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Binders The self-binder cuts the grain, drops 

 it uniformly upon a canvas, by means of a reel, the 

 canvas carries the grain to an entrance between two 

 elevating canvasses, they elevate the grain to the 

 upper part of the machine, it is then dropped upon a 

 deck where it is allowed to slide down into the clutches 

 of the packers. These packers, assisted by the butter 

 which makes the ends of the bundles uniform, pack the 

 grain into a bundle of the size desired by the operator. 

 A string is then drawn around this bundle by means of 



BINDER RUN BY GASOLINE ENGINE OR HORSES. 



a needle. After the string has been thrown around it 

 is tied and severed from the main ball of twine, the 

 bundle is then kicked from the binder to the carrier. 

 This carrier carries the bundles until the proper num- 

 ber have been gathered when it drops them adjacent 

 to the bundles which have been dropped by a previous 

 round of the machine. In operating a grain binder 

 care should be exercised in the manipulation of the 

 reel. If the reel is held too high it does not cause 

 the grain to fall properly on the platform canvas. 

 If too low it hits the grain a blow which knocks it to 



