St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-30
WORLDS FAIR TROPHIES.

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The Mccormick Harvesting Machtne Com
pany Awarded Seven Medals and SSiplo
mas for the Superior Exce,lence ct Thcil
Binders and Mowers.
CHICAGO, Oct cath.
At the Worlds Columbian Exposition 10
day seven medals and sc' en- diplomas wers
awarded the cCormic/ iiarvestiugN Machine
Company OF lAis city, These honOrs are IN
recognitiou Of the merit OF the following
named machines nufactured By the No
Cormick Com The Machine Of Steel
Bindlochine, open Elevator. McCormic1
Simple Knotter, No Steel Mower, Big
Steel Mower and the Corn Harvester. These
the highest awards, are based a the per
formance Of the Mccormick machines b
fore the judges In the field, q ehe regular
Geld trials of the Exposition. heid0t Wayne
Ill. In July last, the machines tested being
those regularly built for the general trade.
1t is oignihcant fact that Of all the manu-
facturers Of harvesting machinery having
exhibits 1t the Worlds Fair, the NcCor-
mick Company alone complied with the
committees request to show the capabilities
Of their machines in the field. The first
successful reaper was invented by Cyrus
Hall Mccormick in 1881, and from that time
to this the Mccormick machines have had .
decided prestige over all others They have
won the grand gold medals and highest
awards 1t every Worlds Fair, and 1t was
possibly for this reason that sixteen differ
ent manufacturers Of Binders and Mowers
did not compete in the field with them.
Throughout the entire season these sixteen
concerns, in their efforts to have . floor
award granted, have done everything posi-
BILE to b2flle the Commission and prevent
fair open field exhibit that should test the
working qualities Of the machines. Aud
now, after . four months fight by tho
makers Of harvesting machines who did not
dare meet Mccormick in the 6eld-a fight
in which the United States Commission
voted 1t every turn that the only way to ex-
anime z machine was by seeing it ut work in
the field-and after having signed an agree
ment with all the others not to show in the
field, one concern wanted IN award 90 bad
~ that only two weeks ago 1t went 30 far -
TO get . secret permit to pay the expenses
OF . new Committee to secretly accompany
their special machines TO . remote section
Of Colorado, where no other machines could
be shown, and where the crop iii there Is
any left) must DO much lighter, and the
surface Of the ground 6rmer, with the evi
dent hope that these conditions would insure
- easy work and - light draft - were
shown by the regular Mccormick machiaes
in the ofncial tests in July, in the very heavy
grain then harvested. The diplomas award
ed the Mccormick machines speak in high
est terms Of their efficiency, ease Of hand
ling and extreme light draft. The 0cCor-
mick No. Mower showed wonderful power
q work, and . It. cut machine, in field
averaging three tons TO the acre, with .
perfectly adjusted BY the g.
8. Custodian Of Government Weights and
Measures, drew At work, 1t IN average
draft Of 152 lbs. The judges pronounce this
. remarkable performance. The Mccormick
Binders, cutting 6 It. Of heavy oats on up
hill ground, and carrying bundle carriers,
measured BY the same standardized dyna-
showed draft n low as so lbs,
and none higher than $50 lbs. This wonder
full showing was great revelation TO many
foreigners ct the trial, and no
one present was 1t loss TO know why more
machines did not take part IN the tesla