Occasionally he spotted an eroding baler or a rusting washtub in a tangle of overgrowing poison ivy, crabgrass, and morning glory.

NEWYORKER: Waiting

Then along comes the tractor, the mechanical baler, the first milking machines, and the need for labour on the farm falls precipitately.

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