Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-12

Deering Pony binder and the Deering
Ideal mower, were remarkable because
involving the ball and roller bearings,
such as are used in bicycles and bicycle
sullileS. Twelve tests were made on
each machine with registered Oster-
held Il Eickmeyer dynamometCr, each
representing the draft involved in cut
ting a fo1t swath, 100 feet in length,
in twenty to twenty-five seconds of
time. The six cutting tests with the
binder showed an average of only 29S
pounds of daft. 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 rolling
draft" showed an average draft of 2O7
pounds. The Dcering Ideal mower, a
new machine also fitted with bicycle
bearings, showed a cutting draft in
heavy grass averaging only l2Gpounds,
and rolling draft of only % pounds
The remarkably low draft-about half
the draft of ordinary machines-shown
by these figures for both machines was
carefully noted by the astOniSced visit
ors as demonstrating the practicahility
of the bicycle bearings. The same
Pony binder drawn by Two light mules
cut an acre of wheat in % minutes.
PAPER TwINE USED.
A notable feature of the binder test
was the use on the Pony binder of the
Deering paper Irvine, made from a
wood fiber. This Irvine, patented by
William Deering Il Co., bids fair to
prove Waterloo to the Irvine trust, as
it is said that it can be made and sold
at prices considerably below those now
paid for the hemp and sisal fibers.
At the close of these tests the com
missioners, together with party of
spectators, were rendered a good sub
stantial prairie chicken dinner by Mr..
LarimOre. Toasts followed. Gov.
ShOrlridge, Mayor Phillips and Rev. j.
II. Kelley delivered eloquent addresses
of welcome. Appropriate responses
were made by ID. ". Deperalta of Costa
Rica, Mr. GriuevsRy, the assistant Rus
sian commissioner, Don Alberto Gomez
Ruano of Uruguay, Mr.. Harry Vincent
of Costa Rica and Judge Atwater. Mr..
LarimOre also spoke. lie said that by
using the best methods and machinery
he had reduced the cost of raising and
marketing wheat to between 81. so and
$500 an acre.
MR. APPLEBY SURPRISES THE COMMITS.
sIONERS.
Mr.. John +. Appleby the inventor OF
! the Appleby Irvine Binder, whose pres.
ence was surprise to the commission,
ers, told the history of his early strug
giles and the final universal adoption OF
his invention. lie paid glowing trib
ute to Mr.. William Deering, to whose
enterprise he said the world was in.
debted for the introduction and general
adoption of the machine. Said he:
I'm 1879, when the DeerIng company
made seventy-fve of these binders. peo-
| pie smiled knowingly and predicted
| failure. The next year, when Mr..
| Deering made 1900 of the machines.
| the manufacturers of the old reaper and
| the wire binder said he was crazy. II
| he was crazy all the manufacturers of
| harvesting machinery who have been
| forced to follow his example have also
| become violently insane, laughter
and the millions of farmers who now
use the invention are fit candidates for
lunatic asylum" Laughter and APP
| plause.
| The excursionisus left for Alton and
the great Dalrymple farms at p. m,
where they witnessed threshing ma
chimes at work on a crop of wheat that
was cut from u, 200 acres by 100 Deer
ing binders-a make that is used ex-
clusively by the Dalrymplcs. From
Alton they journeyed TO Fargo, where
they were royalty received and shown
the marvellous result of the western
pluck, which in a season of hard times
had built Il solid city of brick and NOR.
tar on bed of ashes that had lain
smoking there only ninety days before.
From Fargo the guests returned to Chi
cago brimful of enthusiasm over the
wonders they had seen.
Grumbling Guest-When you charge
ten cents for n cup of coffee il ought