. Farm echoes [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. FARM ECHOES. 61 t be faith- t on board. merchunt. ban can bo arc needed them rather gage in any tic employer. d through the 3r cceeded in my jrything being esults, I started have been, but it certainly was not. Though "duo" there, I never reached tluit point. It was an ordinary plow I had, yet it acted in a most extraordinary way, going southeast; then southwest. Indeed tlie oxen proved so stupid that they could not be made to '*hcad" as I ordered thorn. "Hard a port" had no more effect upon them than " hard a s
. Farm echoes [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. FARM ECHOES. 61 t be faith- t on board. merchunt. ban can bo arc needed them rather gage in any tic employer. d through the 3r cceeded in my jrything being esults, I started have been, but it certainly was not. Though "duo" there, I never reached tluit point. It was an ordinary plow I had, yet it acted in a most extraordinary way, going southeast; then southwest. Indeed tlie oxen proved so stupid that they could not be made to '*hcad" as I ordered thorn. "Hard a port" had no more effect upon them than " hard a starboard," notwithstanding I shouted such commands as loudly as was possible without the aid of a speaking trumpet. At times they were bound N. N. W., then N. N. E., though "due" south, and I began to suspect that I was driving a more intelligent team than I had at first sup- posed, and that the knowing creatures, aware of my fond- ness for sailing, were "boxing the compass" for my gratification. Their persistent disregard of all such orders as " Port your helm," however, onvinced me that such was not the case, but that they were stupid or stub- born. It must be taken for granted that the whole difficulty was with them. It was not pleasant to feel that I had been imposed upon in having such stupid brutes recommended to me, and for which I had paid full price. How could any farmer claiming to be respectable, thus defraud me ! Difficult as it may be to the reader to realize the fact, it was necessary for me to drop all such ex])licit terms as I had been using,—could any be more explicit ?—and come down to "Haw," "Whoa," and "; I soon found an opportunity to leave the field, and handed the plow to another, taking good care not to return to it. It was not through my hands coming in contact with the plow that I was to gain the requisite knowledge, even. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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