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of grain ; and it is just as easy to adopt the right way 

 as the wrong, when a laborer knows what is required. 

 An active boy can be taught, in a short time, to shock 

 grain so well, that the stooks will stand erect for several 

 weeks without leaning or tumbling over, thus exposing 

 the grain to storms. 



When I was accustomed to work on the farm, I 

 shocked every sheaf of grain with my own hands, un- 

 less it was not convenient for me to be in the field ; and 

 the result was, that I could often haul my grain to the 



Fig. 59. — Setting- up Sheaves. 



barn, soon after a shower, while the sheaves of certain 

 neighbors would be wringing wet to the middle ; and 

 many of them would have to be unbound and spread 



