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THE FARMER'S BOY

TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CLIFTON JOHNSON


Meditation by a streamside

AUTHOR OF THE COUNTRY SCHOOL IN NEW ENGLAND

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1894,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED
AT THE APPLETON PRESS, U. S. A.



PREFATORY NOTE.

     IN what this volume tells of the farmer's boy, readers will find that many episodes and interests in the life of the boy are not even mentioned. One book, indeed, would not contain them all. There is, however, one important omission that is intentional — his school life. The reason for this is that the writer treated the subject in detail in a volume uniform with this, published last year. Its title is The Country School in New England, and its pub­lishers are D. Appleton and Company, of New York. It is also to be explained that, while the present volume is primarily about the boy on the farm, it is intended that the rest of the family, in particular the girl, shall not altogether lack attention either in text or pictures.


CLIFTON JOHNSON.

HADLEY, MASS., June, 1894




CONTENTS.

PART I.
WINTER

PART II.
SPRING

PART III.
SUMMER

PART IV.
AUTUMN

PART V.
COUNTRY CHILDREN IN GENERAL


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Meditations by a streamside
The morning scrub at the sink
Late to supper
In the January thaw—wet feet
Sliding by the riverside
Comfort by the fire on a cold day
Doorstep pets
Bringing in wood
Coasting
Winding the clock
On the fence over the brook
Rubbing down old Billy
A drink of sap
A new picture paper
Catching flood-wood
A hillside sheep pasture
Spring chickens
Willow whistles
The opening of the fishing season
Leap-frog in the front yard
A blossom for the baby
Playing "Indian"
On the way to pasture
Discussing the colt
A little housekeeper
Some fun in a boat
Advising the hired boy
Waiting for the dinner horn
Eating clover blossoms
In swimming
Cutting their names in a tree-trunk
Weeding onions
Working out his "stent"
Fishing
A faithful follower
Two who have been a-borrowing
The Fourth of July
Getting ready to mow
On the hay tedder
The boy rakes after
A summer evening game of tag
Waders—they wet their "pants"
A voyage on a log
Potato-bugging
A chipmunk up a tree
Baiting the cows by the roadside
The boys and their steers
Shooting with a sling
A corner of the sheep yard
Helping grandpa husk
Out for a tramp
A drink at the tub in the back yard
Over the pasture hills to the chestnut trees
A mud turtle
Weeding the posy bed
Grandpa husks sweet corn for dinner,
          and tells a story at the same time

A game of croquet
Afternoon on the front porch
A sawmill
Going up for a slide
A winter ride
Washing the supper dishes
Sliding on the frost
Tailpiece