The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-02
A WORD ABOUT BINDERS AND
MOWERS.

The moral of a fable with which we
used to tussle in an old elementary
Latin reader. was summed up in the
two words eGpeTGentGG dOcet-experi
ence teaches. AS the years go BY, we
are more and more impressed with the
force of these words, and the advent of
the annual harvest season eugges S the
wealth of experience that has befailen
the McCo1 mick Harvesting Machine
Company Of Chicago. manufacturers
of the Mccormick line of grain ard
grass cutters. The ency clopeGias STATE
that the first successful reaper was in.
vented, built and operated by Cyrus
81. Mccormick in 1881 THIS. then
was the beginning of the history of the
modern binder and mower, and al
though followers of the Mccormick
come and 60, they fail to bring ue any
inovations of real ard lasting merit,
just as they fail to dispense with the
underlying principles of Mr.. McCor
mjck's old ''Virginia Reaper" Of "a
years ago; in fact, the S , principles can
not be dispensed with without Wiping
every reapiDg machine out Of exist
ence," Is the fOrcible recognition &C
corded Mr.. McCormick's invention by
Knights New Mechanical Dictionary.
With all this practical experience,
reaching from 1881 down to the present
time, there is nothing strange in the
fact that Mccormick machine to day
hold the highest rank. In every cOun.
try where grain and grass are grown,
the Mccormick is a fav0rite, and the
manufacturers assert that of all har
vesting machines sold annually, more
than one third are of the Mccormick
1ooH0 II 70 n uoo++oa IF LTC~Dnz ~ho+
at every Worlds Fair they have won
the highest Donors, and al those expo
sitiOns where field trials have been held.
the value of these hOnOrs has been
especially enhanced, as it is an the field
in actual work, that the Mccormick
experience is setn.
Experience has taught them the r
tical requirements OF the grain and
grass grower. Their machines are
therefore simple in construction, most
perfect in operation, light, yet strong
and durable, and for lightness Of draft
are u~neXcelled. ALI manufacturers are
prone to make eXtravagant claims for
their machines, but the Mccormick
Company's readiness to provea all claims
at all times is a well known exception
to the general rule-an exception which
was peculiarly emphasized at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1898,
when the awarding committee asked
all manufacturers TO operate their ma
chimes in the field; the Mccormick
Company compiied-th the others did not.
It is easy to make claims in an adq
tise ment, and easy for agents to talk
about the particular binders and low
ers represented by them, but it is diff
cult to prove claims, and that the Nc
Cormick Company should have dor e
81 10 these Worlds Fair field tests, is
a striking illustration of their watch
word-"What we say we do we do do "
Our readers will be gratifed to know
That the Mccormick Company are
building a corn harvester and binder.
which IS as great a success as their
grain harvester It is highly com-
mended by practical farmers who have
seen 1t work, and although thousands
Of them will be built this season. the
demand promisf S to out run thesuDDIV-
Those interested will do we'll to make
further lnq llry at ono either of the
nearest local agency, or at the general
Offices in Chicago.