Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-08
AT TIE FAIR.
3REAT PROGRESS SHOWN IN
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
The Display or Agricultural Ma
Chinery one OF the Most I'm
portant E xhibits-The
Northwest Well
Represented

~
~ aiace of the Columbian exposition Is
M considered by those who have investi-
ased and examined the similar exhibits
8t the Paris and Centennial ~exposiloas
the finest ever made IL covers q
eide are. Of the first door and yet TIE
pare to zach exhibitor is limited. and
IN most cases uncomfortably s G. The
confidence inspired in most Americans
hat no other nation can compete Win
hem in the variety and excellence OF
Exonsri~ances for tightening the toll of the
gsller Of the soil and In incr Easing the
Is Eectiveress and power Of a single labor
X. has led them 10 make the most pos
IL ihIe of their resources IN this exhibit
III ne great and worldwide known man
facturers of agricultural machinery have
sch the largest amount Of space allotted
10 them. while the lesser lights have
X0r1prirae< to pat up with a very contract
Id limit of fsoor space. These large firms
c.Amit themselves 10 that class of ma
n hinery in which they expect to excel
heir competitors Nearly every company
manufactures very many machines which
hey do not exhibit Mt all because some
bther concern makes a specially of them
nd world naturally have the best chance
ST coming out first In the competition.
30 other nation has attempted to enter
he lists against the United States except
Germany in the matter Of drill seeders and
few other minor displays of machinery
which suggest agriculture on a small
Tie United States exhibitors in
Als section, however, fear no ccrnpeti-
ion in foreign countries. because as they
ay. we have met all the other nations
sEsn neutral ground IN the actual con-
rtlfion OF foreign trade, and the superior
~. a~daptability aud durability of our
Each'nes have so demonstrated them
elves that we have experienced no
trouble in selling them, even where the
natural aptitude of the buyer fayors some
nationality other than the Yankee" The
Sg5kit OF the American in adapting the
pest means of reaching q required end
Ind of devising all sorts of machinery
sior~ tightening tod has made him master
p the production Of all kinds of agricui-
urai macfiIery. Nature and surround
ngs have aided the American largely in
n.s work. The farmer here has had 10
fa large areas and to do il as cheapIy
s possible because his products came
nto competition with those produced by
ne cheap labor of all nations. Cheap
3ess and amount of produce have been
Aoe Two problems which have confronted
sim The result has been that labor
nsavinS machinery was a necessity. Skill
k% I'd ingenuity and a wise patent law did
NE rest.. The outcome was that Amer
ian agricultural machinery obtains the
PREFERENCE In every market where IL Is
*noWn. 4 met a man the other day who
NFau travelled for a leading agricultural
.nachlEery house in every state and ma
4Foh upon the American continent as an
"a gent Tor the sale of their goods Ha
s and that he found no competitors worth
*%aeniioning save his own couufrymen
~ Inle. Argentine Republic. Paraguay.
Jruguay, Brazil, Mexico. and Canada
e found that American rnachinery hal
9aken Inc place of all foreign makes and
slat it was giving entire satisfactiop
re SAID that there was an increase In this
ne or trade every year. lyon, perhaus.-
aid ne would not believe, '-but / have seen
= me heids of wheat in Argentine Re-
s upi.c as the sun ever shone upon. liz
was being cut by American Irvine binders.
l he demand for American made headers
IN becoming very large on acctdnt of the
80 thickness IN which grain ripens. and Z
Jok 10 see them In use there altogether
efore many years elapse."
In looking over the exhibit. as A whole,
M VIII be noticed that there has been
/ ouch pride taken in the appearance of
be machinery. There is nickel plating
asverywhere plenty of paint aud varnish
an abundance of the finest quality
~ hardwoods in the construction. This
rick has been learned rather late in the
ay by exhibitors in foreign countries
coEse In competition with all kinds
agricultural machinery with silver
,ounungs end mahogoney finish. These
Dreigners are generally of the opinion
hat agricultural as well as all other ma
hinery should shine like a new dollar
nd remind the observer of the interior
furnishings of one of the palaces of the
1chenzollern's; consequently, American
machinery has often been ct a disad-
antage in macy expositions. Tn United
ofoa - r<af 20 No nrtfAnan hnuGrnr IN
hat regard, at this exposition. Every
thing is secured up until you can see
ourself in il. n nickel plating can be
5und upon almost every imaginable ma
SRhine. even down TO a potato digger and
IN ordinary plow. This trick of outward
appearance has not been attended TO by
americans in other exhibits. much to
leir disadvantage when compared 10 the
,isplays of the foreigners.
# Another fact is extremely noticeable
IN looking over the exhibit as a whole
he principal aim in the construction of
n gricultu-al machinery during the last
en- years seems TO have been 10 secure
ghtness. strength and durability, some
tmes at the expense of effectiveness and
ECONOMY of power. All machinery as
,luch as possible is being constructed out
steel, which gives strength and light
less as compared with 700 The old
Han of casting in iron all the heavier
"a ~ dtuS VI Al2IuAAfNtss SSprtAhilS tAft
framework. Is going cut of fashion, and
Brightly polished or brilliantly painted
&teel is taking its place. This gives
II rength and durability. no less than light
n ess. The wonderful advances made in
he cheap production of steel in the
United States during the last decade
ave made the adoption of steel in the
lauufactnre of machinery no less than
IN the construction of buildings. almost
3 cheap rs iron. To understand the
advances in farm machinery construction,
\ ne has but to examine the original Wood
bowling machine now upon exhibition
here. and then look at the latest pattern
VI mowers manufactured by that firm.
4 he frame work of the old machine is
tonstrurted entirely of wood and cast
61gs. While the new molel. with the
Exception OF the tongue evener and whip
Ie trees. Is constructed altogether of
steel. This is equally true of all agricul-
&rral machirery which is now upoa ex-
y :hition here. Flows. walking and snlkey.
~ugsivators. harTows. feed CUTTER. farm
xngines. corn psarters and potato diggers.
ne az constructed mainly of steel This
Ire IF steel Is also marked by n con-
%4--.ea decrease in prices Of implements |
Ewine binders which used 10 bring $3.50
n nE sgpvvarIS sre row sold for 500 or