The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-11-02
HARVEST YEARS AGO.
4AN6Es y METHODS SINCE
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sMash before binding a period
ss55..e hal aarH - they were allowed 10
liz aHfl afl-r h-sxs rain. Tie reason
b-HHE faat uh#a thoroughly soaked
tb@F fnf@shrd uut more bushels than
whea put ~ u good condition. The
ssI- market lu that country. Western
P@Hn.rIFsnIa. before Ihe advent u the
railroads. being al ih= isFerus On the
turnpike. where fles we're sold By The
suslsl abb used for feeding The STOCK
wb5eh fAeu Travelled through % The
Eastern markets.
Il Was a great thing IA those days
10 have tae reputation 81 be.ag the best
GRADER. and many we're tie contests
between rivals 10 see Whe enjoyed rhe
bous-. 0Hs Of these contests occurred
Oh fh- home farm. The hrld $40 he cut
down measured thirteen acres - only
moderately hesry but upstanding
wheat. Il began early in iAr morning.
with Two 10 follow each GRADER. Of
whom ihe writer. theu hoy q thlr-
teen. Wa epe. The day Naz bot. and
The race Was continuous until nearly
sunbeam. when but al acre Of the iieid
remained. and Ihe OWNER came ouf and
perempiorlly ordered the contest 10
cea-e aud every man 20 eei ont Of The
field. W. remember distinctly that
the cut that DAY vas @o4 shocks u
twelve sheav-s each The winner
started 10 srcond. aud about ! . clock.
cut around the leadef aud carried The
laure.s for year, afterwards We we're
.. proud q following that leader and
being up with him when ordered oni
Of the field - the modern boy j. now
Of being champion Of foot ball.
How wonderfully times have chang
~. when q bright boz Of fifteen years
old fan 20 Into q similar field Of wheat.
cut II down aud gather ID Tor shocking
IN 4 single das doing much better
work than could possibly have been
done under the Old method. And yet
We believe barYesters enjoyed The old
method better than the new Ny. what
feed they lad ia those dAys AZ harvest
time. What an appetite q boy had for
fried spring chicken and eustard pie
And what blessed sleep came after
DAYS work Ia that harvest held.-Nal-
lace. Farmer