1934 McCormick-Deering Corn Binder Restored

By Larry Lemmond
Published on October 4, 2013
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The McCormick-Deering binder as Larry found it.
The McCormick-Deering binder as Larry found it.
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The restored binder being used to bind sorghum cane. Larry Lemmond is shown wearing the green vest. Wayne Ashley is driving his Farmall Model H tractor.
The restored binder being used to bind sorghum cane. Larry Lemmond is shown wearing the green vest. Wayne Ashley is driving his Farmall Model H tractor.
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The binder’s stalk chute and knotter seen from the back.
The binder’s stalk chute and knotter seen from the back.

I have always wanted to
learn how to do things that my grandfather and great-grandfather had to do to
survive and make a living many years ago. Raising sorghum cane for molasses was
one of the things that my father did almost every year. He stopped raising the
cane soon after taking a regular job to stabilize the family finances, so I
didn’t get to learn much of the grown-up work that was associated with making

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