. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. 276 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. Modern improvements, however, have not greatly lessened the picturesque sides of country life, and they have vastly diminshed the hard labor. It is almost as enjoyable to see the mower seated on a machine drawn by horses as to watch him swinging the scythe, and the blades of grass fall more rapidly than in the older way. Indeed, not only is the clover practically all cut by machinery nowadays, ex- cept in the few Inaccessible spots where the scythe Is needed or where t
. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. 276 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. Modern improvements, however, have not greatly lessened the picturesque sides of country life, and they have vastly diminshed the hard labor. It is almost as enjoyable to see the mower seated on a machine drawn by horses as to watch him swinging the scythe, and the blades of grass fall more rapidly than in the older way. Indeed, not only is the clover practically all cut by machinery nowadays, ex- cept in the few Inaccessible spots where the scythe Is needed or where the stems are badly matted down, but it is also generally all raked together with the aid of horses and a horse-rake, while the hand-rake hangs unused In the barn. I have even worked In the fields where almost all pitching was obviated, and the stack- ing done with a great toothed bucking beam pulled by two horses at each end along the windrows ; and, again, where the hay itself was all mechanically brought up from the windrows on the carrier of a combined rake and loader, attached to and trailing after the wagon, and then spread out upon slings on the rig- ging, thence afterwards to be hoisted m enormous flaky masses to the stack by a block-and-tackle and a THE OLD-TIME WAY,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Huston, Paul Griswold. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New York, Eaton and Mains
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