"IGot2P" wrote in message
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On 4/20/2010 4:44 PM, Larry Fisk wrote:

First of all, it is not a combine that tied it, it was a baler. Here in SE
Iowa there are a few individuals that still use wire rather than string.

Don


For you and Doug.

I appreciate both the replies.

We don't raise much wheat, oats or the like here. Or if we do it is well
beyond my 40 year ago experiences.

Excuse my ignorance. I thought combines stripped the seed from the harvest
and then baled the straw; an all in one process.

Do they discard the straw which is then baled by a different baler? A
regular hay baler. That seems somewhat more labor intensive than I would
have thought modern farm machines would be.

Two of the replies are close enough to Ky for me to accept that what I
bought from the BORG was not really all than unusual. Just something I had
I had not seem before.

Oh well the wire will come in handy for all sorts of home repairs. -

Colbyt