288 POWER AND THE PLOW 



the future, for man is clearly shaking off the heavier shackles 

 of manual toil. Pipe and tabor no longer lead the procession 

 of harvest home, but drudgery goes as well as romance, and a 

 business air sets the thresher to factory pace. A manufac- 

 turer's catalogue says " To-day a new world has opened for the 

 farmer. To the aid of nature he has called the forces of science. 

 His factory under blue sky is as busy, and the wheels hum as 

 merrily as under any city-factory roof. Power and the 

 most economical, pliant, and efficient of all power is at 

 last his." 



