The gazette., 1901-04-13
DEERING AT Es IN 1900.

The Famous Chfcng
pany Received \ an"
lEver Before
Accorded an Amt"
in the History of poS
Americans may well etroGu a. ~ eTe Por;s ~
terest which her citHns q - hil;ts ,Tb;oh
Exposition and the eli Iii n aDd
were prepared with pnspattl -, anu
other countrt. III ~ Sd M Tvesting Ma
chinerv =, r3,+ :s'.'llr 4teraost complete
and lnteresting lie Dec 10, fe.,t 1850
Company. of chi ago, Anta's foremost
manufacturerSoft tins me goous' was
accorded the po} }ition q hot having con-
art of haryestiny than nv er manutac-
turer, living or lead' a4d NJ greatct
array of impor3l lnt lnventlobo lts creul'
than any Other onlpahYns ti"oIlu.
Visitors Is he ExpoAfionere prompt
to accord he Deering khle supreme
honors, and only ren1tineor official
mandate to1a lily the popt tar dict, which
was done Ri IA manner a a$snbntial as 1T
vas well -rner ted. Each bne the seven
leering eIhiRlts secured the Ilest award
inits class
n addit ion to four hig 1decstions, the
Dering H arV pster Compa ~ reTed TWEEN
ty-t-e awaffis, or twenty lhinel all, as
fOlloys: Dec ration of Off af Cle Legion
of Hcor. Dei ration of Ch StalzQf the Le-
gion o HonoT Two Decora ton Isl Officer of
Merite AgHicfle, Special Ce,lcate of
Honor, The f(Arand Prize, 81 fid Medals,
Six Sifsr MsAals and Elev ~ Baze Med
ais, ine1dine Deering Coll bor@r Med
A'? The beoIaldn of the Llkiont Honor
was institutsdty Napoleon BbmaT1e when
First ConsulSn 1902, and is o1 lyeonrred in
recognition OF distinguished rIflitaor civil
achievements. 1t is the high &t GEnction
in the gift of the French RephblN
The Decoration of Merite Agfica is an
honor of but slightly less impd dftanGwhich
is conferred upon those who have mtrib-
uted greatly to the advanced hent agri-
culture. IA
An Official Ce;tifcate of HSEor VS. ac-
corded the Deeriny RetrospectfV hibit,
which showed the lnprovementSn Sn Havest-
ing machinery during the past d8ntur and
excited the higheS praise of tie Ennch
Government Ottcias who had d4trusd to
the Deering Harveser CompanH the rep
aration of this most important e1hibi BY
special request this exhibit has beer pre-
sented to the Nationd Museum oNArEand
Sciences at Paris, were it has Become a
permanent feature OF that world tame in
stitution.
The Deering Twine Exhibit add Corn
Harvester Exhibit, bon of which <fecgyed
the highest awards, hare by request Othe
French Government ben present& tothe
National Agricultural (ollege of Hrane
Tbara 1roC M fold trsl aitbar .toisl n-
otherwise, in connectionwith the HfE E-
position, but the most important fDnm
contest the past season vas held ur tler the
auspices of the Russian Expert Com hisSil
at the Governmental Farm of Tonkk, St..
IBERIA, August 14th to lStL All the Radmg
American and European machines IkrtiC.
pated and were sub jected to the moi dr.
fcult tests by the Government Agrihltw
ist. The Expert COmmissDn awarded th
Deering Harvester COMPANY the Gram
Silver Medal of the Minisar of Agficu
ture and Domain, which SMs the hi hes
award.
The Deering Harvester Works are lth
largest of their kind in the FrId, covdfin
eighty-fve acres and employing 5000 Be-
pie. They are equipped with modern al
matte machines, many of which perf4rl
the labor of from five to fifteen hands.
facturer of Binder Twine i'm he woAt
having been first to produce siagle-strak
binder twine, such as is in general use l
day, making over third d the product
the entire world. The output of its ia
tory for single day would tie band aroud
the earth at the equator with sever
thousand miles to spare. The annual pr
duction would fill freight train twent
miles long. Made into ma two feet wild
il would reach across the American Co
tinent from ocean to ocean
Deering machines are kn Iwn as LIGH
DRAFT IDEALS, consisting Of Bindel
Mowers, Reapers, Corn Hatvesters, Shire
ders and Rakes h
This company exhibited al the Paris Z
position an automobile Mover, which 4
tracted much attention, and exhibitio
were given with one of these machines
the vicinity of Paris throughout the seaso