The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-08
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There are pretty sure 10 be three or
four days OF good, hard weather now"
said Napoleon. or Foley" MS we called
him. Lets down with IT,
And we ala. There were six acres
Of H. all stout grass, following clover
the summer before: two tons and n
half to the acre OF long stalked herds
grass. which. when dry and ready to
go into the barn. Is about as stln and
hard to pitch and handle rs so much
wire. ANY country hoy who has ever
''mowcd away" knows what such grass
Ia when II is pitched on the cart TO
him In big forkfuls.
The sun shone hot all that first day,
and heavy MS the grass was II made"
well. We raked II into windows with
the horse rake during the afternoon.
Father was away In the north part
OF the State. cruising" for pine and
spruce. In the employ OF lumber
company. and Napoleon and l had the
hnying 90 do. with the assistance OF
one bird man.
The next morning. ms soon MS the
dew was on, we turned the windows.
There were nhout twenty rnck.loads
of the hay. We planned 20 haul In
ten loads that second day and ten the
next.
Seven or eight tons OF hay. as every
one knows. are about MS much MS three
men ought TO handle In one afternoon.
II has all TO be pitched over twice
with forks and trodden down In the
haymow; and this latter part OF the
work. In the case OF coarse herds
grass. is the worst. for the tramplng
has TO be done IN n hot, close barn,
amid choking dust.
Until noon OF the second day. when
we began hauling the weather was
fair; but Immediately after IL o'clock
a change was apparent. A gray haze
appeared In the south. soon followed
by small shrcds Of cloud. which in
crensed In size. In Maine we knew
those signs only too well during the
warm season. Such southern rains
come on suddenly.
ut will pour by . o'clock" said Ma
poleon. "And all this hay out what's
TO be done.
The only thing we could do was to
swallow n hasty luncheon and begin
hauling ms fast as possible.
We sent word OF our plight TO our
next nelghbors. the whltcombs. and
as they had finished their haylng a day
or two previously. they kindly sent
over their two hired men. with hay
rack and OK team. 10 help us.
Va hoA lans, ga vino ssshuN 900 aolIrn
the "west bay" OF the barn In which
TO put this herds grass. The usual
cross girders had been taken out OF
this bay. making one long haymow OF
II. fifty feet by twenty, and we knew
that the crop in the south field would
MI II to the great beams" OF the barn,
eighteen or twenty feet above the
barn floor.
When we drove In with tho first load
the hired man started 10 pitch It on
into the bay. ana l undertook to stow
81. Napoleon had remained out in tho
feld TO roll the wlndrow up into "tum'
bles," ready TO be pitched upon the
cart as soon MS II returned from the
barn.
The hired man was n large. strong
fellow. At every forkful he flung on
about hundred-weight OF that coarse
snarled hay. and soon found that
was going to have quite as much work
as could manage, for had TO pull the
hny back into the long. deep bay
tread II down In the dust and heat
and return TO the front in time TO take
the next tough, snarly forkfuls ms they
came rolling down OF the cart. could
not do Il; no one could. My weight
indeed, was not sufficient 10 tread III,
coarse stun down.
This first load was no sooner pitched
on and the cart backed out than II
drove the Whitcomb rack, piled hlgi
with another load. One OF the mai
with this team had remained in thu
field, rolling mp tumbles: the drive
was ready to throw of the hay. an,
they all seemed TO think that l coult
take care OF II.
Finding myself worsted. I ran int
the house TO see II could not get som
OF the women to help me tread tn
hay down. but they had all gonl
raspberrying.
As ran back TO the barn. however
Happened TO see In the lane two three
year-Old colts that we were pasturlnl
for Grandfather Adams. They wer
handsome brown Morgan colts. o
which the old gentleman was YER
fond. for they were well matched, AM
he expected TO exhibit them as troi
ting pair at the State fair. He wa
out nearly every day looking at hi
pets. giving them salt or titbits, an
seeing to II that we kent the watering
trough in the lane pumped full OF wa
ter. He also made MS put brass ball
on the horns OF all the young cattle
for fear they would hook those colt
II came into my mind that l Nigh
make them tread that hay down in th
NOV. My need OF aid was pressing
ran out 10 the lane and called Oh
colts through the yard into the barn
then led them across the barn foo
and urged them into the NOW. tn
hay was just about level with IN
barn door when drove them IN, an
put up n board 10 keep them froi
coming out. The Whltcomb load wa