The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-04-11
DEERlnG AT PARIS IN ION

the History of Exposition.
America may well feel proud .,
interest which her citizens took in .S
Paris Exposition and the elaborate
hibits which were prepared with 90
summate skill and displayed in a mo-
ner not excelled by any other cour,ar
Those of Harvesting Machinery in ~.
ticular were most complete and inta.
esting. The Deering Harvester Con-
pany, of Chicago. Americas foremos,
manufacturer OF this line of goods Wa
accorded the position of honor, hav;n,
contributed more to the advancemep,
Of the art OF harvesting than any otba.
manufacturer, living or dead, and win
a greater array Of important inva,.
tons to its credit than any other com.
pany in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition WEI,
prompt to accord the Deering exhibits,
supreme honors, and il only reyaainni
for Official mandate to ratify the POM.
lar verdict, which a done in a man.
ner as substantial as it was well-merit.
ed. Each one Of the sever Deeriny ex.
hibits secured the highest award in
its class.
In addition to four high decora-
tons, the Deering Harvester Compan,
received twenty-five awards, or twen-
ty-nine in all, as follows: Decoration
of Oficer OF the Legion of Honor. Dec.
grafton of Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations of Officer O,
Merite Agricole, a Special Certificate
of Honor. The Grand Prize, Six Gold
Medals, Six Silver Medals and Eleven
Bronze Medals, including Deering Col
laborator Medals.
The Decoration Of the Legion or
Honor was instituted by Napoleon
Bcnaparte when First Consul in 1902,
and is only conferred in recognition
of distinguished military or civil
achievements. 1t Is the highest dis
tinction in the gift of the French Re-
public.
The Decoration of the Merite Agri-
cole is an honor of but slightly less i'm
p~ortance, which is conferred upon
those who have contributed greatly 10
the advancement Of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was
accorded the Deering Retrospective
Exhibit, which showed the improve
ments in harvesting machinery during
the past century, and excited the high
est praise of the French Government
Oficials who had entrusted to the
Deering Harvester Company the prep
aration of this most important exhibit
BY special request this exhibit has
been presented to the National Mu-
scum Of Arts and Sciences at Paris,
where 1t has become a permanent fea-
ture Of that world-famed institution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn
Harvester Exhibit. both Of which re-
ceived the highest awards. have by
request of the French Government
been presented to the National Agri-
cultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either Off
cial or otherwise, In connection with
the Paris Exposition, but the most i'm
portant foreign contest the past season
was held under the auspices Of the
Russian Expert Commission at the
Governmental Farm of Tomsk, Siberia,
August 14th to 18th. All tho leading
American and European machines par
ticipated and were subjected to the
most difficult tests by the Government
Agriculturist. The Expert Commission
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 largest of their kind in the world,
covering eighty-five acres and employ
ing 5000 people. They are equipped
with modern automatic machines,
many of which perform the labor OF
from five to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the largest
manufacturer of Binder Irvine in the
world. having been first to produce
single-strand binder Irvine, such a. is
in general use today, making over a
third of the product OF the entire
world. The output Of its factory for
a single day would tie a band around
the earth at the equator, with several
thousand miles to spare. The annual
production would fill a freight train
twenty miles long. Made into a mat
two feet wide, ii would reach across
the American continent from ocean to
ocean. ~
Deering machines are known as
LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS, consisting OF
Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Corn Har-
vesters, S~hredders and Rakes.
This company exhibited at the Paris
Exposition an Automobile Mower,
which attracted much attention, and
exhibitions were given with n OF
these machines in the vicinity Of Paris
throughout the season.