Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-27
ROMANCE OF
The REAPER
Animated Agricultural Scenes
Shown 1t Big BulMlng
During Ex0p.

Through the courtesy of the In.
ternational Harvester Company, OF
America, the North Dakota Indus
trial Exposition will present the wide
ly known lecture, 1.-THE Romance OF
the Reaper" the first week OF the
Exposition, October LIST TO 9Th, in
elusive.
The lecture tells the story OF the
progress Of agriculture from the
earliest times down to the present
day, and 1t traces the development OF
farm implements and machines from
the reaping hook to the modern grain
binder. The lecture Is illustrated
with cOlOred views and motion pic.
lures. The pictures show the ma
chimes in operation In the field, and
the audience is taken on q tour
through the international Harvester
Company system Of plants where the
machines are made. When we cons
slider the millions Of farms in the
United States, to say nothing OF
those in other countries of the world
and the big crops raised on these
farms, we realize that the making OF
farm machines is a large and import
ant industry.
The world was never so deeply in
terested in agriculture as tits today.
This is true not only Of those who
live in the country-falmerb dairy
men, fruit growers and. stOckmen-
but of those who live In the cities.
To place before the. pablic q true,
vivid and interesting Picture of agri-
cultural development the aim oil
the International Harvester Com
pany of america in offering 1.-THE
Romance Of the Reaper"
Much time and money have been
spent in the preparation Of specially
colored views and motion pictures.
The tour is both entertaining and
instructive. 1t takes the specta tor
on a trip that is delightful, pausesI
him with a word of information, and
returns him mOr deeply interested
in the farm and enthusiastic for the
future of farming. T..
The story is divided into three
parts, each part about thirty minutes
long and. complete in sitself. =
The Romance ofsihe Reaper
three little tours, al closely related
begins with the manufacture OF
.tillage' implements and harvesting
machines. With pictures; constantly
moving and q guide to point the way,
the tours are like this.
First tour. Conditions as they
were. and. as they are-Cllicago, The
great manufacturing centerThe
plants where machines, implements
and Irvine are made-Plants at home
AID abroad-Cutting the timber and
saving the lumbei. - Mining and
smelling ore--Turning iron into steel
ready to make machine parts
Twine.
Second tour. What agriculture
means TO the world-A century ago
and now-The first reaper and whore
it was made-rhe modern reaper and
where 1t is made-The modern farm.
wagon-Modern machines in the
tield--Interior of the factories, show
ing the process of manufacture
Train loads Of farm. machines leav-
ing the misunderstanding engines
tractors-Their possibilities.
Third tour. Forty centuries of
toll adm privation-The sickle-The
Harvesting the worlds crops-ln The
fields OF, different countries-MOdcrn
requirements-Modern farm conyen
iences-Back home again--The mod
ern farmer-His house and lands
Prosperity.
The lecture will be given twice
daily and will be free to all visitors
to the Exposition building.