The International harvester co; March 3, 1913

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...the International Harvester Co. makes some other new lines for which comparison might be possible, such as seeders, corn planters, corn shellers, and drills, it is sufficient to note here that its output in 1909 was not a large proportion of the total, although if the particular kinds could be segregated and compared, its proportion in some cases might be considerable. For the new lines, as in the case of the harvesting machines, the Bureau obtained most of its information directly from the producers, the data in most cases covering a period of nine years. Similar information was also produced in the Government's suit with respect to the domestic sales of certain companies. These data, however, were not sufficiently complete to make it possible to compare the production of the International Harvester Co. with that of independents year by year. For the year 1911, however, the Bureau is able to make an approximately correct statement of the proportion of production controlled by the International Harvester Co. for disk harrows and spreaders. These percentages are obtained by adding to the reported output of the International Harvester Co. and the principal independents, estimates of the output of a comparatively few independents not reported. The results are shown in the table following. Table 37--DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF DISK HARROWS AND MANURE SPREADERS BY THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. IN 1911 COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES. «Includes number sold for independents not reporting production. (See note 1, Table32.) According to the foregoing table, the International Harvester Co. had about 43 per cent of the total production of disk harrows in the United States in 1911, and about 55 per cent of the production of manure spreaders. T...