Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 58 Simpson, John Thomas Hidden Treasure: The Story of a Chore Boy Who Made the Old Farm Pay Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Hidden Treasure: The Story of a Chore Boy Who Made the Old Farm Pay" by John Thomas Simpson is a narrative likely written in the early 20th century, around the turn of the century. This work appears to blend elements of fiction and instructional content, focusing on the themes of agriculture and rural life. The story is centered around Bob, a young man returning to his grandfather's rundown farm, where he aspires to apply modern farming techniques he learned in agricultural school to restore the farm's profitability and viability. The opening of the story introduces Bob as he arrives at his family's old homestead in Western Pennsylvania, reminiscing about his childhood and the once-prosperous estate now marred by neglect. As he settles in, he meets his Uncle Joe, who has recently purchased the farm. Bob's initial excitement about life on the farm contrasts with the dire state of the property and his uncle's traditional ways. Throughout these early chapters, tensions emerge between Bob's modern agricultural ideas—such as utilizing machinery and better management practices—and Uncle Joe's more labor-intensive, old-fashioned methods. The narrative sets the stage for Bob's journey of transformation, filled with opportunities and challenges as he endeavors to modernize the farm and prove that hard work combined with thoughtful planning can uncover hidden treasures in rural life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Farm life PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography 472655 472531 2024-10-03T06:51:49.502996 2023-10-03T06:41:05.428166 text/html text/html 472648 472524 2024-10-03T06:51:49.787024 2023-10-03T06:41:05.626162 text/html text/html 261967 2024-10-03T06:51:59.370414 application/epub+zip 268415 2024-10-03T06:51:53.537945 application/epub+zip 236437 2024-10-03T06:51:52.191980 application/epub+zip 556479 2024-10-03T06:52:03.741594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520999 2024-10-03T06:51:58.470435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399440 2022-09-03T09:10:39.742186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424004 423931 2024-10-03T06:51:48.944976 2023-10-03T06:41:05.104169 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 418933 2020-12-29T05:43:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153156 2020-12-29T05:43:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18685 2024-10-03T06:52:03.870392 application/rdf+xml 23833 2024-10-03T06:51:52.744953 image/jpeg 4451 2024-10-03T06:51:52.465954 image/jpeg 258369 2024-10-03T06:51:49.824989 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog