The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-06
DEERING AT PARIS IN 1909.

the History of Expeditions.
America may we'll feel proud of the.
interest which her citizens took in tae
Paris Exposition and the elaborate ex-
hibits which were prepared with con-
summate skill and displayed in a MAJ
ner not excelled by any other country
Those of Harvesting Machinery In par
ticular were most complete and inter
esting. The Deering Harvester Com
pany, of Chicago, Americas foremost
manufacturer of this line OF goods, was
accorded the position Of honor, havia5
contributed more to the advancement
OF the art of harvesting than any other
manufacturer, living or dead, aad wit.
a greater array of important inyen
tions to its credit than any other COM
pany in the world.
Visitors to the Exposition w2r.
prompt to accord the Deering EXHIBITS
supreme honors, and it only remained
for official mandate to ratify the popl-
lar verdict, which was done in a maa-
ner as substantial as it was well-merit-
ed. Each n of the sever Deering ex-
hibits secured the highest award in
it's class.
In addition to four high decora-
tions, the Deering Harvester Company
received twenty-five awards, or TWEEN
ty-nine in all, as follows: Decoration
of Officer of the Legion of Honor, Dec
Grafton OF Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor, Two Decorations of Officer OIL
Merite Agricole, a Special Certificate.
of Honor, The Grand Prize, Six God.
Medals, Six Silver Medals and Eleven.
Bronze Medals, including Deering Col
laborator Medals.
The Decoration of the Legion or
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 dis
in the gift of the French Re
public.
The Decoration of the Merite Agri--
cole is an honor of but slightly less i'm
portance, which is conferred upon
those who have contributed greatly To-
the advancement of agriculture.
An Official Certificate of Honor was
accorded the 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:
Officials 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 Mu--
scum of Arts and Sciences at Paris.
where it has become a permanent fea-
ture of that world-famed institution.
The Deering Irvine Exhibit and Corn
Exhibit, both of which re-
the highest awards. have by
request of the French Government
been presented to the National Agrl-
cultural College of France.
There was no field trial, either off,
cial or otherwise, in connection with
the Paris Exposition, but the most i'm
p~ortant foreign contest the past season
held under the auspices of the
Expert Commission at the
Farm of Tomsk, Siberia,
14th 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 Com
Dany the Grand Silver Medal of the
Minister of Agriculture and Domain,
which was the highest award.
The Deering Harvester Works are.
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covering eighty-fve acres and employ
ng 5000 people. They are equipped
With modern automatic machines,
many of which perform the labor Of
rom FIVE to fifteen hands.
This Company is also the largest
manufacturer of Binder Irvine In the
world, having been first to produce
ingle-strand binder Irvine, such as is.
n general use today, making over a.
bird of the product of the entire
world. The output of it's factory for
single day would tie a band around
he earth at the equator, with several
thousand miles to spare. The annual
would fill a freight train
wenty miles long. Made into a mat
wo feet wide, it would reach across.
American continent from ocean to
cean.
Deering machines are known as
LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS, consisting of
sinders, Mowers, Reapers, Corn Har-
esters, S%hredders and Rakes.
This company exhibited at the Paris,
Exposition al Automobile Mower,
Vhich attracted much attention, and