The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-02

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WATCHES were first constructed in
1910.
A STORM moves thirty-six miles IN
hour.
A HURRICANE moves eighty miles an
HISTORIC AMERICAN TRIUMPH.
Commissioners to North Dakota to View
Harvesting Machinery 1t Work.
Forty-hve Deering Irvine Binders, form.
ing procession half q mile in length, and
steadily moving through . waving sea OF
wheat-such was the sight that greeted tho
Foreign Commissioners to the Worlds Fair
during their recent famous visit to tho DO.
nanza farms of North Dakota. This impos-
Ing spectacle WAS witnessed on the great Elk
Valley farm at Larimore, North Dakota,
farm comprising 1900 acres or nearly 10
square miles, 10 900 acres Of which formed
one unbroken fenceless field of wheat. To
witness this sight the distinguished spec
tators, comprising nfty foreign diplomats,
tatiyes 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
thousand mile journey from Chicago; and
the ordinations Of delight and surprise,
and tho cries Of s.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
mon had been especially DESTROYS OF witness
Ing the methods in vogue on the much
taiked-of bonanza wheat farms. Four
days before they had left Chicago az guests
OF the 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 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 tho whole population OF
the little city Of Larimore, headed by 0. h.
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 alighting from their
conveyances they folt the machines on
foot, eagerly peering into their mechanism
a. 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.. Larimore and his sons, when they were
called to one side of the field where scien-
TITO tests of draft were being made under
the supervision of Mayor o. H. Phillips and
Mr.. c. d. Oimstead. 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 registered Osterheld &
Eickmeyer dynamometer, each representing
the draft involved in cutting six-foot
swath, 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 tops Of tho stubble just cut, known as
the trolling draft test, showed an average
draft OF only 2o7 pounds. The Deering
Ideal mower, new machine also fitted with
the bicycle bearings, in heavy grass showed
. cutting draft averaging 1926 pounds, and
the rolling draft ninory-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 demonstrating
the practicability 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.
PAPER TwTNE USED.
A notable feature OF the binder test was
the use on the Pony binder Of the DeerinR
paper Irvine, made from a wood fibre.
This Irvine, patented by William Deering b
Co., bids fair to prove Waterloo to the
Irvine trust, for it can be made and sold at
prices considerably below those now paid
for the hemp and sisal fbres.
At the close of these tests the commits
sioners, together with a party Of specs ators.
chicken dinner by Mrs. Larimore and her
Leighbors. Toasts followed. Gov. Short
ridge, Mayor Phillips and Rev. J. a. Keeloy
delivered eloquent addresses of welcome,
which were responded TO by d. NJ De Per
alta, Of Costa Rica; Mr.. A. Grineysky, the
assistant Russian commissioner; Don Al
bent, Gomez Ruano. OF Uruguay Mr.. Har-
ry Vincent, Of Costa Rica. and Judge At
water, of Minneapolis Mr.. Larih;ore also
spoke. He said that by using tho best
methods and machinery be had reduced the
cost of raising and marketing wheat to be-
tween g. 50 and 1900 an acre.
ME-. APPLEBY SURPRISES TIRE COMMISSIONERS.
Mr.. John p. .Appleby, the inventor Of
the Appleby Irvine binder, whose pres
ence was q surprise to the commissioners,
told Of the history of his early struggles
and the final universal adoption Of his in
vention. He paid glowing tribute to Mr..
William Deering, to whose enterprise he
said the world was indebted for the intro
duction and general adoption OF tho na-
I'm 1879, when the Deering Company made
seventy-ive OF these binders, people smiled
knowingly and predicted failure. The next
year when Mr.. Deerny made 5000 Of the ma
chimes, the manufacturers OF the old reaper and
the wire binder said he was crazy. II he was
crazy AL the manufacturers Of harvesting ma
chinery who have been forced to follow his ex-
ample have also become violently insane
llaughterl and the millions Of farmers who
now use tho invention are nt candidates for .
iunatic asylum" Laughter and applause
The cxcursionists left for Alton and the
great Dalrymple farms at 4 p. M, where
they Witnessed thresbing machines at work
on crop Of wheat that was cut from r, 900
acres by 100 Deering binders-a make that
ID used exclusively by the Dalrymplos
From Alton they journeyed TO Fargo, where
they were royalty received and shown the
marvellous result OF western pinck, 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 briniful of enthusiasm
over the wonders they had seen.
HARD.-ssMiss Bigstoree is very fond OF
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