Des Moines, Iowa, 6, 86 Dickerson, E. N., 91, 98 Diet of Worms, 156 Diseases prevalent in 1809, 7 Divider, origin of, 32, 46 Douglas, Stephen A., 91, 99, 100 Driving-wheel of Reaper, 34 Drunkenness in 1809, 7 Duluth-Superior, 215 Dunfermline, Scotland, Andrew Carnegie's birthplace, 56 Dunwoody, Minneapolis miller, 236 Duties imposed on American machines entering Europe, 136 E Eager, Samuel, 58 Easter, J. D., 230 Eastern States, labor and money in (about 1839), 58 Ebrington, Lord, 127, 128 Edward, King, 132 Egypt once wheat-centre of world and present production in, 242 Egyptian tombs, wheat found in, 206 "1800-and-starve-to-death" period, 51 Elastic currency, demands for, 223 Electric engine, builder of, 95 Electrical experiments, 50 Elevators, grain, 214-217 Embargo (1809), 8-10 Emerson, Ralph, 45, 46, 98, 103, 119 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 97 England, riots in (1809), 3, 4; U. S. flag flouted by, 4; at war with Scotland, 18, 19; with Ireland, 19; Scotch-Irish ready for war with, 20; conditions in (1831), 50; price of labor in, 123; labor conditions and farm machinery in, 124; Corn Exchange in, 218; speculation in, 224; consumption of bread in, 239; no tariff on wheat or flour in, 240; has lost place as "granary of the North," 240; contrasted with Germany, 241 Erie Canal, 210, 212 Ether, use of, 69 Euphrates, valley of, 228 Europe, introduction of Reaper into, and trade with, 123-138; cost of growing wheat in, 209; American wheat exported to, 210; wheat stored in, 217 Exchanges, grain, 218-222 F Factories in 1831, 48, 49 Factory, rebuilding of, after fire, 31, 152, 182; present size of, 47, 196-200; in Virginia, poor transportation from, 64; McCormick's plan to build his own, 67; Chicago chosen as site of, 77, 137, 202; largest in Chicago, 77; in 1860, 106; output of, 137; at time of Chicago fire, 151; in 1884, 188 Famine of 1846 in Ireland, 71 Famines, local, 51; in Russia, 242 Farm laborers drawn by 1849 gold rush, 82, 83, 190 Farm machinery, none in 1809, 5, 11; invention of, 17; profession of making, 22; none in 1831, 49; farmers not using (about 1839), 57, 58; fixed prices for, 81; field test as method of marketing, 87; McCormick's system of selling, 89; introduction of, in England, 124; sale of, boomed after 1849, 190; present era of, 193-195 Farmers, increase of (1810-1820), 11, 21; their opinions of early types of mowers and reapers, 43; McCormick's confidence in, 80; advertising among, and testimonials from, 82; McCormick stood well with, 85; his business methods with, 85; McCormick hurt by petitions of protest from, 94; credit extended to, 193; farm machinery used by, 193-195 "Farmer's Register," 43 Fassler, Jerome, 119