CHAPTER VI 



RUKAL CONVENIENCES 



Ah, why 

 Should life all labor be? TENNYSON. 



46. Motor Power. In Chapter II the statement was 

 made that the invention of machinery has enabled the 

 farmer to do more work than formerly, and thus has re- 



A WINDMILL ON THE FARM. 



leased some farm labor to other occupations. In Chapter 

 V we noted briefly that machinery has also done away 

 with much of the old drudgery for those who remain on 

 the farm. This second fact deserves more detailed notice. 

 It is important ; for the drudgery element in farm work 

 in the past has driven away many who could have ren- 

 dered better service on the farm than elsewhere. 



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