Editor’s note: The first half of this story appeared in this space in last week’s edition.
The Scheckels’ McCormick-Deering 8-foot grain binder, as it was used in the field, was too wide to pass through farm gates and narrow lanes. The field-ready machine was about 15 feet wide. That was certainly too wide to travel on the gravel road running through the Scheckel farm.
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