Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1915 — Made Trip to Lincoln To Buy Binder Engines. [ARTICLE]

Made Trip to Lincoln To Buy Binder Engines.

L. H. Hamilton, of the firm of Hamilton & Kellner, arrived home Sunday from Lincoln, Neb., where he had made a hurried trip to purchase engines to be used on binders in an effort to harvest the oats and wheat crops. The engines propel the binding machinery, thus making it possible to run on ground too soft to propel the bull wheel. He was able to secure only three of the engines as the Cushman Engine Co., of Lincoln, is receiving orders for about 400 machines a day and can make only 52. The three purchased will go to Firman Thompson, W. C. Babcock and Floyd Amsler. Through Illinois Mr. Hamilton saw farmers plowing com and harvesting small grain and he believes conditions are worse in this part of Indiana than any place he saw. Many are still using cradles and binding by hand and every day witnesses the arrival of cradles by express.