Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-04-17
DEERING AT PARIS IN 1000.
The Famous Chicago Harvester Com.
pany Received More and Greater
Honors Than Were Ever Before
Accorded an American Exhibitor
In the History of Expeditions.

Americans may well feel proud of the in
terest which her citizens took in the Paris
Exposition and the elaborate exhibits which
were prepared with consummate skill and
displayed IN manner not excelled by any
other country. Those of Harvesting Ma
chinery in particular were most complete
and interesting. The Deering Harvester
Company, of Chicago, Americas foremost
manufacturer of this line of goods, was
accorded the position of honor, having con-
trlbuted more to the advancement of the
art of harvesting than any other manufac-
:urer, living or dead, and with greater
array OF important inventions to its credit
than any other company 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 popular verdict, which
was done in manner as substantial as it
was well-merlted. Each one of the seven
Deering exhibits secured the highest award
in its class.
In addition to four high decorations, the
Deerlng Harvester Company received TWEEN
ty,hve awards, or Twenty-Five in all, as
follows: Decoration of Officer of the Legion
OF Honor, Decoration of Chevalier of the Lee
glon of Honor, Two Decorations of Officer of
Merite Agricole, a Special Certificate of
Honor, The Grand Prize, Six Gold Medals,
SIX Silver Medals and Eleven Bronze Med
ais, including Deering Collaboration Med
ais.
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 distinction
in the gift of the French Republic
The Decoration of Merite Agricole is an
honor of but slightly less Importance, which
is conferred upon those who have contrib
uted greatly to the advancement of agri-
culture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was ac
corded the Deering Retrospective Exhibit,
which showed the improvements in Harvest
ing machinery during the past century, and
excited the highest 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 pre-
sented to the National Museum of Arts and
sciences at Paris, where it has become a
permanent feature of that world-famed in
stitution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn
Harvester Exhibit, both of which received
the highest awards, have by request of the
French Government been presented to the
National Agricultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either official or
position, but the most important foreign
contest the past season was held under the
auspices of the Russian Expert Commission
at the Governmental Farm of Tomsk, ST.
oerla, August l4th to 18th. All the leading
American and European machines partici-
pated and were subjected to the most diff
6cult tests by the Government Agricultur-
ist. The Expert Commission awarded the
Deering Harvester Company the Grand
Silver Medal of the Minister of Agricul-
ture 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 employing 1900 peo-
pie. They are equipped with modern auto
matte machines, many of which perform
the labor of from five to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the largest manu-
facturer of Binder Irvine in the world,
having been first to produce single-strand
binder Irvine, such as is in general use to-
day, making over third of the product of
the entire world. The output of its fac
tory for single day would tie band around
the earth at the equator, with several
thousand miles to spare. The annual pro-
duction would fill freight train twenty
miles long. Made into mat two feet wide,
il would reach across the American Con.
tlnent from ocean to ocean.
Deering machines are known as LIGHT
DRAFT IDEALS, consisting of Binders,
Mowers, Reapers, Corn Harvesters, Shred
ders and Rakes.
This company exhibited at the Paris Ex-
position an Automobile Mower, which at
tracted much attention, and exhibitions
were given with one of these machines in
the vicinity of Paris throughout the season.