Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-05-08
THE TwINE TRUST FOILED.
COMPLETE AND REFLECTIVE oLUTIoN OF 7
QUESTION IN WHICH ALL FARMERS ARE IN
TERESTED.

QUESTION IN WHICH ALL FARMERS AXE an
TEREsTED.
| Several days ago the Associated Press dis
| patches noticed that a Irvine trust had beer
| formed The following from the Quincy. Hi
nois Wing shows how that scheme has beer
| foiled. The Mccormick self binder has pro
cess whereby wire is used instead of Irvine, ane
| the solution is eminently satisfactory to bot
the farmer patrons and the man ufacturers
this well-known machine:
While driving down from LAGRANGE yester
day representative of the Wing noticed :
| harvesting machine working In the tall sedgs
grass along the Mississippi bottoms Curiosi-
ty led to an Investigation. The men who wer'
operating the machine were at first not dis
posed to furnish airy Information, but careful
| inquiry developed several very importan
facts which will ave m UGH to do with afford
| ing complete solution of the twine question
18th machine was Mccormick self bindi
exactly such as is used on 100000 farms in thi
country. except for one slight change. II VT
supplied with simple device. whereby viii
| inst cad OF Irvine was used for binding Tbi
device has recently been perfected, and is nov
| being thoroughly tested. The men who wert
| operating the machine yesterday stated thai
| they had been at work with it IN the field fo.
| several weeks cutting and binding tall sede
grass, and the most thorough tests had faile
! to reveal a single detect In fact 1t works
pc feciion. II has tied acres without a mis-
| and is, IL possible, more cetain than twin
would be under the same conditions. Tn
| Improvement weighs flve pounds. 1t can b
| applied by any farmer in moments time an,
| q mccormick twine binder an be changed t,
| wire binder. All there ia of this device is Z
| wire twiste1, which is suppliad In place of tn
knotter now used on the Mccormick. In look
| ing at the machine even an expert could az
detect any change, excepting that two s2oe
| of wire had taken the place of the ball of twin
The ork men said yesterday tat the twist
| is the same which was SO successfully used
the Mccormick for many years before the II
| PRODUCTION Of Irvine. The company Is no.
making this improved device and will meI
all demands as far as possible torthe approach
| ing harvesting and before the commencement
of the second harvest can have 100000 of tbeI
on the market If necessary. The same guar
antee Is given with this device as with The ole
wire-biurier and the Irvine bidder now in as.
This interchangeable machine places tn
| farmer in an alb olutely Independent position
Iron from which he binding wire is made is
produced at home and cannot be cornered. IL
few months the wire mills of the country
cnnld make enough wire to bind every bundl
in this country, and not one pound OF Irvine
need be used. Should the prices of twin.
declipe,as they naturally would. when the DE-
mand was cut off, and the farmer again wish
use twine, he canchange his binder in one mil
ute from wire to twine In other words. To
simple device gives him con plete and 81
soiute mastery CT the situation In comir
harvests he can reduce the demand fer twin
more than one half, and still be in positio
to use either wire or Irvine at will"
MEssRs. MooRMAN & PAITEsoN, Agents 70
the sale of the Mccormick harvesting machir
ery'oan supply their machines with all the at
tach ments .
Call on Norman & Patteson. Picker Build
ing. Augusta ST.. Staunion, Va