It is possible to equip the grain binder with pans and extensions to the rear elevator plate and binder deck, so that at least 95 per cent of the seed which shatters when the crop is cut may be saved. Those pans and extensions may be made out of ordinary galvanized metal and strap iron. The galvanized metal may be purchased at any tin shop or hardware store, and if sufficient strips of iron can not be found around the farm for this purpose strap iron may be purchased at any blacksmith shop. The material for those pans and extensions should not cost more than $4.50 or $5, and it should be possible to have them made complete for $8 or $10, including material. Unless there are a forge and drill on the farm it will be necessary to have the braces and supports for the pans made at a blacksmith shop. The strap iron used in connection with the pans may vary in size, but for the most part it need not be heavier than one-eighth inch in thickness, and seven-eighths inch in width. The supports for the pan under the binder deck preferably should be one-quarter inch thick, as this pan will have much more strain on it than the pans under the elevators. Where bolts are to be used, ordinary stove bolts will suffice. [Illustration: Fig. 4.--Plans for a pan to be placed under the opening between the platform and lower elevator of a grain binder in order to save the sweet-clover seed which falls on the platform and on the extension to the rear elevator plate. _A_, size and shape of the metal before bending; _B_, general plan of the pan when completed, as viewed from the top; _C_, cross section of the pan and outline of the support which holds it in position; _D_, stirrup which hooks over the inside and to which the support is fastened; _E_, door.] [Illustration: Fig. 5.--Rear view of a grain binder, showing a cross section of the pans and supports and the parts of the machine to which they are attached. _A_, Pan under the opening between the platform and lower elevator; _B_, support of the pan; _C_, stirrup which fits over the inside sill and to which the support is bolted; _D_, angle iron under the end of the platform and over which one end of the support is hooked; _E_, cross section of pan under the binder deck; _F_, support of the pan; _G_, stirrup which hooks over the outside sill and to which the support is bolted; _H_, angle iron which supports the guard at the end of the deck; _I_, guard which directs the seed that falls on the binder deck into the pan below; _J_, binder pipe over which one end of the support is hooked.]