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On Sat, 8 May 2010 21:37:40 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
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On May 8, 7:45Â*am, "
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On Sat, 8 May 2010 07:15:12 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
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On Apr 20, 4:50Â*pm, "Colbyt" wrote:
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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. Â*Or if we do it is well
beyond my 40 year ago experiences.

Excuse my ignorance. Â*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. Â*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. Â*Just something I had
I had not seem before.

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

Colbyt

Ooops, forgot.

Now that straw is being used for fuel and building panels, a change in
procedure has occurred. Â*The combine cuts the grain as high as they
can (trying to get just the head and a very short stem), Â*that is
followed by "swathers" that cut the standing stubble right at ground
level and lay it in a swath for the the baler.

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true, I just haven't seen that out here. The current practice where
straw is baled seems to be 'leave high stubble and swath it'.

Some examples, in case anyone is interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWGrpZP37A
http://hoursnotmiles.com/2010/agco-c...r-combination/
Reist Welding and Manufacturing in Elmira Ontario (they were Hesson
dealers at the time) were mounting balers to the back (mounted right
to the combine frame) of White and Massey combines back in the late
sixties/early seventies. I think they did a couple John deere units as
well, but I'm not sure (I worked for a White dealer at the time)This
was before the big bales were common - and it would spit roughly 70 lb
bales of straw out the back like water-melon seeds.