Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-20
DEERING AT PARIS IN 1900,

Tho Famous Chicago IIarvcste,
Company Received Moro and
Grcntcr HOnOrs Than Were Ever
Before Accorded mn american
Exhibitor In the History OF liz,
positions.
America may well feel proud Of the inter
est which her citizens took in the Paris Expo
sition and the elaborate exhibits which were
prepared with consummatc kill and displAytc
IN manner not oxcclcd 10y any other country
Those OF Harvesting Machinery in particular
wcr1 most complete and interesting, Tho
Docring Harvester Company, II Chicago
Americas foremost manufacturer Of this line
OF goods, VIA accorded the position of honor
having contributed moro to The advancement
Of the art OF harvesting than any 9th manu-
facturor, living or dead md with u greater
array OF important inyCntiOn1 10 its credit
than any other company IN the world,
Visitors 10 the Exposition were prompt t.
accord the Dc,rng exhibits supreme honors,
and it only remained for Official mandate tc
iutify the popular verdict, which was done IN
y manner NJ substantial as it was wcll-mcrited,
Each one or the seven DGcrng exhibits secured
the highest award in its class.
In addition 10 four high decorations the
Dccring Harvester Company received twenty
five swardl, or twenty nine III all, ~ follows!
Decoration Of Officer of the Legion OF Honor,
Decoration OF Cheyalicr Of the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations of Onicor o' Merlte
Agricolc, Special Certificate OF Honor, The
Grand Prize, Six Gold Mcdals, six Silver
Medals and Eleven BronHo Medals, including
Dccring Collaboration Medals.
The Decoration OF Legion OF Honor was in
sttutcd By Napoleon Bonaparte when First
Consul III 1902, and ~ o.ly conferred III recog-
milton ofdistinguishod mill tary or civil achieve
ments. 1t s tho highest distinction in the gift
Of tbs French Rcpublic.
IN, Decoration OF Mprit1 ArrirOlo an
homo. OF but slightly less importance, which
IL conferred upon those who have contributed
greatly to the advancement Of agriculture.
An official Certificate Of Honor was accord
ed tho Dccring Retrospective Exhibit, which
showed the improvements in harvesting INA
chincry during tho past century, and excited
the highest praise OF tn, l'r, nch Government
Officials who had entrusted to the Deering
Harvester Company the preparation OF this
most importan! exhibit Ey special request
this exhibit has been presented to the National
Museum of Ara and Sciences ut Paris, where
ii has become II permanent future OF that
world famed institution.
The Dccring Irvine Exhibit and Corn Har-
vcstGr Exhibit, both of which received tho
highest awards, have by request OF the French
Government been prGse nted to the National
Agricultural College of France.
There was no field trial either official or
otherwise. in connection with the Paris Expo
the past season was held under the auspices OF
the Russian Expert Commission at the Gov
ernmental Farm OF Tomsk, Siberia, August
1lth to 18TH All the leading American and
European machines participated and were
subjected to the most difficult tests by the
Government Agricultural. The Expert Com
mission awarded the Dccring Harvester Com
pany the Grand Silver Medal OF the Minister
Of Agriculture and Domain, watch was the
highest award.
The Dccring Harvester Works are the larg
est of their kind III the world covering eighty
fyo 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 il also the largest manufac
turcr Of Binder Irvine III the world having
been first to produce sin3lc-strand binder
twinc, such rs is i'll general use today, making
over third OF the product of the entire
world. The output of its factory for single
day would tie Il band around the earth at the
equator, with several thousand miles to spare.
The annual production would fill freight
train twenty miles long. Made into a mat two
feet wide, il would reach across the American
Continent from ocean to ocean.
Dccring Hachincs are known as L!Gur
DRAFT DEALS, consisting of binders. Mowers,
Reapers, Corn Harvcsters ShreddcrS and
Rakes.
This Company exhibited at tho Paris Expo j.
ton an Automobile Mower. which attrac el
much attention, and exhibitions wcro gi' en-
with one OF these machines i'll the vicinity OF
Paris throughout the season.