Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16
DEERING AT PARIS IN 1900.

The Famous Chicage Harvester Com
pany Received More and Greater
Honors than Were Ever Before Ac-
corded an American Exhibitor in the
History of Expos;tions.
America may well feel proud of the in
terest which her citizens took in the
Paris Exposition and the elaborate ex-
hibits which were prepared with consum-
mate skill and displayed in manner not
excelled by any other country. Those
of Harvesting Machinery in particular
We're 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 contributed more to the
advancement of the art OF harvesting
than any other manufacturer, living or
dead, and with a greater array of impor-
tant inventions TO its credit than any
other company in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition were prompt
to accord the Deeripg exhibits supreme
honors, and it only remained for official
mandate to ratify the popular verdict,
which was done in manner as substan-
tial as it 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 awards, or twenty-nine in
all, as follows: Decoration of Officer of
the Legion of Honor. Decoration of Chey-
alier of the Legion of Honor, two decora-
tions of Officer of Merite Agricole, a Spc-
cial Certificate eff Honor The Grand
Prize, six Gold Medals, six Silver Medals
and eleven Bronze Medals, including
Deering Collaboration 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 distinction in the gift of the
French Republic.
The Decoration of Merite Agrcole is
an honor of but slightly less Importance,
which is conferred upon those who have
contributed greatly to this advancement
of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was
accorded the Deeri.g Retrospective Ex-
hibit, which showed, the improvements in
harvesting machinery during the past
century, and excited: the highest praise of
the French government officials who had
entrusted to the Deering Harvesting
Company the preparation of this most
important exhibit. BY special request this
exhibit has been presented to the Ma
tional Museum of Arts and Sciences at
Paris, where it has become a permanent
feature of that word-famed institution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn
Harvester Exhibit, both of which receiv-
sd 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 oricial
or otherwise, in connection with the Paris
Exposition, but the most important for
eign contest the past season was held
under the auspices of the Russian Ex-
pert Commission at the Governmental
Farm at TomSk, Siberia, Aug IA to IS.
All the leading American and European
machines participated and were subject
ed to the most difficult tests by the gov
eminent agriculturist The Expert Com
mission awarded the Deering Harvester
Company 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, cover
ing eighty-fve acres and employing 5000
people. They are equipped with modern
automatic machines, many of which per-
form 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 prod
uct 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
freight train twenty miles long. Made
into mat two feec wide, it would reach
across the American continent from
ocean to ocean.
Deering machines are known as
LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS, consisting Of
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.