disposition, temperament, temper, character, personality mean the dominant quality or qualities distinguishing a person or group. disposition implies customary moods and attitude toward the life around one.
McCormick is making several important changes to its portfolio over the next 12 months. The company announced that 80% of its Gourmet herbs & spices business in the U.S. will be Organic and Non-GMO by 2016. Additionally over 70% of all McCormick branded herbs, spices and extracts in the U.S. will be labeled Non-GMO.
After Robert gave up, his son, 22-year-old Cyrus McCormick, reconfigured his father's experiments and had a working reaper ready in 1831. The machine was patented in 1834 and Cyrus made and sold copies from the Virginia plantation where he was born, but business was not good. By 1846, less than 100 had been sold. A meeting with Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas and a visit to the vast grain fields of the Midwest convinced McCormick to relocate his operation to Chicago in 1847. His first investor was William Ogden.