, 1879-02-26
WIRE IN WHEAT.
The Trouble Ended. and Magnets
Did II,
The Millers Who First Complained Are
the First to Succumb.
Magnets in All Of the Mills In
minneapolis.
The Farmers and Mll1ers No
Longer at Outs.

The Farmers and Msllers No
Longer at Outs.
From time 10 time during tho past yesr or
more objections havo been heard from one
sourcs Or another against the wire.bIndihg f,ar.
1csters. The objections haye been 10 general that
the usc Of wire In binding eioggea The thresh-
er Ia threslling the wheat, arl was injurious be-
sfdes,-an Idea promulgated, however. by some
one ese than q fafmcr; md In November Of laat
year the Atllers Association Of Minneapolis
Joined IN the lue and cry and atldsd the ob1cc
t1on that the wire Injured the mills in the grind
lug OF The wheat. ETC., md deprecated the value
Of wheat which had been bound With wirc-
binder 10 cents a bushcl, and IN December. 10
this State, tic Sulcrs' Association In session at
Springfield, resolved that the use OF these )aho.-
saving machines was Injurious to mill machine.
use Of wire for binding purposes. and sofno
tnilters have voluntarily borne testimony TO tho
aano thing O1ncr niilers aud Associations,
however, take
4 CoHTRARr VIEW,
and some OF them openly assert that, ID their
opinion, the whole scare," hs they term 1t,
originated With, md has been engineered by,
parties interested 10 wbuld.bc competitive bind.
ers that use material OTHER than wire for bind
Ing, aided By manufacturers " harscstcrs that
none can bo attached, and believe that certain
Minneapolis nilllcrs have nn Interest in bIndcrs
using twinc or paper bants, and wish to drive
tho wirc-bfndcrs from the Geld.
Such nfc the objections In brief which have
been heraded 10 tie farmers, and ence there
were IN use in the Northwest last season e5,0W
Wl.e-bfnders, md each binder sarcs tho farmer
during harvest tug board a!d wages Of Gyr men
Important one. especially si1lvc they seem deter
mined to exteralilihtc these machines and force
the farmers to return to tho ways Of their fore
fathers, or sai1cr, tue penalty. OF having their
tunately. however, Ne farmers arc not depend
ent upon tile mlllcss for ii market for
their wheat, but the dependence is on
the other side, and such a. have
binders may yot be g!ad to pay, d premium tor
machinery from rustlng out There ia 10 doubt
whatever that wire in y heat ls Injurious to mtl-
jurlous rs the mtllcss would seem to claim, and
ccFtainly docs not tniure tho value Of this great
cereal In the commercial narts OF the world;
besides, .".... .....-..
THERE IS nEurpY FOR IT,
which banishcs oil objections to the wlrc-bind-
lie rrairie Farner, of thls city. which,
has taken q great deal Of palms to cnliehtcn the
agricultural community on the subject, says:
has taken What precaution he eau TO keep The
wire from the thrcsher, the ultimate rcmcly Is
LETT for tic Miller who, by the atoption 0! some
Of thu many practical devices. can easily over:
w.rc for binding grain" Tile same paper quotes
from number ol millera who tltlIer with tho
minnesota n!!llers ID opinion, and ninonE others
Alr. Balm, President OF tho Atlantic Milling
trouble, says: "Hlrc that will not breals In lie
| thrcshcr must be used, or soma inventor must
ret up
SOMETHING IN TIE MAGNET LME
THIS litter Is followoI ] i wta Wiz another, which |.
| yrnm t,ifnten nrIrps Il Heermans. ar the ntrr
md Crescent Mills, Of this c,ty, who have ra.
paclty Of GOO barrels a day. They write: "We
wire Il, vheot rcaci,ing our hQrrs Of bolts. Our
rIcanIur maci,inury sceus to relleye us of ali
| ttc IiDiculty which Inns been co.nn]aincu of In
SONS other in'll.. W bare Inspected and .eea
iron or steei n any iorn, from wheat, by tie u.u
Of &c common horseshoe nagne placed i, M spout Out
proYs Of n he sumo Is an na1pensva mex and css
5 ps ners yb. To gs 4sy 10 sas S5nst %sas ao
th5nS ot |, ts ssa3d lx'aa ,on.tr,t, ,,t H..
%'ess mud tat Il tley sfe iasl'ned to ,l,ey icy
sy LIZ s tsspy s sS s
hders for @ some others, or r. return @ to tbe % prnt. @
as ii n,v AYE sn1 M bt hSrc pc
sy w" ~. o npps scc,,ra ~ % ts f. iusc ~
yyat nj be Of be e ehsSs
the value Of their grain. This question OF dc.
y yqa' S. S o Sss m "ea
f te et3 h a a1a ony
man who handles millions of bushels every
y,nr. liz writes as follows. md