CONTENTS 



CHAFTEE 



I. THE WORLD'S NEED OF A REAPER . . 1 



II. THE McCoRMicK HOME . . . .13 



III. THE INVENTION OF THE REAPER . . 26 



IV. SIXTEEN YEARS OF PIONEERING . . 48 

 V. THE BUILDING OF THE REAPER BUSINESS . 68 



VI. THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT PATENTS . . 91 



VII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE REAPER . .105 



VIII. THE CONQUEST OF EUROPE . . .123 



IX. McCoRMICK AS A MANUFACTURER . .139 



X. CYRUS H. McCoRMICK AS A MAN . .154 



XL THE REAPER AND THE NATION . .188 



XII. THE REAPER AND THE WORLD . . 203 



XIII. GIVE Us THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD . 234 



IXJMX . 249 



