Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-04-19
DEERING All PARIS IN 1909.

The Famous Chicago Harvester
Company Received More ana
Greater Eronors Than Were Ever
Before Accorded an American
Exhibitor in The History OF En-
positions.
America may we'll feel proud OF TIC inter-
est which her citizens took in The Pans Expo
sition and the elaborate exhibits when "erJ
prepared with consummate skill and 'hSp'ayeu
in manner not excellcd by any other country.
Those OF Harvesting Machinery III paric ll&f
were most complete md interesting. Tho
Deering Harvester Company, OF tmcago.
Americas foremost manufacturer OF thus iho
of goods, was accorded the position OF honor,
having contributed more to the advancement
OF the art OF harvesting than any other manu-
facturer. living or dead, and with greater
array OF important inventions to Its creolS
thai, any other company in tine world.
Visitors to the Exposition were rromnI 10
accord the Deering exhibits supreme honors,
and it only remained for official mandate 70
ratify the popular verdict, which was done IN
manner Ms substantial as it was well Inherited.
Each one Of the seven DeernS eAhibltS secured
the highest award in its claas.
In addition 10 four high decorations, tine
Deering Harvester Company received twenty
five awards, or twenty-nine in all, rs follows:
Decoration of Officer OF the Legion OF Honor,
Decoration of Chevalicr OF the Legion of
Honor Two Decorations of Officer OF Merlte
Agricole. a Special Certificate OF Honor, The
Grand Prize, Six Gold Medals, Blk silver
Medals aud Eleven Bronze Medals, including
DeerinS Collaboration Medals.
The Decoration of Legion OF Honor WIS in
stituted by Napoleon Bonaparte when First
Consul in 1902, and iG only conferred in rccoG-
milton of distinguished military orc civil achieve
ments II is the highest distinction i'll the GIFT
OF the French Republic
The Decoration of Merite Bgricolc il al
honor of but slightly less importance, which
is conferred upon those who have contributed
greatly to the advancement of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was accord
cd the Deering Retrospective Exhibit, which
showed the improvements in harvestir5 ma
chinery during the past century, and excited
tho highest praise OF the French Government
Officials who had entrusted to the Deoring
Harvester Company the preparation OF this
most important exhibit. By special request
this exhibit has been presented to the National
Museum of Arts and Sciences ut Paris, where
it has become d permanent future OF that
world famed institution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn Har-
veSter Exhibit, both OF which received the
highest awards, have by request of the French
Government been presented to the Rational
Agricultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either official or
otherwise in connection with the Paris Expo
siton, but the most important foreign contest
the past season was held under the auspices OF
the russian Expert Commission at the Gov
ernmental Farm of Tomsk, Siberia, August
1ith to 18th. All the leading American and
European machines participated and were
Inst hU
Government Agriculturist. The Expert Com
mission awarded the Deering Harvester Com
pany the Grand Silver Medal of the Minister
of Agriculture and Domain, which was the
highest award.
The Deering Harvester Works are the larS-
est of their kind in the world, covering eighty
five acres and employing 5000 people. They
are equipped with modern automatic ma.
chimes. many Of which perform the labor OF
from five to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the largest manufac-
turer OF Binder Irvine in the world, having
been first to produce single-strand binder
Irvine, such as ia i'll general use today, making
over n third OF the product OF tho entire
world. The output Of its factory Tor single
dav would Tie band around the earth ut the
equator. with several thousand miles to spare.
The annual production would fill freight
train twenty miles long. Made into mat two
feet wide, it would reach across the American
Continent from ocean to ocean.
Deering machines are known as LIGHT
DEALT DEALS, consisting OF Binders, Mowers,
Reapers, Corn H&rvesters, Shredders ana
Rakes.
This Company exhibited st the Paris E1pot1-
ton en- Automobile Mower, which attrac ed
much attention, and exhibitions were .gi' en-
with one OF these machines in the vicinity OF
Paris throughout the season.