I am trying to find more information on a vintage Adriance rear exit
agricultural binder thought to date back to 1885 because my father in
law dug one up in the highlands of scotland and it is the only one in
existance in the uk we have been told ???

Hello

Thanks for your question.  Unfortunately I don't think there's enough
information online for us to give you much in the way of an answer, so
I am sending these bits and pieces as a comment.

As you may already know, the firm that made these machines was located
in Poughkeepsie in New York State.

"Other Poughkeepsie enterprises also achieved national and
international renown during the second half of the 19th and the early
part of the 20th century. Especially well known were Adriance, Platt &
Company (agricultural machinery)"

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/specialsections/communities/poughkeepsie/story06.shtml

There seems to be an excellent local history library in Poughkeepsie
(called after an Adriance benefactor though I don't know if he was
related to the binder manufacturers) and if I were you I would hope
that one of the librarians might help you or put you in touch with a
local historian who would be interested in your query.

https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=60667

Their address is:

Adriance Memorial Library
93 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

and they have an 'ask a librarian' form at:

http://www.poklib.org/html/ask_a_librarian.php


If you want to see pictures of an Adriance rear discharge binder in
its heyday you'll find two posters of them are illustrated at:

http://posters.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.asp?userid=3FAZNMW0KY&CAT=1001749&PCAT=1001545

The only other things I found on the net were occasional brief
references to their mowers and reapers and one story of 'life on the
farm' that has a brief mention of a binder:

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~heath/family/white/c1849.htm

scraps on Adriance:

://www.google.com/search?q=adriance+mowers+OR+reapers&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N


Good luck with finding some answers.  What a curious thing to unearth
in the Highlands!  I hope somebody in Poughkeepsie will also feel
intrigued and dig more information out for you.