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kickers and is deposited on a bundle carrier 

 fastened low at the side of the machine. The 

 carrier can hold four or five bundles and is oper- 

 ated by the driver, who with his foot handles it 

 so as to dump the bundles into rows for conven- 

 ience in shocking. 



Binders are made in different sizes, usually 

 cutting swaths six, seven, or eight feet wide. The 

 smaller machines are 

 drawn by three horses, the 

 larger ones by four or five. 

 In some cases a gasoline 

 engine which does the 

 work of operating the ma- 

 chinery is attached at the 

 rear part of the binder. 

 In this case the horses 

 merely pull the machine 

 over the field. This is 

 especially advantageous when the ground is so soft 

 that it is difficult for the drive wheel to secure 

 footing. The driver occupies a seat well back on 

 the machine where he can watch all the working 

 parts, and at the same time keep the horses moving 

 at a uniform gait. After the grain is cut and bound, 

 it is shocked. This is usually done immediately 

 by one or two men whose work is to follow the 

 binder. The bundles are set heads up in pairs or 

 in round shocks. There are usually ten to twenty 



FIG. 29. A wheat sheaf bound by 

 a self-binder. 



