STRING BINDERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 38, 6 January 1880, Page 2

STRING BINDERS.

On Saturday, says the Press, the three new string binders which haye come into the maiket for the season 1879-80, were on view. These were/"the Walter A Wood, the Johnston, and the Deering twine binder For the former, Messrs Wood, Shand and Go are agents; for the Johnston, Messrs Morrow, Bassett and Co. are representatives ; and for the Deerinn, Messrs Mason and Stru there Thftlwo latter were exhibited in work, and *P* J peared to greatly please the fanaffß^jd who wera present The Walterj|jjjj^| Wood was not in work, but a fl^^H number of persons visited tbe^^^H

niisjee-'of Messrs Wood, Shand and Co, wjjjire the working of the machine wys "explained by Mr Beaumont The method of working is very simple The grain is elevated by canvas elevators and dropp on to the binding table, where it is carried forward and straightened out by two packers, discs with teoth, which revolve and pack the grain until there is sufficient for a sheaf No wind can get to the straw as it comes out of the elevator, and sheaves when discharged are always straight and compact Over tho front of the table where the sheaf is discharged a lever projects, and against this lever the packers keep compressing the grain. This lever, when the requisite amount of pressure bears on it, i.e., when the sheaf has attained a certain bulk, puts tho binder nvm into gear and the packers cut of gear. The binder arm and kicker are worked on eccontiics, au:l when stationary ai*e underneath the binding table. The Whole of th» binding mechanism is situated above the binding table, the knot being »ied in ibe upper side of the sheaf, and as soon as the binding arm is put iato gear it comes up and places the string round the sheaf, and as soon as* the knot is tied goes back, and the kicker advances and discharges the sheaf. As soon as both the arm and the kicker are below the table, the lever, betoro de 1 scribed, descends in ftont of che table, and the packers commence packing a new sheat The sheaves are all of one size/ whatever the crop may be, whether thick or tbin. The binder is perfectly automatic The bulk of the sheaf alone acts on the lever, and this does what, on the lock and all other binders, the man did with the foot This lever can be set so that it will require a greater or less bulk to act upon it, but once set for a desired Bized sheaf the sheaves all come out as ordered