The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-16

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lava The plan had j. 4ItAf..0.~ ana
80 - t'n1rancages-on the whole. or
able I|1'.1'-tf IoDged for something u.
mr. II|I II-1| arose thoughtful p.I.
1.pic i1t.I<or Who pointed out thaf ~
|<NIc cou| " p0llc,l up by che roots and
t1t bead. t1r.Hhed out in the palm of Iho
1t1d Thu N.Iisned our esteemed Anclt
tor. and uHlter ran along thus for few
1ondresi years. indeed. | claim the WORK
Ing scieptietf privilege % b vague - %
letr4 Ia a. throw overheard the cave
dWeIler. Tor that matter. and comr along
down % modern times Ict us i,r.,in with
the sickle. Tor instance
You may still ind old men who viii tell
you that they can remember when farmers
In this country bad nothinr bst the sickle
with which 70 harvest their koat and rye.
A dozen men worked IN single fiIe. and cut
the grain with one hand and gathered Il On
the other arm, stopping every round 10
drink earnestly out 81 ! biz Jug OF New
England rum or Pennsylvania whisky.
Then came the cradle,a scythe with An
gers on (which made the grain lic
straight Many farmers have cradle I'll
for corners md odd hooks With Ii one
man cut down the grain and another bound
It into sheayes Then arose il direct de-
scendant 81 the paleozoic genius, and in.
vented a reaper drawn BY horses. This was
In the '30s. say.
A man drove and small boy sat on 4
low seat and raked of the grain in gavels.
He WAS practically the same small boy who
used TO pull the strings that worked the
cutoff valve In the iirst steam engine He
soon lost bis occupation In both instances
lin the case Of the reaper they invented a
mechanical rake. II took five men to fol-
low on foot and bind up what the reaper
cut down. Still the farmer wasn't salts.
ned. 50 they made him the harvester.
Two men besides the driver rode on this.
and bound the grain a. It was brought up
ON an endless apron TO where they stood.
They had an awning over them, and were
very comfortably situated. This was In
the 70s. Still the agriculturist fretted..
Then he got the self binder, which be has
yet-though he II beginning TO lnd fault
with it aud talks about electricity.
At first they tried to tie up the grain
with wire. but It did not work very well.
and the machines were abandoned, and
Others using MANILA or hemp Irvine were
tried with better results. The Irvine or
cord Is very strong. and IL little larger
than round shoestring. ftseldom breaks.
and the sheaves are tied up firmer and bet
ter than by hand: The SELF binder Is some
what complicated, but 1t seems simple
when we consider what it does. It IL the
most intelligent machine used on the farm.
II l may so express IL. II would make the
paleozoic man dizzy TO watch 1t. All it
asks Is that the hired man shall keep his
fingers out of 1t and furnish 1t plenty OF
grain to bind up. It does not tie square
or hard" knot. nor yet bOwknot. Bring
the two ends Of y string together for two
or three inches from their ends: then, con-
sidering the two strings as one, tie one
single plain schoolboy knot in 1t, and you
have the knot made BY self binder.
u y the hardest knot In the world to I'M
Tile, and 1t never gives" aparticle. In the
machine II Il made BY funny. crafty lit
tie thinEumbob which turns around half
way. opens its mouth and seizes the cord,
turns on around and let's 60 sullenly, as II
II had half a mind not to. A knife cuts the
cord. another thingumbob holds the ends,
two arms sweep the sheaf on onto the
ground, and the binder waits for enough
grain to accumulate for another sheaf.
when Il starts itself and repeats the opera
ton. Il works with tho precision OF Inc
steam engine. II the hired man will only
let Il alone. Harper's Weekly.