The Romance of the Reaper

Herbert Newton Casson

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Romance of the Reaper

CHAPTER I The Story of McCormick

CHAPTER II The Story of Deering

CHAPTER III The International Harvester Company

CHAPTER IV The American Harvester Abroad

CHAPTER V The Harvester and the American Farmer

Title: The Romance of the Reaper

Author: Herbert Newton Casson

Language: English

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The Romance of the Reaper

A CHICAGO MOWER IN SIBERIA

The Romance of the Reaper

By

HERBERT N. CASSON

Author of “The Romance of Steel.”

Illustrated from Photographs

“And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever
could make two ears of corn, or two
blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of
ground where only one grew before, would
deserve better of mankind, and do more
essential service to his country, than the
whole race of politicians put together.”
—Dean Swift.

NEW YORK
Doubleday, Page & Company
1908

TO THE FARMERS OF THE UNITED STATES
WHOSE ENERGY AND PROGRESSIVENESS HAVE
MADE THIS WONDER-STORY COME TRUE

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