Published monthly by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Connecticut 



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Entered as Second-Class Matter June 12, 1909, at Sound Beach Post Office, under Act of March 3, 1897. 



Vol 



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VII 



Guidance for SEPTEMBER. Published August 29. 



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The Epoch Making Age of Haying. 



Planting time conies now and then, 

 on a day that may be convenient. So 

 it is with wood chopping, ice cutting 

 and other operations on the farm. 

 Haying partakes of the nature of a 

 holiday, yet haying is the hardest of 

 all farm work. It is the holiday spirit 

 that makes the holiday. Haying is a 

 change ; it is different from all the 

 other work of the year. In early 

 spring, a day's plowing does not 



greatly differ from a day's work at 

 harvesting. A day at harvesting ice is 

 not much different from a day at chop- 

 ping wood. But haying is an epoch- 

 making event. It stands out sharply 

 distinct from everything else on the 

 farm. Then people work that never 

 worked before. All hands share in the 

 excitement from early morning till late 

 at night. The farmer himself is ex- 

 pected to be in the field and to super- 

 vise everything in person. At any 



JUST STARTING ON THE "TWENTY ACRE LOT"— A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE ON AN EARLY 



JUNE MORNING. 



Copyright 1914 by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Conn. 



