INDEX 



Europe, introduction of Reap- 

 er into, and trade with, 123- 

 138; cost of growing wheat 

 in, 209; American wheat 

 exported to, 210; wheat 

 stored in, 217 



Exchanges, grain, 218-222 



Factories in 1831, 48, 49 

 Factory, rebuilding of, after 

 fire, 31, 152, 182; present 

 size of, 47, 196-200; in Vir- 

 ginia, poor transportation 

 from, 64; McCormick's 

 plan to build his own, 67; 

 Chicago chosen as site of, 

 77, 137, 202; largest in 

 Chicago, 77; in 1860, 106; 

 output of, 137; at time of 

 Chicago fire, 151; in 1884, 

 188 



Famine of 1846 in Ireland, 71 

 Famines, local, 51; in Russia, 



242 

 Farm laborers drawn by 1849 



gold rush, 82,83,190 

 Farm machinery, none in 1809, 

 5, 11; invention of, 17; 

 profession of making, 22; 

 none in 1831, 49; farm- 

 ers not using (about 1839), 

 57, 58; fixed prices for, 81; 

 field test as method of mar- 

 keting, 87; McCormick's 

 system of selling, 89; intro- 



duction of, in England, 124; 

 sale of, boomed after 1849, 

 190; present era of, 193-195 



Farmers, increase of (1810 

 1820), 11, 21; their opin- 

 ions of early types of mow- 

 ers and reapers, 43; Mc- 

 Cormick 's confidence in, 

 80; advertising among, and 

 testimonials from, 82; Mc- 

 Cormick stood well with, 

 85; his business methods 

 with, 85; McCormick hurt 

 by petitions of protest from, 

 94; credit extended to, 193; 

 farm machinery used by, 

 193-195 



" Farmer's Register, " 43 



Fassler, Jerome, 119 



Federal bankrupt law of 1842, 

 71 



Field, Cyrus W., 155 



Field tests, 87-89, 134, 135 



Fingers on cutting blade, ori- 

 gin of, 33 



Fire department, Chicago, 

 1846, 72 



Fiske, John, 21 



Fitch &Co., 66 



FitzGerald, 1 



Fixed price, Reapers sold at, 

 80, 81 



Flesh food, 205 



"Flour Cities, "234, 235 



Flour, manufacture of, 234- 

 237 



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