Morris tribune., 1880-07-08
APERFECT sELF-BlNDER.
A Matter Of Great Interest to our
Wheat Growers.
Facts Worth Reading Concerning the Mos
Effective Self-Binder yet pat into
<ha Field

Facts Worth Reading Concerning the Most
Effective Self Binder yet pat into
the Field.
Walter A. Wood is this year putting on the
market in large mum bers new and more
complete lf-Binder than any that has ever
before been made. II binds with Irvine, which
Is cheaper, and avoids the many objections to
wire. One OF the worst features about the
wire Is that it wears and cuts into whatever 1t
runs over, so that while the machines may
run well enough while in order, they soon get
out OF order, and the farmer is not able to dis
cover the trouble. The Irvine does not cut In
to the machinery at oil, and the wear caused
by the Irvine is impreceptible.
Again, the Wood Irvine Binder is so arrang.
ed, that when 1t has received sufficient grain
for bundle, it trips itself into gear, and binds,
and waits for another bundle, never binding
till it has bundle, and binding it surely then.
On all wire binders the size Of the bundle
must be controlled by the driver. He often
forgets, and binds either too small bundles,
thus causing waste of wire and time in hand
ling small n1les, or lets The binder rest too
long, thus getting too large bundle and eth.
er straining the machine or causing the
bundle to fly open, or both. 1t takes consider.
able time for man TO get used to controlling
the wire binder. He often has enough to do
to see to his team, SO as to cut full swath,
get around distractions, etc. On the Wood
irvine Binder the driver does not have to see
to the size OF the bundle at all, great relief to
| him.
The Wood Binder also takes the grain away
from where the harvester delivers it as fast as
| it comes. Wire binders leave all the gram
till there is full bundle or the driver lets the
binder operate. This is very important fea-
| ture in lodged fields, where the grain often
comes up IN bad shape, so that when the bind
| er has to take the whole bundle at once, it
cannot well handle the tangled mass, or if it
does it ties several bundles together that must
be torn apart by the shockers.
NAIL THAT FALsEHooD. en-
Competitors have great fear of the Wood
Irvine Binder. They see that their occupa.
ton OF making wire binders is near its end,
| and some of them resort to most disreputable
means to stem the swelling current. They
assert that they will make Irvine binders another
year, which they will exchange for wire bind
| ers sold this year. Some farmers are sharp
| enough to require written agreement from
the agent that successful twine binder shall
be put on the harvester next year, or there
shall be no pay. But agents Invariably refuse
to give such o acTitten agreement, however
| ready they are to make the verbal promise
necessary to effect the sale.
The most barefaced falsehood resorted to by
some is, however, that they claim that Wood
issueda confidential circular to his agents ad.
| vising them to sell wire binders, and not to
sell twine binders. No such circular was ev.
| er issued by Mr.. Wood, nor anything of such
import. He set out to build 5 900 of the Irvine
binders (besides o large number of wire bind
ers) and contracted for stock for that number
last fall. So urgent has been the demand that
he has increased the facilities for manufactur-
ing so as to get out 4000 The st. Louis
branch house has sold 500 OF them; most o.
these have gone through the harvest. They
If they could have got them. And yet com
petitors say that Wood does not want to sell
twine binders! The competitors are the ones
that do not want Mr.. Wood to sell Irvine bind
ers. These competitors found circular from
Wood agent that buys his machines who
knew all about the Wood wire binder, anc
at the time of writing the circular knew but
little of the Irvine binder, telling his sub-agentt
that they had better sell the wire binder which
they understood and knew all about. Tit
circular was issued early last fall, and without
Mr.. Woods knowledge or consent, and b.
disapproyed it strongly when he saw it; bu
an agent who buys his machines has the RICH
to sell them as he chooses. and the matter
was not within Mr.. Woods control. Thost
who circulate the stories about Mr.. Wood hav
| ing issued such circular E1aO,c better, and
the thing will react on them. 1t i
strange that some men cannot treat compel
itors with any kind Of fairness. II Mr.. Woot
has worthless machine, which these com
petitors say he has, why do they fight it 81
desperately? The very fact that they all com
co%psos are busy endn
reports from the South that the Wood Binde
is failure, etc. To show what kind of failuI,
it is, soon as harvest commenced, MIR. Woot
put on night forces at the factory, and i
crowding the works to their utmost to turl
out machines. Not one-half the orders can b.
filed. We do not make this statement in or
der to effect sales; that is not necessary. Their
are, however, many men who can put off buy
ing machine till next year, and would do 8
| If they were then sure OF getting reliable
twira binder. We advise sill to defer ordering
sire binders who can possibly do so, and &c
Whist the twine binders do this year. Gu
} agents are urged strongly to supply only thos'
> who must have machines this year, and to ge
those who can get along to wait. We shall pu
between 1000 and 1900 Irvine binders int
opportunities to learn just what the binder is
TESTIMONIALS.
We can furnish testimonials in large nun
bers of what the binders hare done in the soutl
ern fields, and will do SO on application. W
give two or three letters as specimens. Hell
is one from. Clinton Douglas, whose residenc
is Plainview, Mimi, who has gone South
help start binders.
ASSUMPTION, Ill, June II, 1880.
Arrived at this point this morning at
, o'clock. Have set up three string binders L
day with the help Of plenty of farmers) an
s took one out four miles and started at 6 p. I
cut seven times around a ten-acrc field, an
after little adjustment of tension and grasp'
the first few rods it went off like top. New
saw such perfect work in any field. The pu
chasers are enthusiastic about the machin
The wheat was tall and heavy stood should'
!, high, and will go thirty fire bushels per acr
l according to estimate Of several farmers c
9 the ground, and yet should think that onl
4 | an average field. It is the first Irvine bind'
started here, though the agents have sold
car load and could 81 Ii another car load II the
could get them. Expect to start two mo-
machines in the morning. Yours trul
CLINTON DOUGLAS.
The following is from j. H. Laughlin
e Owatanns, MINI, who went south to sta
t binders:
CONNERsvILLE, Ind, June 3, 166
: started six twine binders, one saturda
. two Monday and three Yesterday. With Il
three yesterday did rot have skip. The
I were large crowds of people where l startt
( the binders, and they say they never saw an
), thing to equal them. They are all please
with their harvesters and binders. 1t is
/. beauty. In the medium size bundle it vi
per acre. Yours truly j. II. LAUGHLIl
3 LENzDURG, H. June Is, 1890
a My Wood Irvine binder does better than
expected. CARL LUsCHE
S LENZBURa, ILL.,, June Is, $780,
D After running my twiHe binder Two days
q | am thoroughly convinced it will do bett
4 work than any Irvine binder made.
CICERO s. MORE.
h DARMsTADT, ILL.,, June IA, 1850.
2, ] have thoroughly tested my Wood twiI
4 binder, and justice requires me to say to {
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