The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-10-14
HISTORIC AMERICAN TRIUMPH.
Notable Wait Of the Foreign worlds Fai,
Commissioners 60 Nsrth Dakota TO view

HtS OHiC AM6HICAN IHtOMP7.
Notable visit Of the Foreign worlds Faii
Commissioners 60 Nsrth Dakota TO Wow
Harvesting Mschsa4ry at Work.
Forty-five Dccrng Irvine Binders, form
ing procession half a mile In length, and
steadily moving through waving sea OF
wheat--such was the sight that greeted the
Foreign Commissioners 10 the Worlds Fair
during their recent famous visit to the DO.
nanza farms OF North Dakota. This impos.
ing spectacle was witnessed on the great Elk
Valley farm at Larimore, North Dakota, a
farm comprising l@'WO acres or nearly 1e
SQUARE miles, 10000 ucies Of whichformed
one unbroken fenceless field of wheat. 10
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.
clos, had undertaken the discomforts Of
thousand mile journey from Chicago; and
the EXPLANATIONS OF delight and surprise,
the air showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized. Sent here to
study all things American, these gentle.
men had been especially desirous of witness
ing the methods IN vogue on the much
talked-Of "bouanza" wheat farms. -Four
days before they had left Chicago as guests
Of the Chicago Milwaukee g. st. Paul Rail-
road, along whose route from Chicago to ST.
Paul they had received one continuous ova-
tion. From St. Paul through Minnesota and
North Dakota they travelled Us guests Of the
Great Northern Railroad, and the farther
north they travelled the wurmer and more
cordial was their reception. Here vt Lari-
more they found the climax Of interest and
the height Of hospitality. They were met
what seemed to be the whole population Of
the little city of Larimore, heuded by o. H.
Phillips the Mayor, Gov. Shortridge, and
N. 9. Larimore, the proprietor Of the
ssn farm and Tnos smoss asy wsss S sS s
they viewed the mig lty phalanx of ma
chimes; then quickly lighting from their
conveyances they, followed the machines on
foot, eagerly peering into their mechanism
feet, automatic, almost noiseless action.
For an hour or more they followed the
machines, asking innumerahle questions of
Mr. Larimore and his sons, when they were
called TO one side of the field where scien-
the supervision Of Mayor o. II. Phillips and
Mr. c. h. Oimstead. Tho machines tested
the Deering Pony binder and the Deering
ideal mower-were remarkable because
embodying the ball nd roller bearings,
such as are used in icyclcs and bicycle
sulkies. Twelve tests were made on each
machine with registered Osterheld &c
Eickmeyer dynamometer, each representing
the draft involved In cutting u 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 the stubblc just cut, known as
the .'rolling draft test, showed an average
Nraft of only POI pounds The Desiring
Ideal mower, new machine also fitted with
the bicycle bearings, in heavy grass showed
q cutting draft averaging 26pounds, and
the rolling draft. ninety-two pounds. The
remarkably low draft-about half the draft
of ordinary machines-shown by these fig
nres 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 TwINE USED.
A notable feature OF the binder test was
the use on the Pony binder of the Deerng
s'paper' twine, made from q wood fibre.
This twine, patented BY William Deering &
twine trust, for it can be made and sold at
prices considerably below those Low paid
for the hemp and sisal fibres.
At the close of these tests the commits
soners, together with party of spec ators,
were rendered good, substantial, prairie
chicken dinner by Mrs. Larimore aud her
Leighbors Toasts followed Gov. Short
ridge, Mayor Phillips and Rev. J. H. Keeley
delivered eloquent addresses of we.comc,
which were responded to by D. NJ. De Per
alta, of Costa Rica; Mr.. A. Grineyssy, the
assistant Russian commissioner; Don AL
berto 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 bes
methods and machinery he had reduced the
cost of raising and marketing wheat to be
tween $4.5O and $500 an acre.
MR.. APPLEBY SURPRISES THE COMMISSIONERS
Mr.. John F. Appleby, the inventor Of
the Appleby twine binder, whose pres
told of the history of his early struggle.
and the final universal adoption of his in
vention. He paid 6 glowing tribute to Mr.
William Deering, to whose enterprise ht
said the world was indebted for the intro
duction and general adoption Of the ma
chine. Said he:
I'm 1870, when the Deering Company mad
seventy-fve Of these binders, people smiled
knowingly and predicted failure. The mex
year when Mr. Deering made 5000 of the ma
chimes, the manufacturers Of the old reaper ant
the wire binder said he was crazy. II he WA
crazy all the manItacturers Of harvesting ma
ample have also become violently insan
llaughterl and the millions of farmers VIII
now use the invention are At candidates for
lunatic asylum" Laughter and applause.l
The eXcursionists left for Alton and tn
great Dalrymp.e farms at 4 p. ul., wher
they witnessed threshing machines at wor
on q crop of wheat that was cut from a, 90
acres by 100 Deering binders-a make tina
is used exclusively by the Dalrymp,cs
From Alton they journeyed to Fargo, wher
they were royally received and shown tn
marvellous result of western piack, whic
in season of hard times had built soi
city of brick and mortar on the bed of asle
that had lain smoking there only nipet
days before. From Fargo, the guests rt
turned 10 Chicago brimful of enthusiasm
over the wonders they had seen.