The farmer's boy (1907) (14801729383)

Identifier: farmersboy00john (find matches)
Title: The farmer's boy
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Subjects: Farm life -- New England Rural children -- New England New England -- Social life and customs
Publisher: New York : Crowell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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to the family. Some farmer in tlie neighb;)rhood was pretty sure toraise strawberries for market, and ))ai(l two cents a (;uartfor picking. Jf so, tlu boy could not rest easy till hisfolks agreed to let him impro\e this chance to gain ))ocket-monev, which was a thing he ne\er faiUd to be short of.He would get up at thrce oclock in the morning andcarry hi^ l)riakfa>l with him in order to he on hand in theheld with the rest of tluchildren at da\hreak. His eairer-
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Smiinier gi ness cooled olT in a few day>, and it was only with thegreatest dilTiculty that the cmi)loycT would get his youthfulhelp to stick to the work through the season. They hadeaten the berries till they were sick of them; they weretired of stooping, and they had earned so much that theirlongings for wealth were satisfied. They were a))t to getto S(;uabbling aljout rows while ))icking, and to enliventhe work on dull days b\- sassing one another. Theproper position for picking is a stoo))ing posture, but whenthe boy came home you could see by the spotted patternon the knees and seat of his trousers that he had madesome sacrifices to comfort. The ))ro;)rietor of the berryfields, and all concerned, were glad when they got to theend of the season. The boy was uj) so early on those June mornings thathe was in time to hear the air full of bird-songs as it wouldbe at no other time through the day. What made thebirds so madi)- happy as soon as the east caught the Ilrsttints of the co