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THE GRAIN HARVEST. 



I WILL now give some account of the grain 

 harvest, premising, however, that this is usually 

 a most joyful season in all the land, especially 

 when the harvest proves rich, and the sun is 

 fair. In nothing are we more dependent upon 

 a kind Providence than in respect to grain. It 

 is our chief support. When, therefore, God 

 has brought the harvest to maturity when 

 the fields wave with their rich burdens, and 

 the sun beams forth from behind the passing 

 cloud, indicating propitious weather for the 

 harvest then, indeed, it is a time to be glad. 



Wheat having a hard and stiffish stem, or 

 straw, is usually reaped, or cut with an instru- 



