Interesting comments. We did let the sheaves out singly from the binder, I never remember any form of catcher, The farm women, children and other workers would follow the binder and set up 'shocks' in the field to let the corn ripen and dry. These were then collected a few days or even weeks later, depending on the weather, taken to the stackyard and built into stacks to await the threshing tackle. Yes, I have done that as a seven or eight year old and had to put up with barley harns in my clothes and stubble pricked little legs. Later on, pitched sheaves, driven the tractor for collecting the 'shocks'. Was too young to be a 'holdgee boy' on the horse but learnt to shout 'HOLDGEE' and let the tractor clutch up slowly on a Fordson Model N.
And yes, you can cut square corners with a binder. To some people it was a sign of pride in the work. I was taught never to 'slip in' in my early days and always to cut square. The last time I used it was in 2014, with a 1936 Sunshine Stripper Header in Australia. :0)
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