Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-02
HISTORIC AMERICAN TRIumpH.



Metallic Walt OF the Foreign Worlds Fair
Commissioners to North Dakota TO View
Harvesting Machinery st Work.
Forsy-hyo Dccring Irvine Binders, form
Ing procession half mile In length, and
steadily moving through a waving sea Of
whcat--such was the sight that greeted the
Foreign Commissioners 10 the Worlds Fair
during their recent famous visit TO the bo-
mama farms OF North Dakota. This impos-
i-g spectacle was witnessed on the great Elk
Valley farm at Larlmore, North Dakota,
farm comprising 1900 acres or nearly ~
square miles, 10000 acres Of which formed
one unbrokcn fencelcss field OF wheat To
witness this sight the distinguished spec
tators, comprising fifty foreign diplomats,
Worlds Fair Commissioners and represen-
tativcs OF tho foreign press, together with
an equal number OF Americans, eminent In
Worlds Fair, Railroad and Commercial cir
cles, had undertaken the discomforis OF
thousand mill journey from Chicago; and
tho ordinations Of delight and surprise,
and the cries OF bravo that rang out on
tho mir showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized. Sent hero TO
study all things American, these gentle
Men had been especially DESTROYS Of witness
Ing the methods In vogue on the much
talked-0f "b0nanza" wheat farms. Four
days before they had left Chicago as guests
Of tho Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail.
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 tho
Great Northern Railroad, and tho farther
north they Travelled the warmer and moro
cordial was their reception. Hcre at Lari-
more they found tho climax Of interest and
the height OF hospitality. They were met
ut their train and escorted to carriages by
what seemed TO be the whole population Of
the little city OF Larimore, headed by o. Ii.
Phillips, the Mayor, Gov. Shortridge, and
N. @. .Larimore, tho proprietor Of the
great farm which they were 10 see.
Silently and almost brcathlessly 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
rs II bent on finding the secret OF their per-
feet, automatic almost noiseless action.
For an hour or more they followed the
machines, asking innumerable questions Of
Mr.. Larmore and his sons, when they were
called TO one side Of the field where scien-
tic tests OF draft were being made under
the supervision Of Mayor o. II. Phillips and
MI G. III. O,mstead The machines tested
tho Decring Pony binder and the Dcering
Ideal mower-were remarkable because
embodying the ball und~roller bearings,
Euch as are used In bicycles and bicycle
sulkies. Twelve tests were made on esssch
machine with registered Osterheld &
Eickmeycr dynamometer, each representing
tho draft involved in cutting a six-foot
bwath, 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 29S pounds Of draft. The six tests
IN which the machine was run In gear over
the tons OF the stubble inst cut Enovn ne
the trolling draft test showed an average
draft Of only 207 pounds. The Deering
Ideal mower, new machine also fitted with
the bicycle bearings, in heavy grass showed
acuttiDg draft averaging 1875 pounds, and
the rolling draft ninety-two pounds. The
remarkably low draft-a5out half the draft
Of ordinary machines-shown by these a.
|nrres for both machines was areflllyr16