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which runs on two 38-inch wheels. Two wide 
gatherer arms embrace a row of corn and guide 
the stalks to the point where they are cut while 
standing upright, being pressed against a long, 
sharp slanting knife. The corn is seized by 
the strong fingers of a rotary ledger plate and 
pressed against a long beveled knife. As soon 
as the corn is cut it is taken up by gatherer 
chains and laid on the binding deck, tassels 
backward and bound and discharged, the bun- 
dles being tossed off lengthwise between the 
wheels. 
The McCormick Harvesting Co. also make a 
self-binder (see Fig. 33 a) that is being used 
with much success. The stalks are cut off near 
the ground and carried in a vertical position to 
a modified form of the common self-binder, 
where they are bound in bundles with the 
butts square and in good shape for shocking. 
The bundles are thrown off to one side, Ordi- 
nary binding twine is used. The machine is 
adjustable to short or tall corn and may be 
tilted up or down to pick up sprawling stalks. 
The McCormick and Oshorn machines in a trial 
at the Indiana experiment station did very sat- 
istactory work. 
There has within the past year been a large 
sale of these self-binders. The Deering Co. 
state that they are unable to supply the de- 
mand, and the McCormicks have sold more than 
