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which XLins 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 seijzed 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 Osborn machines in a trial 

 at the Indiana experiment station did very-sat- 

 isfactory 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 



