oy William Deerlng O
Co., bids fair to prove Waterloo 10 lht
Irvine trust, for 1t can be made and sold al
prices considerably below those now paiC
for tho bomn ana s}saI fhres
| A. tho clpso ~ theeo tasts the commits
a. w. oiOSo Va y .s e ,ao.rtn
sloters, Vogetner WIN d par W VI spy a.V.
| were tchuereu goou, supstaila' pIdii II
chicken dinner by Mrs. Larlmole and ne
Leighbors. Toasts followed. Gov. Short
ridge, Mayor Phillips nd Rev. }. H. Keele,
delivered eloquent addresses Of we.come
which were responded to by D. NJ De Per
alta, of Costa Rica; Mr.. A. Griney sky, tn
assistant Russian commissioner; Don Al
belt Gomez Rlano of Uruguay; Mr.. Har
ry Vincent, of Costa RIGA, and Judge A.
water, OF Minneapolis Mr. Larinore ais
spoke He said that by using the hes
met hods and machinery he had reduced tn
cost of raising and m rl1etng wheat to be
tween a. 50 and 8 90 an acre.
MR.. AppLEBY SURPRISES TmR CON dIss1oyERs
AZ. Iohr u Annlohr tho inren,or n
oT,,h ~ npp'[hG; ,,ja y'' $50 nre,
e ono np ,D ,,nr;So to tho commiseione