. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. 278 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. of the wheat are separated from the straw and chaff, and come pouring out in a steady stream from a spout into the sacks or other measures, while the straw and chaff is conveyed up on a long elevator and let fall to the ground at its end, where men stack it, or else is blown through a long movable funnel and is stacked automatically. This, then, is the height of harvest, when the farmer can see dollars in sight, and has the final recompense for all his long labor. It i
. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. 278 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. of the wheat are separated from the straw and chaff, and come pouring out in a steady stream from a spout into the sacks or other measures, while the straw and chaff is conveyed up on a long elevator and let fall to the ground at its end, where men stack it, or else is blown through a long movable funnel and is stacked automatically. This, then, is the height of harvest, when the farmer can see dollars in sight, and has the final recompense for all his long labor. It is the hardest work of the year, and the hottest, early hours and late, and short noons; but when it is all over, and the wheat is stored away in sacks, or lies in a great brown heap on the barn floor, ready for sale, or is packed away in a gran- ary for winter, then it is with much relief that the farmer can turn to the fall work,—the plowing for next year's grain, the sowing of it, the picking of the apples, the cider press, the pruning of the orchard, the cutting of the tasseled maize, the gathering of the pumpkins, corn husking, and the sawing of the winter wood. Practically the same process is gone through with. ' WHAT SHALL THE HARVEST BE ?'. 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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