CONTENTS 



PAOS 



EXPLANATORY NOTE ...... 5 



TO THE READER , . , . . .11 



CHAPTER 



I. WEST BOUND . . , . . .15 



II. LOCATING A HOMESTEAD . , . .85 



III. BREAKING THE PRAIRIE . , , .70 



IV. HAY-TIME . . . . , .92 



V. THE SCHOOL, WELL-DIGGING, AND A PICNIC . 102 



VI. A BAD HARVEST . . , . . .116 



VII. THRESHING ...... 182 



VIII. THE COMING OF WINTER .... 146 



IX. A TRIP TO TOWN, GRAIN HAULING AND SHIPPING 158 



X. A GRAIN GROWERS' MEETING . . . .175 



XI, WINTER FESTIVITIES ..... 190 



XII. WOMEN ON THE PRAIRIE .... 200 



XIII. HORSE AND STOCK RAISING . . . .214 



XIV. WE PREPARE FOR SEEDING .... 281 



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