New Use for String Binders.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 102, 26 March 1884, Page 2

New Use for String Binders.

Under th^abqv^.b.eading the Bathnrst > l i inies writes*:—" It appears pro* babletha.^thje string binder,: now coming into such general favour,will beexteiisively used m ..b^ay-making. It is claimed thai, by binding the hay as it is cut, .many advantages ai*e secured. The use of the hoise rake is dispensed with, as the binder-leaves nothing be- ; hind it; the sheaves^are easily^ handlejd and'^feckedi ;' ] ahd ! to )<J nWssiiy f(jv the eloborate management of win-, dows and co"ck"s~ is done away] .w.jtlj. .^i^babLy . .they jgreatest^ (advantage is the cleanlfneb-s with which the binding process is conducted. Hay cut loosely and left on the ground j "the ua(ure of things gather a great deal^ofQty&'&ur Wivli '^Wi^one who ' hah seen a.hojjee-rake at ,work r on a dry day can doubt thatftn'cartibs's hands it is" likely to gather alniqst. as niuch dirt as hay. AH "this" iff obviated by the use ■"of "the ~stfing r binder, which' cuts and gathers the crop ais i clean as li Hay m sheaves, when well saved, always fetcheB r a high price, on account of its convenience for chaff cutters, and the stalks -lying one way ready £ottfeed ( - ing;t±he^ machine^ and emaring at tiuir form length m- ihe chaff. We recomf mfnUuthe new idea t6Hhe'c6nsideratfoi| of our agricultural friends." •