The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-18
DEEKiNG All PARIS IN 1900.

Zhs Famous Chicago Harvester
Company Received More nuJ
Greater Honors Than Were Ever
Before Accorded nm American
Exhibitor in the History Of EN-
positions.
America may we'll feel proud of the inter
est which her citizens took in the Paris Expo-
stion and the elaborate exhibits which were
prepared with consummato skill and displayed
in manner not excelled by any other country.
Those OF Harvesting Machinery in particular
were most complete and interesting. Tho
Deering Harvester Company, OF Chicago
Americas foremost manufacturer of this line
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 n greater
array of important inventions to its credit
thnii any other company in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition were prompt to
accord the Deering exhibits supreme honors.
and IL only remained for official mandate 70
ratify tho popular verdict, which was done in
manner as substantial as IL was well -merited.
Each one OF the seven Deering exhibits secured
the highest award IN its class
In addition TO four high decorations the
Deering Harvester Company received twenty
five swards, or twenty y-nine in all as follows:
Decoration OF Officer of the Legion Of Honor,
Decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor. Two Decorations Of Officer of Merite
Agricole, a Special Certificate of Honor. The
Grand Prize, Six Gold Medals, Six Silver
Medals md Eleven Bronze Medals, including
Deering Colleborator Medals.
The Decoration of Legion OF Honor was in
ntituted by Napoleon Bonaparte when First
Consul in 1902, end is only conferred in rccog-
milton OF distinguished military or civil achieve
m2nts. II is the highest distinction in the rift
or the French Republic.
Tho Decoration of Merito Agricole il an
honor of but slightly less importance, which
ia conferred upon those who have contributed
greatly TO the advancement of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was accord
cd The Doering Retrospective Exhibit, which
showed the improvements in harvesting ma
chinery during tho past century, and excited
The highest praise of the French Government
Officials who had entrusted to the Deering
Harvester Company the preparation of this
most important exhibit. by special request
this exhibit has been presented to tho National
Museum of Arts and Sciences Mt Paris, whore
it has become II permanent future OF that
world-famed institution.
The Dccring Twine Exhibit and Corn Har-
vester 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
otherwise, in connection with the Paris Expo
sition, but the most important foreign contest
the past seacon was held under the auspices of
the Russian Expert Commission at the Gov
ernmental Farm OF TomRls, Siberia, August
14th to 18th. All the leading American and
European machines participated and were
6ubjected to tho most difficult tests by tho
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 tho
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-
turor of Binder Twine in the world, having
been first to produce fingle-strand binder
twine such as is III general use today, making
over a third of the product of tho entire
world. The output Of its factory for q single
day would tie band around the earth ut the
equator. with several thousand miles to spare.
The annual production would fill n freight
train twenty miles long Made into mat two
feet wide, it would reach across tho American
Continent from ocean to ocean.
Deering machines arc known as LIGHT
DRAFT DEALS, consisting of Binders, Mowers,
Reapers, Corn HGrveaterg, Shreddors and
Rakes.
This Company exhibited at the Paris Export
ton au Automobile Mower, which attract cd
much attention, and exhibitions were giN en-
with one OF these machines in the vicinity OF
Paris throughout the season.