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do the work, but it bound the bundles with wire. 

 Pieces of wire found their way into the throats of 

 .cattle, and farmers would not buy the binder. Some 

 cheap binder twine must be found. Mr. William 

 Deering spent much time and a great deal of money 

 to get a twino that would knot easily and firmly. 



Fig. 74. The modern hinder drawn by a traction engine. 



He finally found that Manila hemp would act just 

 right, and this made the binder complete. Our 

 binder twine is usually made of a mixture of Manila 

 and sisal fiber. Millions and millions of pounds of 

 binder twine are used every harvest. 



Combined Harvesters. The most complete ma- 

 chine of all is the combined harvester, which is used 

 chiefly on the bonanza farms on our Pacific coast, 

 where there is nothing to fear from rainy weather. 

 This machine cuts, binds, gathers, cleans, and bags 



