Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-22
BINDERS D ;'R]l Are Re
GIVEN TESTS.
/. H. c. Plans to Reduce the
Amount Of Steel and Can
vas Used. \

The International Harvester COM
pany,s local office is today shipping a
number Of binders which: have been
used in Grand Forks county, back ito
the factory in Chicago after having
conducted a s~eriessof experiments for
the. purpose of making useful observa-
tons of several recently introduced
devices.
Fifteen men were sent here from
the factory to. operate and take care
Of. nine binders, of which fye were
machines were tried out n the wheat
fields of various farmers in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of this city, and the
tests worked very satisfactorily, 1t was
said today, at the office of the firm.
Canvas and Steel to be Replaced.
Among the .contrivances recently at
tached to the binders lisa chain eie-
vator which lie. to take the place OF
the canvas formerly used. The govern
ment has cautioned large manufacture
ers to restrict the use Of canvas In ma
chinery as the nation will be compeh-
ed to use all It can secure.
"A newly invented web carrier also
replaces canvas and is said to be
working excellently.
A policy Of economy, in the use OF
steel has been inaugurated blythe In
Harvester company, partly,
because the, steel price is soaring
higher and higher. and, partly, be-
cause the government is requiring o n
stantly increasing quantities of steel
for ammunition and other purposes.
For these reasons, experiments. have
been conducted to find put whether
or not wooden platforms are service
able instead Of those formerly made
Of steel, and the observers Of the COM
pany now feel assured that the wood
en- platforms are just Is good and USE
full as are those made of steel.
Likewise, the deck boards or ele-
vator boards were formerly made Of
steel. Inventions have now been made
with the result. that these steels parts
a be eliminated without in the least
decreasing the efficiency of the binder.
The binder deck which hitherto has
consisted Of steel, Is now being con-
structed in such a manner that large
quantities Of steel are being elimfnar-
ed from h manufacture of the ma
chimes. III. II. -.
Three Haryests In One Season.
The binders which today are being
dissembled prior to their forwarding
to Chicago, hayesbeen used in the har-
vesting Of three crops this season.
Som of. them have been in the fields
of Kansas and Texas before they came
here, and an inspection today reveal
ed he fact that they are just as spick,
and span as when they were new.
The crew of experimentors whosac-
companied the machines to this&coun--
ty,rilave been studying them constant
" during the operations in the wheat
fields and they have prepared lengthy
reports to the head offices, showing
the superiority Of certain new inven-
lions. over those formerly IN use.
1t Is the policy Of the company to
constantly improve their binders, but
before they put new parts and attach
ments, on the market, they submit
them to a thorough test. If the test
results in finding that the new inven-
tons do not mean Improvement, they
are discarded. On the other hand:
where the actual field operation points
to the fact that the new features en-
nance the working value of the ma
chimes, they are given additional tests
n are. then permanently added to
the other parts Of the binders. :
In a few cases, minor changes in
the machinery Of the binders operat-
Ing here proved to be below the stand,
ard expected. The result is that theae
parts will be specially tagged and the
experts of the factory will look them
over, study the details even more care.
fully, n then either totally discard
. features or improve them in.
such q manner that they. become@ac-i
.tual improvements. a.9sIS
FARMERS in the neighborhood$a are
said to have been exceedingly iease1
with the generally excellent showing
made by the binders which were blac-
ia ttheir disposal by the company.
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