self-binder

This self-binder was perfect in all its details—as neat and effective a machine as could be imagined.

For six years all went well with the McCormick and Withington self-binder.

With the self-binder (Fig. 13) the grain was gathered into sheaves and neatly tied without the aid of human hands.

It is the half-way mark, the child of the reaper and the parent of the self-binder.