CONTENTS 



PART 1— HARVEST HOME 



OF AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT, HORSES, AND 

 HIRED MEN 3-14: THE CUSTOM OF DEFERRED 

 PAYMENT : A PRAIRIE STORM 15-21 : A VAGABOND 

 GARDEN 22-32 : OF HARVEST, WAGES, THE COST 

 OF IMPLEMENTS AND PLANTS 33-46 : THRESHING 

 47-57 : WHEAT SALES : THE FALL OF THE LEAF : 

 LE BRET 58-74 : FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES 

 IN FORT QU'APPELLE 75-87 : WINTER QUARTERS : 

 SPRINGBROOK SCHOOL : A POLITICAL MEETING 

 88-99 : AT HOME BY THE LAKE SHORE : OF CANA- 

 DIAN DIVERSION loo-iii : NANCY : THE SECOND 

 PAYMENT : THE FIRST LOSS 11 2-123 



PART II— SPRING 



A DAUGHTER OF THE PRAIRIE : THE COMING OF 

 NANCY 127-134 : THE MIRAGE OF SPRING : MY FIRST 

 CHORE-BOY : A NEW HORSE AND A NEW MAN : 

 SEEDING 1 35-151 : CHORE-BOYS : "THE BEAUTIFUL 

 NECESSITY" : THE STORY OF A PLOUGH 152-162 : 

 DAIRY-PRODUCE : FENCING : MILKING : GARDEN- 

 ING : VICTORIA DAY 163-179 : AN IRISHMAN'S FOR- 

 TUNE : STONING THE LAND : 180- 191 : THE RAINS 

 OF JUNE : HAYING : HARVEST 192-214 : THE 

 HARVEST OF MY FIRST SEEDING 215-231 



