Deering Manufacturing Company produced and sold 3,000 of Appleby 's twine - tie binder for the 1880 harvest , with profits above $400,000 .
Along with the Marsh harvester , the company pioneered a harvesting reaper incorporating an automatic twine binder invented by John Appleby of Beloit , Wisconsin .
Deering Manufacturing Company produced and sold 3,000 of John Appleby 's twine - tie binder for the 1880 harvest , with profits above $400,000 .
Along with the Marsh harvester , the company pioneered a harvesting reaper incorporating an automatic twine binder invented by John Appleby of Beloit , Wisconsin .