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OFFICIA!, KKIROSPKCTIVE EXHl lUTlON 



cello constniitc jiiir D. M. ( )sl»<>nK' iV C\).. .VuWuni, New-York, pen- 

 dant de nombreuses annees, ct tut a eette ejxxiue une des moisson- 

 neuses les plus satisfaisantes. Sa siniplicito etait caracte'risli(iue 

 de la plupart des efforts de Mr. Kirby et son succes etait jxmr la ]>lus 

 grande partie du a sa ])arfaite fabrication. 



No. 56. 

 GORDON'S BINDER. 



On Tanuary 20, 1874, a United States patent was granted to John 

 H. Gordon for improvement in grain binders. Mr. Ciordon continued 

 to work upon his machine, and perfected this one to such an extent that 

 during the harvest of 1873 orders were taken for machines, and for the 

 harvest of 1874 a number were sold. From that time on for several 

 years these machines were manufactured by Gammon & Deering, pred- 

 ecessors of the Deering Harvester Company, of Chicago. As a whole, 

 the machine may be considered to be the perfected Marsh harvester 

 provided with the binding attachment as a supplemental machine, 

 adapted to be placed upon the harvester in lieu of the binding tables. 

 It was adjustable in the direction of the length of the grain, and was 

 provided with a system of packers adapted to engage the swath delivered 

 by the elevating devices into a primary receptacle, and then force it 

 into a band drawn across the secondary receptacle, and thus compact it 

 preparatory to being bound. Resistance wires were also applied, against 

 which the grain was compacted. 



The model represents the machine as manufactured for the market 

 by Gammon & Deering, with the improvements applied by them. The 

 Gordon twisting device was somewhat complicated, and a substitute 

 was added, which performed both offices of retaining the held end and 

 twisting the two ends of the band together. 



No. 56. 



LIKUSE DE GRAIN GORDON. 



Le 20 Janvier 1874 un brevet des Etats-Unis fut accorde a John 

 H. Gordon pour perfectionnement de lieuses. Mr. Gordon continua 



