The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-10-21
A FAMOUS TOUR.
FOREIGN COMMISSIONERS VISIT
THE GREAT FARMS Al
LARIMORE
They Soc Forty-Fivs Dserlng self Blnd.
srs, Manned By 5 Men, Moving in
h Same Direction 81 the sam,

Forty-five Deering Irvine r,nders.
forming a procession half q mile in
length and steadily moving through a
waving sea of wheat-such wa the
sight that greeted the foreign commits
sioners to the Worlds Fair during
t~heirrecent famous visit to the bonanza
1alms OF North Dakota. This impos-
ing spectacle was witnessed on the
great Elk Valley farm at Larimors, N.
~, . farm comprising $4,000 acres or
nearly nineteen square miles, 10, 600
acres OF which formed one unbroken.
eei held OF wheat To witness
This s'ghtthc distinguished spectators,
comprising fifty foreign diplomats,
worlds Fair commissioners and
representatives of the foreigm
press. together with an eausl
num ber of Anne ricans eminent in
Worlds Fair, railroad and commercial
circles, had undertaken the discom~
forts of a thousand mile journey from
chicago; and the EXPLANATIONS of de-
light and surprise, and the cries Of
bravo that rang out on the air
showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized. 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 re-
ception. Here + at Larimore thew
found the climax of interest and the,
height of hospitality. They were
met at their train aud escorted to ar
riaVes by what seemed to be the whole
population OF the little citv Of Lar,-
m.re, headed by O. H. Phillips. the
mayor, Gov. Shortridge and N. Il.
Larimore, the proprietor of the great
farm which they were to see. Silently,
and almost breathless1y at first, they
viewed the mighty phalanx of ma
chimes; then quickly alighting from
their conveyances they followed the
machines on foot, eagerly peering
into their mechanism, as if bent on
finding the secret of their perfect, au-
tomato, almost noiseless action. For
an hour or more they followed the ma
chimes, asking innumerable questions
OF MIR. Larimore and his sons, when
their attention was called to scientific
tests of draft that were being made
under the supervision of Mayor o. II.
Phillips and Mr.. C.. H. Olmstead. The
machines tested, the Deering Pony
binder and the Deering Ideal mower,
"CIC ICulSE Nd OlS because en- v
the ball and roller bearings, such as
are used in bicycles and bicycle su.k-
les. Twelve tests were made on each
machine with a registered Csterhe:d&
Eickmeyer dynar ometer, each repre-
.sentiug the draft involved in cutting
a'6 foot swath, leo feet in length, in
twenty TO twenty-five seconds Of time.
The six cutting tests with the binder
showed an average of only 2YS pounds
Of draft. Six tests followed in which
the machine was run in gear over the
tops of the stubble just cut. This
test, which is known as trolling
draft, showed an average draft
Ct 207 pounds. The Deering
Ideal mower, a new machine
also fitted with the bicycle bearings,
showed a cutting draft in heavy grass
averaging only 12o pounds, and a
rolling draft of only % pounds. The
remarkably low draft-ab, ut half the
draft of ordinary machines-shown by
these figures for both machines was
carefully noted by the astonished