Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-06-03
THEY Il TESTED D ! THEIR OWN ! 1INlNE
How the chiner Exp perts' w ere
!; Caught at Their Own Game
by the Warden.

thirteen breaks, being at 43. 540,s Al, 43, Al,
$47, 4s 45,, As, 46, AZ and AS pounds re-
spectiye The average tensile strength
sperrssball, based upon Ave breaks in each,
was below the danger line In four and only
slightly above In two. The averages were
s3s 4-5; 3SS 1-5, 3-5, 42 Is and
3366s 1-55. $ES ss [3$.s5
QUALITY OF F33TWINE. I. .ai
The m twine is described BY the tester as
follows $5 i; M u s. 5s rs .s .{ ,5 ,l =F sF5s
First ball: One knot, rough, very: $$un- s
e' even en- many light places; strength very
low. sss 5ss i 4s55. 5ss .$Sss
E- Second ball, Very Uneven light places;
hard twist strength very low. { $ { VI.
Third ball One knot tied to uneven
place, light and sa heavy places strength av-
erage low. lss5 =S3S5 i,
Fourth ban: Light places, several he,a,y !.
PLACES, small splice hard twist; strength
below average. .s Nj Il i.
ts5s Fifth ball One knot, light places,
heay splices following few heavy places
5bunchy; strength below average. I; :5 $sF2S
Sixth ball {: Very uneven, several con-
/ tinued heavy places, light places, one near
starting Of ball; siren 9Th very low..@ .55s.
=
THE ExPERT's CRITICISM.
| lease note the attached test Of the
| No. Mort .S Da kota penitentiary standard
1 irvine AS you will see by the test this
twine Is "a feet short Of 800 feet to the
pound. Allowing two feet Of &twine to
#bind the average sized bundle Of grain. at
| this rate there would be as loss 81. 05lk
bundles per pound, or 50. 5 bundles per s.
pound bail, or 5O4 bundles per 50-pound
bale, containing 4s pounds of twIne. There
/ would be zoos feet more twine In ID so
pound bale Of twine that is up to length,
sIor55 In other words, twine that Is 500 feet5to
the pound, than In a like bale Of the twine
Tin this test, which is equal to a little over
I2 pounds Of 5OO-foot twine, This Irvine
is somewhat rough and 3 very uneven, as
indicated by the test and the samples cut
Il from the balls tested. There are II breaks
lin the sig balls tested that; are under the
strength limit or the point considered safe,
and every ball tested is under the standard
Estrength Of d 5oO-ffootS twine The average
strength Of this twine IS from 10 to 16
& pounds lower even at this short length than
Iit& should be on grade Of twine fully SOC
Il feet to the pound.. You will note the
a average tensile strength In this test Ii
d SO. 76 nennds; with breaks as low as "a. 2e
Il and Is pounds. This Kind of twine Ger
8 tainly cannot work well on d binder.
Il a There isl great variatio In the length q
II II this twine: for instance the shortest bal
Il runs a56 feet to- the pound, and the longest
Ii bail runs #504 feet TO the pound, showing a
Il ariation IN length OF As feet. This twint
a ance:: the strength 81 the loves that sws
III hare any record of on this grad ofS twine
this ga ke III all in all 4 this is
y bout ;as poor q grad e of sta ndard tRins
y; VI as we think II would be possible to find
Il and q twine that cert tainly cannot WorI
well or give sal tisfa Ion on binder. = ~
Farm 4 pleInert News y.
on Jlly SS1st, 1909, Warden N j.
Il Bouche her received an appli lication in al
Indirect way for q bundle Of bindine
d d tWine manufa actureti by the state 20
North Dakota from NJ ssamuels
\ gent for a nachina firm IA Fargo
first ne refused fatly to allow ths
4 single bundle to be sold, As super
g IlnLendent of tla p NV Inc factory there il
Il a man who ii Old "a the twine business
III IIIe had warned Ward len boucher tia
u u these nianslfa ress of ssvotls
u attempt to get hold of some of til,
North Dakota typi rle as 4 sub1eet for
test. Warden f3ouche ea was willing Il
have them test II, but THE saapeai intend
\ ent armed him that II would he fa
from q fair or genuine test, hence th'
ssIwarden ready ffol' such applica
ions when they came ffter att firs
Aatly refusing to ship a single bundle
sIhe though oven while going hona'
I |, ana concluded to thy q little scheme
q 50 on the same das he went to tsralnb,