The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-10-13
AMERICAN TRIUMPH,


| Notable Visit of the Foreign Worlds Fair
Commissioners to North Dakota to View
| Harvesting Machinery at Work.
Forty-five Deering 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 Fair
during their recent famous visit to the boz
nanza farms of North Dakota. This impos-
ing spectacle was witnessed on the great Elk
Valley farm at Larimore, North Dakota, a
farm comprising 1900 acres or nearly 10
square miles, 900 acres of which formed
one unbroken fenceless field of wheat To
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
Worlds Fair, Railroad and Commercial cir
cles, had undertaken the discomforts of q
thousand mile journey from Chicago; and
the exclamations of delight and surprise,
and the cries of ssbravoi that rang out on
the air showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized. Sent here to
study all things American, these gentle
men had been especially DESTROYS of witness
ta1ked-of ''bonanza" wheat farms Four
days before they had left Chicago as guests
of the Chicago, Milwaukee d ST. Paul Rail-
road, along whose route from Chicago to st.
ton. 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 reception. Here at Lari-
more they found the climax of interest and
the height OF hospitality. They were met
at their train and escorted to carriages by
what seemed to be the whole population OF
the little city of Larimore, headed by o. ID.
Phillips, the Mayor, Gov. Shortridge, and
N. G. Larimore, the proprietor of the
great farm which they were to see.
Silently and almost breathlessly at first
they viewed the mighty phalanx of ma
chimes; then quickly alghting from their
conveyances they followed the machines on
foot, eagerly peering into their mechanism
as IL bent on finding the secret Of their per-
feet, automstlc, almost noiseless action.
For an hour or more they followed the
machines, asking innumerable questions of
Mr.. Larimore and his sons, when they were
called to one side of the field where scien-
tif1c tests of draft were being made under
the supervision of Mayor O. II. Phillips and
Mr.. c. II. Oimsteads The machines tested
the Deering Pony binder and the Deering
Ideal mower-were remarkable because
embodying the ball and roller bearings,
such as are used in bicycles and bicycle
sulkies. Twelve tests were made on each
machine with a registered Osterheld &
Eickmeyer dynamometer, each representing
the draft involved in cutting a six-foot
swath, 100 feet in length, in twenty to
ting tests of the binder showed an average
of only 298 pounds of draft The six tests
IN which the machine was run In gear over
the tops Of the stubble just cut, known as
the trolling draft test, showed an average
draft of only POI pounds. The Deering
Ideal mower, new machine also fitted with
the bicycle bearings, in heavy grass showed
q cutting draft averaging 1876 pounds, and
the rolling draft ninety-two pounds. The
remarkably low draft-about half the draft
Of ordinary machines-shown by these fig
ures for both machines was carefully noted
by the aStonished visitors as demonst rating
the practicability of the bicycle bearings.
The same Pony binder, drawn by two light
mules, cut an acre of wheat in twenty-five
and half minutes.
PAPER TwINg USED.
A notable feature OF the binder test was
the use on the Pony binder of the Deering
paper" Irvine, made from wood fibre.
This Irvine, patented by William Deering 81
Co., bids fair to prove q Waterloo to the
twine trust, for 1t can be made and sold at
prices considerably below those now paid
for the hemp and sisal fibres.
At the close of these tests the commits
sioners, together with party OF spectators.
were rendered good, subst antiai prairie |
chicken dinner by Mrs. Larimore and her |
Leighbors. Toasts followed Gov. Short |
ridge, Mayor Phillips and Rev. j. II. Kelley |
delivered eloquent addresses of welcome, |
which were responded to by D. III. De Per |
alta, of Costa Rica; Mr.. A. Grineysky, tbs |
assistant Russian commissioner; Don AL |
bert Gomez Ruano. of Uruguay; Mr.. Har-
ry Vincent, of Costa Rica, and Judge At |
water, of Minneapolis. Mr.. Larimore also |
spoke. He said that by using the best |
methods and machinery he had reduced the |
cost of raising and marketing wheat to be- |
tween 81 so and $500 an acre.
Mr.. APPLEyY SURPRISES THE COMMISSIONERS. |
Mr.. John F. Appleby, the inventor of |
the Appleby Irvine binder, whose pres |
ence was surprise to the commissioners, |
told of the history of his early struggles |
and the final universal adoption Of his in /
vention. He paid a glowing tribute to Mr.. |
William Deering, to whose enterprise he /
said the world was indebted for the intro |
duction and general adoption of the ma
chine. Said he:
I'm 1879 when the Deering Company made /
eeVenty-fve of these binders, people smiled |
knowingly and predicted failure. The next
year when Mr.. Deerfng made 30OO OF the ma
chimes, the manufacturers OF the old reaper and
the wire binder said he was crazy. Ii he was /
crazy all the manufacturers OF harvesting ma
chinery who have been forced 70 follow his ex- /
ample have also become violently insane |
llaughterl and the millions OF farmers who
now use the invention ara ft candidates for /
lunatic asylum. Laughter and applause.J
The excursionists left for Alton and the |
great Dalrympie farms at p. M, where |
they witnessed threshing machines at work |
on q crop of wheat that was cut from Il, 600 |
acres by 100 DeeriDg binders-a make that |
Is used exclusively by the Dalrymples.
From Alton tkey iourneyed to Fargo, where |
they were royalty received and shown the
result of western pluck, which |
In season Of hard times had built solid |
city of brick and mortar on the bed of ashes |
that had lain smoking there only ninety |
days before. From Fargo, the guests re-
turned to Chicago bTimfuI of enthusiasm |
over the wonders they had seen.
HARD-"Mfss Rirstoree is very fond of |