The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-08
A PERFECT SELF BINDER,
A Matter Of Great Interest to our
Wheat Growers. So
Facts Worth Reading Concernine the Most
Elective Self Binder yet Pit into bal
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cover the trouble. The twinc does not cut In
to the machinery at all, and the wear caused
by the Irvine il impreceptible. s,:...
Again, the Wood Tvine Binde:: 10 SO arrang.
cd, that when 1t hos received sufficient grain
for bundle, it trips itself into gear, and binds,
and waits for another bundle, never binding
till 1t has bundle, and binding 1t 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 bundles, or lets the binder rest too
er straining the machine or causing the
bundle to ny open, or both. 1t takes consider.
able time Tor man to get used to controlling
the wire binder. He often has enough to do
to see to his team, so rs to cut full swath,
get around obstruct- ons, etc. On the Wood
to the size Of the bundle ut ALL great relief to
him.
The Wood Binder also takes the grain away
from where The harvester delivers it As fast a
It comes. Wire binders leave all 10 grain
TIL there is iull bundle, or The d. .ver lets the
binder operate. This is u very Important fea-
turc in lodged fields, where The grain often
comes up IN bad shape, so that when tae bind.
er has to take the whole bundle at once, it
cannot we'll handle the tangled mass, or If It
does 1t ties several bundles together that must
be torn apart by the shockers.
NAIL THAT FALsEHooD
Competitors hete great ear CT the Wood
Twine Binder. They see ti,2s ihelr occupa.
ton OF making We binders :, near its end,
and some Of them resort to mc;t disreputable
means to stem the swelling current. They
assert that they will axe wire binders another
year, which they ill exchange for we bind.
eTs sold this year. some farmers are sharp
enough to REQUIRE written agreement from
tle agent thr. successful tw:. binder shall
% put on the harvester rex. year, Or there
shall DC no pay. BIT agents Invariably refuse
TO give such 1r.1.tesa agreement. however
ready they arc to maize the verbal promise
necessary to fit IT the sale.
Tie 'aost barefaced 2sehood r"sortcd to by
some however, that they claim that Wood
issued Il contidcn al Ct < alar tolls agents ad-
r:>'hE them IT, sell wire binoc and not to
Sell Irvine >,'n"e- ~ No sucn c"cular was ev.
er iss,lt i; Mr.. Wood, c anything OF such
import. liz set on. to bui'd 500 The Irvine
finders (bcsid large nuaer CT wire bind
c,S) and contracted or :. >ck fl: that number
last fall. So urgent has hcen The demand that
he has Increased the facilities for manufacture
ing SO rs to get out 1900. The St. Louis
branch house has sold l 800 OF them; most of
write that they could have sold six thousand
il they could have got Them. And yet com.
l'ctitors say that Wool does not want to sell
twint binders! The competitors are the ones
that d. not want Mr.. W. oil - sci! twine bind
crs. These competitors lou Il !. circular from
Wood agent that bnys i machines who
knew all about the Wood wire binder, and
1T the me Of writing the circular knew but
little Of the twine binder, telling Ills sub.agents
that they had Ter ell Tie wire nGler which
they Understood anu knew all abou'. T. e
circular was issued carly last fall, and without
Mr.. Weeds knowledge or onsent, and he
disapprovcd it strongly VIXEN c saw it; but
an agent who buys his machines .:as the right
to sell them Us he chooses. and the matter
was not within Mr.. Woo. $ ccutrol Those
who circulate the stories about lIr. Wood law
ing issued suc:l circular kno'y better, and
The thing wi react on them. 1t is
strange that some me canno. lreav compel
itors with any kind 0; fairness. Ii Mr.. Wood
has WORTHLESS machine, which these com.
petitors say he has, why 10 they fight it so
desperately? The very fa<-. that they all com.
binc to fight it, shows ,neir fear.
These same cOmrc tors are busy sending
reports from the South that the Wood Binder
is failure, &c. To show what kind of failure
it is, soon as 'arve:t commenced, .fr. Wood
put on night forces at the factory, and is
crowding the works to their utmost to iurn
out machines. Not one half the orders can be
filled. We do not make this statcmc:. in Or
der 10 CT. g, sales; lat . no, necessary. There
are. however, many men WHO can put off buy.
ing machine till next yea, anu VIC lid do so
il they were men sure Of getting a reliable
Irvine E'nder. We advi All to de- ordering
wire binders no can possibly do so, and zee
what the tW.Le binders do this year. Our
agents are urged strongly to supply only those
who must have machines :his year, and 10 get
those who can get aionoto welt. We shall put
between 1000 and 2N) Irvine bnde-s into
Minnesota alone, and there will be pie lty Of
opportunities to learn just what the binder is.
TESTIMONIALS.
We can furnish testimonials in large mum.
bcrs OF r. .at The uders hare done in The south
crn II: 'dS and will do SO on application. We
give two Or three letters as specimens. Here
is one from Clinton Douglas, whose residence
is Plainvicw, Mimi, who has gone South to
help start binders.
ASSUMPTION. ILL.,, June II, $50.
Arrived at this point this morning al s
O'Clock: HIVE st up three :tring binders 10.
day with the alp Of plenty OF farmers) and
took one out four mills and started at 6 y. IN.
cut seven times around a tcn.acre field, and
after little adjustment OF tension ard grasper
the first few rods it went of like q top. Never
saw such perfect work in any he'4. The pur-
chascrs are enthusiastic about the machine.
The wheat was tall ard heavy stood shoulder
high, and will go thiry.fue bushels. per acre,
according to estimate Of several farmers on
the ground, aud yet should think that only
an average field. 1t is the first Irvine binder
started here though the agents have sold a
car load and could sell another car load Il they
could get them. Expect to start two more
machines in the morning. Yours truly,
CLINTON DOUGLAS
The following is from j. H. Laughlin OF
Owatanna, MINI, who went south to start
binders:
CoNNERsvILIE Ind, June 8, 1880.
started six twinc binders, one Saturday,
two Monday aud three Yesterday. With the
three yesterday did not have skip. There
were large crowds of people Where started
the binder, and they say they never saw any.
thing to equal them. They are all pleased
with their harvesters and binders. It is a
beauty. In the medium size bundle it will
take about one and one quarter pounds twine
per acre. Yours truly. j. Fl. LAUGnLlN.
LENzBURG, Ill. June Is, 1880.
My Wood Irvine binder does better than