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Rustyj14.
06-25-2007 19:52:53
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Re: holy cow - the price of twine - in reply to D.Gage, 06-25-2007 19:31:15
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When my Grampaw had the farm, way back in the thirties, i guess i should have bought a truckload of "binder twine" Which was the popular name for it in these parts! (Western Pa.) I don't know how much a roll cost back then, but you can bet it weren't$40 and up! Now, maybe you younger fellers don't know what a McCormick "binder" was, what with all the modern machinery. To a ten-twelve year old kid, it was a wondrous machine! Oh, how i watched it as it cut the stalks, sent them along on a slatted sheet of canvas, then up a sloped area, and then the machine did some more gyrations, and out the other end came a bundle of the grain, all neatly tied, and then it was kicked off the machine, to be picked up by the helpers, and stood 3-4 to a bundle, with another thrown on top! Never did figure out how it did all that, as it was pulled along by the team. Seemed to me that the big wheel, with the fins on it, had a lot to do with the operation! That wheel was never used on the road, getting from one field to another. There were 2 other wheels that were taken off for the wheat or oats harvesting, then put back on for towing it back to the barn! Well, all of the"old folks" are long gone, and now I'm the old folks! Going on 83! Still have most of my health and wits! Hope i can keep them for a spell yet!
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