As part of the museum aspect of the mission, the
Okanagan Historical Society has gathered together a respectable collection of machines, farm implements, tractors, engines and wagons of yesteryear, a great many of which are 100 years of age or more.
In the southeast corner of the mission grounds is a large collection of farm implements, some under cover, some in the open.
This is one of a pair of McCormick Deering binders along the east fence with several other pieces of machinery. This is by far the older of the two, being on steel wheels, the other having many slight design improvements and running on rubber tires. This model, a type ED, was superseded by more advanced models in the early 20th century. McCormick manufactured their first steel binder in 1884, previous binders having been made primarily of wood.