Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-04-12
DEERlNG AT PARIS IN 1900

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! pany Received More and Greater
| Honorn than We're Ever Before
Accorded an American Exhibitor i1
| the History OF Expeditions.
America may we'll feel proud OF the
! interest which her citizens took in tho
Paris Exposition and the elaborate ex-
| hibits which were prepared with con-
sun,mate skill and displayed in man.
ner not excelled by any other country.
Those Of Harvesting Machinery in par
ticular were most complete and inter-
esting. The Deering Harvester Com
pany, Of Chicago, Americas foremost
manufacturer of this line of goods, was
contributed more to the advancement
Of the art of harvesting than any other
manufacturer, living or dead, and with
a greater array Of important inven'
tons to it's credit than any other com
pany in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition were
prompt to accord the Deering exhibits
supreme honors, and it only remained
for official mandate to ratify the popu-
lar verdict, which was done in man
ner as substantial as it was well-merit-
ed. Each one Of the seven Deerlng ex-
hibits secured the highest award II
its class.
In addition to four high dccora-
tons, the Deering Harvester Company
received twenty-five awards, or twen-
| &,yr nj, s,, oil fol noPOr9f1ON
of Officer of the Legion of Honor, Dec
grafton Of Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations of Officer OF
Merite Agrcole, a Special Certificate
of Honor, The Grand Prize, Six Colo
Medals, Six Silver Medals and Eleven
Bronze Medals, including Deering Coz
laborator Medals.
The Decoration Of the Legion OF
Honor was instituted by Napoleon
Bonaparte 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
portance, 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
officials 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 it 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 Agrl-
cultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either OIL
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 tho
Governmental Farm of Tomsk, Siberia,
August 18th to 18TH All the 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 as is
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third Of the product Of the entire
world. The output of its factory for
a single day would tie 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 mat
two feet wide. it 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, Shredders and Rakes.
This company exhibited at the Paris
| Exposition an Automobile Mower,
which attracted much attention, and
exhibitions were given with one Of
these machines in the vicinity Of Paris
| throughout the season.
4 thankless man never doeA
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