The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-19
HISTORIC AMERICAN TRIUMPH.
Notable Visit of the Foreign Worlds Fair
Commissioners to North Dakota to View
Harvesting Machinery at Work.

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 a waving sea Of
wheat-such vas the sight that greeted the
Foreign Commissioners TO the Worlds Fair
during their recent famous visit to the bo-
nanza farms of North Dakota. This impos-
ing spectacle was witnessed on the great Elk
Valley farm at Larimore, North Dakota, a
farm comprising 12,00O acres or nearly 10
square miles, 10000 acres Of which formed
one unbroken fenceless field of wheat To
witness this & &ht 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
" orld's Fair, Railroad and Commercial cir
cies, had undertaken the dsco:nforts of q
Thousand mil journey from Chicago; and
the EXPLANATIONS OF delight and surprise,
and the cries of "bravo" 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
Ing the methods in vogue on the much
talked-of ''bonanza" wheat farms. Four
days before they had left Chicago as guests
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee a. ST. Paul Rail
road, along whose route from Chicago to st.
Paul they had recei ed one continuous ova-
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 Il.
Phillips, the Mayor, Gov. Shortridge, and
IN. G. Larimore, the proprietor OF the
Z great farm which they were 20 see.
| Silently and almost breathlesslv at first
they viewed the mighty phalanx Of ma
| chimes; then quickly alighting from their
/ conveyances they folio wed the machines on
| foot, eagerly peering into their mechanism
| as il bent on finding the secret OF their per-
feet, automatic, almost noseless action.
FOR an hour or more they followed tho
machines, asking mnumerable questions of
| Mr.. LRrlmore 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. H. Phillips and
| Mr.. G. H. O.mstead. The machines tested
| 1.-THE Deering Pony binder and the Deering
| IDEAL mower-were remarkable because
| eTnbodying the ball and roller bearings,
| such as are used in bicycles ana bicycle
| su.kies. Twelve tests were made on each
macnlne with a registered Osterheld &
| Elckmeyer dynamometrr. each representing
| the graft involved in cutting slX-f0ot
swath, 100 feet in length, in twenty 10
| 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 tops o! the stubble just cut, known as
the srolhng 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
cutting draft averaging l26 pounds, and
| the rolling draft ninety-two pounds. The
remarkably low draft-about half the draft
| OF ordinary machlnes-shown by these fig
| ures for both machines was care fully noted
| by the astonished visitors as demonstrating
| the pTactlcablity Of the bicycle bearings.
| The same Pony binder, drawn by two light
mules, cut an acre Of wheat IN twenty-five
and q half minutes.
| 4~..-.. WINE USED.
A notable feature OF the binder test was
the use on the Pony binoer of the Deerlng
| paper" Irvine, made from a wood fibre
This Irvine. patented by William Deermg a.
| Co, bids fair 10 prove Walcr-oo 10 the
Irvine trust, for il can be made and sold at
prices considerably below those low paid
| for the hemp ana sisal flores.
! At the close OF these tests the commits
sboners, together with party Of spec'at
were rendered good, substantial. prairie
| chicken dinner by Mrs. Larlmore and her
| Leighbors. Toasts followed. Gov, Short
| ridge, Mayor Phillips and Rev J. II. Kelley
| delivered eloquent addresses OF we.comc,
| which were responded 10 by ID. NJ. De Per-
! alta, Of Costa Rica; Mr.. A. Grneysky, the
! assistant Russian commissioner: Don AL
! bert Gomez Rgano. OF Uruguay; Mr.. Har-
| rv Vincent Of Costa Rica, and Judge A.
water, OF Minneapolis. Mr.. LariE.ore also
spoke. He said that by using the best
methods and machinery he had reduced the
| cost of raising and marketing wheat 10 be-
| tween 81 30 and IS 90 an acre.
| MR.. APPLEBY SURPRISES THK CoMMIssIoYERs
Mr.. John F. Appleby the inventor of
| the Appleby Irvine binder, whose pres
ence was a 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
I chine. SAID he
In 1879, when the Dcering Company made
! seventy-nyc OF these binders, people smiled
| knowingly and predicted failure. The next
year when Mr. Dcering made 1900 OF the ma
! chimes, the manufacturers OF the old reaper and
| the wire binder said he Was crazy. II he
crazy all the manufacturers OF harvesting ma
! chinery who have been forced 10 follow his
| ample have also become violently insane
! laughter ana the millions Of farmers who
now the invention are I'll candidates for u
/ luratic asylum Laughter and applause
The excursionsts left for Alton and the
! great Dalrymp.e farms at p. m. where
! they Witnessed threshing machines al work
on "A crop Of wheat that was cat from 1900
acres oy $40 Deering Dinders-a make that
is used exclusively by the Dalrymp.cs
! From Alton key lonracY"G 10 Fargo, where
! they were rovai!y received and shown the
! marvellous result Of western pack, which
in a season Of hard times had buit a solid
= city Of brick and mortar on the oed Of ashes
I that had lain smoking there only ninety
! days before From Fargo, the guests re-
turned 10 Chicago brimful OF enthusiasm
over the wonders Trey hao seen.
! WHEN domestic leaves an intelligence
/ office she is seldom permitted to take away
, with her any perccplihic amount OF lntcIIi-
gence.-RoGton Transcript.
THE laundry girls Of to-day think their
! lct a hard one, but IL was IN the Gays IF
Queen Elizabeth that they had a really ruff
| tlE4e Of it.-Troy Press.
| LOVE is said 10 be blind. but il usually
| gets there ahead Of the old man Just the
same.-Galvoston News.
| II at goes without saying" why DO peo-
| pie persist in saying itt
/ BELONGS TO 4 PAST hGE
| ~ the great, gripping,
| IZA nauseating pill
| AW&S In this enlightened
| VA age you have DR..
| TX y Pierce's Pleasant Pei