88 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



by the brilliant rays of the morning sun as it rose 

 over the great corn fields to the east, a noise was 

 heard at the far corner of the field. The noise 

 became louder as the big machines came closer, until 

 at last the big gas tractor drawing two big harvesters 

 rushed by and our Wheatlet, now a full grown 

 beautiful head of wheat, was cut and bound with 

 others and soon placed upright by the automatic 

 shocking machine in a symmetrical shock containing 

 nine .sheaves. The harvest was soon over, and the 

 big field was a wonderful sight with its thousands 

 of beautiful shocks. 



"Well, this is much more comfortable," remarked 

 Mr. Rooster one morning, as he brought his family 

 over to the shock where Wheatlet was, wondering 

 what would happen next. With this remark Mr. 

 Rooster and his lady flew to the top of the shock, 

 while the young chicks played among the young 

 clover plants in the stubble, caught grasshoppers, 

 and picked up shattered kernels of wheat. 



"Before you go away, Mr. Wheatlet, I want to 

 thank you for the protection you gave me until I 

 could get started right," thankfully remarked young 

 Clover Plant. 



"It 's strange how dependent we are on each 

 other," he continued. "Here I have been depending 



