The farmer's boy . work by Su mmer lOl hand. He did not haw to be mucli of a ])oy to be calledon by his father to rake the scatterings back of the load,and he had to be on the jump all the lime to keep boy was pretty well grown before he had the strengthto do {hv ])iiching on. Whatever he did in tlie field, hisphue in the barn was under the roof mowing place was (kisky, and the du>t Hew, and a cricket orsome uncomfortable many-legged creature crawled downhis back. It was hot and stifling, and the hay came upabout twice as fast as he wanted it to. Before the load. Un Ifii lhi
The farmer's boy . work by Su mmer lOl hand. He did not haw to be mucli of a ])oy to be calledon by his father to rake the scatterings back of the load,and he had to be on the jump all the lime to keep boy was pretty well grown before he had the strengthto do {hv ])iiching on. Whatever he did in tlie field, hisphue in the barn was under the roof mowing place was (kisky, and the du>t Hew, and a cricket orsome uncomfortable many-legged creature crawled downhis back. It was hot and stifling, and the hay came upabout twice as fast as he wanted it to. Before the load. Un Ifii lhi\ J02 The Farmers Boy was quarter off, he began lo hsten for the welcome scratchof his fathers fork on the wagon rack. That signalledthe nearing the bottom of the load. Even after the lastforkful was thro^^Tl up, he had to creep all around underthe eaves to tread the hay more solidly. He was gladenough when he could crawl down the ladder and gointo the house and give his head a soak under the pump,and get a drink of water. There was nothing tastedmuch better than water when he was dry that way, unlessit was the sweetened water that they took in a jugright down to the hayficld with them. I do not wish to give the impression that haying was madeu]) too much of sweat and toil, and that the boy foundthis ]xriod ahogethera season of trial and work was not at all bad on cool days, and some boysliked the jumping about on load and mow. There wasfun in the jolting, rattling ride on the springless wagonto the havfield, and when the haycocks in the orchardwere
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