The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-01-13
SOMETHING new Of 0FIllMENSE INTEREST
10 TIE FARMER

TO Tue FARMER
A VERY 1lGp0RTANT INVENTION
As every North Dakota knows there
is annuallf raised, thousands of tons of
flax straw which, with few unimport-
ant exceptions. is . total waste. At
the same time the farmer when he de-
stroys his threshed fax straw does SO
reluctantly because he fully realizes
that it contains fibre, whicq if properly
utilized, would be If the greatest
possible commercial value to him;
that he is burning doisars. The result
is that many years sof time and prob
ably millions Of dollars have been ex-
pended in efforts to make of our COM
mon flax fiber a binding twine which
can be used by the knotting devices
now in universal use, but without sue
cess. The problem has now been
solved, however, by an inventor of St.
Paul, Mr.. J. L. Ware, who has, per-
fected device which can easily be at
tached to any binder. in place of the
present knotter, and will secuaely
fasten any sort Of twine, no matter
how uneven or rough. Instead oy try
ing to adapt twine to knotter, Mr..
Ware has adapted the equivalent of a
knotter to any sort Of twine.
A company has been formed to intro
duce this evident revolution in grain
binding, and it's plan is to establish flax
twine making plants where flax is
grown, so that the material for ade-
quate binding twines may be hauled
from adjoining farms instead of from
the opposite side of the world, as at
present, at great saving, ofcourse.
The devices for using the homemade
Irvine will be made at a central factory.
Messrs, Ferd and Louis Pazandak, of
Fullerton, took trip to Minneapolis
for the purpose Of seeing the device in
operation and return enthusiastic re-
garding the great future of this new
method of grain binding; have pre-
vailed upon the company to let them
have number of the attachments for
use on their own farm this season.
Details of the invention, and sample
of the twine can be had by addressing
Mr.. Ferd A. Pazandak, Fullerton,
North Dakota.
The Ware Company are now manu-
featuring the twine at Minneapolis,
and the boys haye brought back with
them twine which they saw made from
ordinary thrashed flax straw; which
they will be.glad to~nhow to any one
interested. ~, !, I.
The Pazandaks boys, believing the
farmers in this vicinity would be inter-
ested in this matter have made arrange
ments with the Ware Company tohave
q demonstration of the device in Cakes
and with one Of the officers Of the COM
pany will within a few days have an
attachment on the grounds with which
they will demonstrate the new method
Of grain binding which is effected
through the use of a clip, instead of
tying the knot.
/ The advantages in this method of
binding are numerous.
+ It saves three inches of twine to the
bundle.
It saves much power on the draft of
the machine, as it requires very much
less compressing force than in tying
the knot as in the present knotter de-
vice.
The new twine will cost the. farmers
only one-half as much as Sisal or Man
lila, tn !. intention being to produce q
twine to sell at about lOc per thousand
feet.
Instead Of transporting raw material
therefore, half woy round the world
from the PHILIPPINE Islands and other
tropical countries, waste flax straw can
be purchased from the farmer and
turned into the strongest and most
serviceable binding twine ever made.
This territory grows an immense
amount Of flax annually and the matter
is of the greatest possible interest
to the farmer of North Dakota.