. Some successful Americans . First McCormick Reaper his pocket by his father, and went to Cincinnati with theview of arranging with some firm there to build the reapersunder his supervision. Here he made a contract with a manu-facturer to buildsome reapers, giv-ing farmers orders for reapers assecurity. Later hewent to Brockport,New York, wherehe contracted witha firm to manufac-ture reapers foruse in the wheatHarvesting with Sickle in Algiers fields of western New York, the makers to pay a royalty on each machine sold. In 1846 he began the manufacture of reapers in Chicago, experience showin
. Some successful Americans . First McCormick Reaper his pocket by his father, and went to Cincinnati with theview of arranging with some firm there to build the reapersunder his supervision. Here he made a contract with a manu-facturer to buildsome reapers, giv-ing farmers orders for reapers assecurity. Later hewent to Brockport,New York, wherehe contracted witha firm to manufac-ture reapers foruse in the wheatHarvesting with Sickle in Algiers fields of western New York, the makers to pay a royalty on each machine sold. In 1846 he began the manufacture of reapers in Chicago, experience showing that to be the point most favorable alike. 84 SOME SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS for manufacture and transportation. Mr. McCormick con-tinued to improve his reaper and the demand for it con-stantly increased. In 1847 he sold seven hundred machines,in 1848 more than twice that number. Having associated his two brothers with him, Cyrusplanned to introduce the reaper into E^urope. In 1851he exhibited it at the Worlds Fair at London, where itwas the most important American exhibit, and was awardedthe grand prize known as the Council Medal. The London
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