"I should like to have seen it work," said his grandfather interested.
"Well, you'll see it, all right," said Bob, "because Mr. Patterson's going to plow the other three fields before he leaves."
"How long does he calculate it'll take him to finish, Bob?" inquired his grandfather.
"He expects to get done by noon on Thursday."
"It can't be done," said his grandfather incredulously.
"Well, he says it can," laughed Bob, "and to-morrow morning you'll see."
X
RUNNING WATER
Bob was up bright and early the next morning and had his chores all done by the time Mr. Patterson came back from town, where he had gone the night before for a supply of kerosene.
As soon as breakfast was over the tractor was driven out to the field back of the cider mill, and, with the agent in the seat, started off on its rounds. In this field corn had been raised the year before, and it would be planted in oats this year, so the plow was omitted and the double disk and spike-toothed harrow used. Bob and his grandfather stood for a half hour watching it work, then Bob went to the barn and got out the team and began plowing the garden, which adjoined the field in which the tractor was working.