x CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XXIII. THE FIRST HATCH 138 



XXIV. THE HOLSTEIN MILK MACHINE . . .144 

 XXV. THE DAIRYMAID . . . . .150 



XXVI. LITTLE PIGS 155 



XXVII. WORK ON THE HOME FORTY . . .158 



XXVIII. DISCOUNTING THE MARKET . . . 164 



XXIX. FROM CITY TO COUNTRY . . . .169 



XXX. AUTUMN RECKONING 174 



XXXI. THE CHILDREN 178 



XXXII. THE HOME-COMING 183 



XXXIII. CHRISTMAS EVE 189 



XXXIV. CHRISTMAS 194 



XXXV. WE CLOSE THE BOOKS FOR '96 . . . 199 



XXXVI. OUR FRIENDS 202 



XXXVII. THE HEADMAN'S JOB 210 



XXXVIII. SPRING OF '97 217 



XXXIX. THE YOUNG ORCHARD .... 225 



XL. THE TIMOTHY HARVEST .... 230 



XLI. STRIKE AT GORDON'S MINE . . . 236 



XLII. THE RIOT 250 



XLIII. THE RESULT 260 



XLIV. DEEP WATERS 268 



XLV. DOGS AND HORSES 274 



XL VI. THE SKIM-MILK TRUST . . . .282 



XLVII. NABOTH'S VINEYARD . . . . .285 



XLVIII. MAIDS AND MALLARDS . . . .294 



XLIX. THE SUNKEN GARDEN . 298 



L. THE HEADMAN GENERALIZES . . . 303 



