The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-13
AMInAcLr or MECHANISM.
Loeke's seIrBinding Harvester '"'
Trial u Great Success.

ness at work one Of Woods harVes'ers
with s. d. LocHe's patent seli'plhu'hg
attachment, on the farm OF Colohel
John Eakln, about one mile east o'
town.
= We found the machine working IN
a field of low oats and on rough ground,
though drawn by two horses, Ihey |
seemed to handle 1t with ease lts
performances are really remarkable
in the success with which IL cuts, eie-
vates and binds It's bundle The GER
tainty aud regularity Of Its work Is
more the noticeable in that 1t Is DONG
the work of five or six hand binders,
and doing it very much better.
TO the man whose fertile brain gives
to the farming world so great labor
saving machiue, IL due place III the
ranks of the prominent men OF the
day.
For the interest OF those who have
not enjoyed the opportunity OF VIII
Messing this mechanical novelty, we
give few facts concerning 1t, kindly
proyided us by the manufactures
agent.
Mr.. S. d. Locke, the patentee OF the
the self. binder has been working Tor
over twelve years TO perfect his present
mach inc, and only during the
season of 1875 was he able to place his
invention, mcoadiHmaiH q success,
before the people.
The binder attachment, which is
placed upon the hargesters built ny
the Walter A. Wood Moving and
Reaping Machine Company, Is COM
plete in itself, weighing only about
two hundred and sixty-hve pounds,
and is hung upon the machine in the
place where the hand binders stand
and table IL ordinarily secured, II Is
exceedingly simple In its construction,
with no moro liability to get out OF re-
pair than common reaper. 1t Is au'
tomato in its action, requiring but one
man to operate and drive It,
The bundle is compressed by iron
arms (whose muscles don't get tired,
ror complain of sore tingers), and is
then bound and tied with small iron
wire after which, by the action OF an
other iron arm, the bundle is tossed to
one side to be out Of tho way of the ma
chine on Its next round. AT the will
of the driver, according to the condi'
ton of the grain, this bundle Is made
larger or smaller
The collaborating of the binder
head, with its wire and the device by
which the twist is made and wire Gu
of, il continuous, regular and certain
aud in its simplicity and uniformity
of work constitutes one OF the mos
remarkable points of the machine.
There has been some fear in tn
mind Of portion of the grain growinj
community that the fact Of binding
with wire WAS III objection from tn
danger to stock in feeding from tn
straw threshed out from II crop 4
bound This ia q mistaken idea. Cattl
or no animals will eat the wire. 1t la
been a direct study for years with tn
inventor aud manufacturers to satisf
themselves upon this point and the
are confident there Is positively II
risk. This was clearly demonstrate
during the season Of 1875. As to tn
injury to the thresher, there il abso
lutely no grounds for complaint ther
even when the wire goes through tn
machine, 1t Ia not cut up in smal
pieces M many supp0se--but is genel
ally caught by one Of the teeth an
drawn through in one piece like II LOOP
Many who threshed after the binde
last year made no effort to keep tn
wire out Of the machine,and n numhe
fed the bound bundles without cuttin
the wire ut all.
The agents OF the binders in tn
northwest sold q number of these ma
chimes In 1875 and have letters testify
ing not only to the merit of the ma
chine, but rs to the entire freedom
from risk of damage to stock from tn
wire, or injury to the threshing ma
chine, from such men az Hon. lCharle
smith, President Of Cannon Falls Az
ricultural Society, of Minnesota; j. L
Kenny, ESQ.,, of the Sunny Side Farm
ofSheldon, Iowa Che had six binders)
James McElligott, of Manchester
Iowa; NJ. s, p. Morse, of Sparta, Wis
consin, and many others whose opin
ions are worthy of notice and belief,
Mr.. II. V. Tompkins, who Representa-
the manufacturers In this section, has
this year sold fifteen of the self-bind'
ers, which have all given satitacton
rhey have been placed in the hands o.
the farmer, and, with two exceptions
have not been touched by him OF hi.
agents during The season other than to
set them up and start them. Tie eX-
ceptions mentioned are where n team
ran away with one machine, and the
other was damaged through careless
ness of the operator in striking an OBJ
instruction severe, proving that the me-
,hanicism is not very Intricate, II our
farmers can with an entirely strange
machine, new In principle and detail
ed go Through the harvest without
requiring help or instruction, other
than was given In the hour in which
the agent set up and explained the ma.
chine. For the benefit OF those who
| wish to learn more directly of the
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