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in a knotter frame 5 and (2) a jaw 14 around which a loop of twine is formed as rotated and for retaining the twine end during knot formation. On one said of billhook 13 a twine disk 15 and a twine holder 16 are provided for holding a segment of twine 19. On the opposite side and below billhook 13, a wiper arm 17 is arm 17 (,2) includes a twine guiding fork 20 preferably of cast iron,a knife blade 24 bolted to fork 20 cutting the twine and a wiper 21 for removing a loop of twine 19 from billhook 20 consists of a pair of fingers 22,23 between which twine 19 is received and guided and a vertex 25 at which fingers 22,23 are joined. One side of certex 25 has a boss 25 with a pair of threaded apertures 29,31 and th which wiper 21 is adjustably mounted. Fork 20 may be formed either by casting or forging and therefore is a strong, rigid ponent. Wiper 21, preferably of case hardened steel, is platelike and has a pair of slots 33, 35 corresponding in spacing to the threaded apertures 29,31 of boss 25. The profile of wiper 21 is conventional and has an arcuate recess or ledge 37. Wiper 21 is detachably mounted to fork 20 by a pair of screws 39,41 which pass through slots 33,35 and threadably engage apertues 29,31 so that fork 20 and wiper 21 are held tightly toghter. Wiper 21 is asjustable relative to fork 20 by moving wiper 21 back and forth in a plane parallel to the major planes of wiper 21 and in a direction parallel to the direction of elongation of slots 33,35 when screws 39,41 are loosened. Referring now to FIG. 3, wiper 21 is positioned closely to billhook 13 which ledge or recess 37 centered in relation to an outer surface or heel 43 of jaw 14. The maximum remended clearance between a first portion 43 of jaw 14 and ledge 37 is .. at the closest distance which jaw portion 45 approaches during rotation of billhook 13 during the formation of a twine knot. In contrast to the conventional integral wiper arm described in the Background of the Invention which requires modeling or bending of the wiper arm at positions corresponding to positions A,B and C shown in FIG. 2 in order to adjust the wiper with respect to the billhook for proper stripping of a twine loop from the billhook, the present embodiment of the invention achieves alignment simply and easily by adjustment of wiper 21 by loosening of screws 39,41 and sliding platelike wiper 21 back and forth. This perm