Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 472
dawned, how-ever, when it first saw the prairies. Here, on thevast fertile plains of the Middle West, the harvestsso far outstripped the power of the harvesters thatthe cattle were allowed to feed in the wheat-fieldsthat the farmers were unable to cut. When CyrusMcCormick saw the Illinois prairies… … FOUR-HORSEPOWER GRAIN BINDER WHICH CUTS A SWATH EIGHT FEET WIDE spoiled—he knew that the hour had come for himto leave his log workshop. I must make my reapers myself to be sure thatthey are made right, he said, and I must pickout the right place for getting material and ship-ping the machines…
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