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sold to me for ten dollars by the sharp son of a really 

 clever father, and finally I had a Yankee model 

 copied at the inclusive cost of seventeen dollars 

 seventy-five. A hay-rack is deserving of thought, 

 labour, and money, as it is one of the most useful of 

 farm chattels ; but most Canadians make their ov^n, 

 and the average collection of racks on a threshing 

 gang is characteristic of Canada, in expressing the 

 individuality of its particular owner untrammelled 

 by the law of order or any sense of loyalty to form. 

 Bob-sleighs I was able to buy at an auction for 

 eighteen dollars ; there also I bought a second wagon 

 at forty-six dollars, and might have bought a service- 

 able seeder in excellent order at twenty-five dollars 

 had I not already ordered the " Kentucky." A 

 fanning-mill should be selected with finest dis- 

 cretion ; and here again I made the mistake of 

 buying at the door. It was an up-to-date model 

 of the Chatham separator, and certainly separated 

 wild oats from wheat in a manner that seemed to 

 me marvellous, and I didn't discover, until the agent 

 and my cheque were both beyond recall, that it was 

 a very slow process entailing great waste of grain. 

 It cost twenty-six dollars, and was replaced by 

 another in 1910 which I bought of Morgan and 

 Vicars of South Qu'Appelle for thirty-five dollars 

 without its bagging attachment. It did its work 

 well, but occasionally needs the attention of the 

 expert, which proves the theory that it is wisdom 

 to purchase one's implements of an agent within 

 call. A set of four sections of harrows cost twenty 

 dollars, and some years later I bought for eleven 

 dollars a harrow cart — an item of equipment which 

 none should be without. It is only a slight addi- 



