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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
Copyright, 1907, 1908, by Everybody’s Magazine
Copyright, 1908, by Doubleday, Page & Company Published, May, 1908
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
TO THE FARMERS OF THE UNITED STATES WHOSE ENERGY AND PROGRESSIVENESS HAVE MADE THIS WONDER-STORY COME TRUE