THE STORY OF BREAD 



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have been a business man, and had he not been 

 both these, he would have been a great general. 

 These three angles, each different from the other, 

 make it rather difficult to get him into this brief 

 story. He had the ability to invent the reaper, then 

 the tenacity to fight for it, and finally, the capacity 

 to market it. 



The wonderful foresight (or was it inspiration?) 

 that led McCormick to Chicago is as remarkable! as 

 it is rare. Sixty years ago the wheat growing section 

 of the United States was almost entirely confined to 

 those acres nearest the Atlantic coast. McCormick 

 rode from Virginia to Nebraska talking the merits 

 of his reaper. At last he turned his horse to the 

 East, and one day, in 1847, riding into the small city 

 of Chicago, looked about and said: "Here I shall 

 build my plant, for this will be the center of the 

 great agricultural section of the future." 



Unlike so many pioneers who have pointed the 

 way and blazed the trail, he lived to see hi3 

 prophecy come true. And we whom he left behind 

 are seeing more than he ever dreamed his work 

 would lead to. 



No longer is the farmer a drudge. Today he is a 

 man who mixes knowledge and science with the 

 seeds he plants and the big crops he harvests. Life 

 on the farm has become so pleasant and profitable 

 that men of the cities are seeking the land. 



The words "clod-hopper" and "hay-seed" have 



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