Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-04-11
DEERING AT PARIS IN


America may well feel ~.
interest which her citizens TOW
Paris Exposition and the elahoa
hibits which were prepared MI. s's 2
summate skill and displayed g. cs
ner not excelled by any other 80. aas
Those OF Harvesting Machinery :
tieular were most complete ana
estins. The Deering Harvests, =
pany. OF Chicago. Americas ,o,,N
manufacturer Of this line Of poos.
accorded the position OF hono,
contributed more to the advanaaN
OF the art OF harvesting than anv -
manufacturer. living or dead. ana -
a greater array OF importan, ,,s
tons to its credit than any otbe,
pany in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition
prompt 10 accord the Deerins e,hns
supreme honors. and 1t only rem,,.'s
for Official mandate to ratify the n,,a
lar verdict. which was done in
ner as substantial as it was well.ms,s'
ed. Each one OF the seven DeerIn, !
hibits secured the highest award !.
its class.
In addition to four high deco,,
lions. the Deering Harvester Comma,
received twenty-five awards. or tive,
ty-nine In all. as follows: Decor,tim
OF Officer of the Legion of Honor. Is..
grafton OF Chevalier OF the Legion :
Honor, Two Decorations Of Officer q
Merite Agricole, a Special Certisc,t,
of Honor. The Grand Prize, Sir Gaia
Medals, Six Silver Medals and Elevs,
Bronze Medals. including Deering Cd.
laborator Medals.
The Decoration Of the Legion a
Honor was instituted by Napolem |
Bonaparte when First Consul In 1902
and Il only conferred in recognition
of distinguished military or civil
achievements. 1t is the highest ds.
tinction In the gift OF the French Re
public.
The Decoration Of the Merite Au;.
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 Oficial Certificate of Honor ws
accorded ths 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
ofHcials 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 NJ
scum of Arts and Sciences at Paris,
where il has become q permanent fsa-
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 10 the National Agrl-
cultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either on
cial or otherwise, in connection with
the Paris Exposition, but the most In
portant foreign contest the past season
vas held under the auspices OF the
Russian Expert Commission at The
Governmental Farm Of Tomsk, Siberia
August l4th 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 ON
pany the Grand Silver Medal Of the
Minister Of Agriculture and Donain'
which was the highest award.
The Deering Harvester Works ars
the largest of their kind In the world
covering eighty-6ve acres and employ.
ing 5000 people. They are equippeo
with modern automatic machines
many Of which perform the labor o
from Ave to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the iarses'
manufacturer of Binder Irvine IN tn'
world, having been first to produe'
si~ngle-strand binder Irvine. such a. =
In general use today, making over
third Of the product Of the eLl.r
world. The output Of It's factory ~
Q single day would tie . band aroun'
the earth at the equator, with severn
thousand miles to spare. The annuA
production would I'LL q freight uap
twenty miles long. Made into o MA
two feet wide, il would reach acro'
the American continent from ocean :
ocean.
Deering machines IRE known =
LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS. consisting :
Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Corn hAi
vesters, Shredders and Rakes.
This company exhibited at the fai'
Exposition an Automobile NOV.
which attracted much attention ~
exhibitions were given with Que J
these machines in the vicinity Oh Ia
throughout the season.