| I started to break with four horses .. and a short handled John Deere walking-plow. The land was heavy and sticky and hard to break My boots hurt my feet walking in the furrow and one day, at noon after I got hitched up, I thought I would try it in my bare feet and the coot round felt so good that never had my boots on again that summer when I was plowing. If I wasn't out to the field at 6 o'clock in the morning I thought the day was lost, and at night I went to bed, not tired, but wishing that it was morning so that could get up again. That year I got 8O acres (32 ha) ready for crop |
Is your character interested in information about Prairie farming? Prairie homesteaders have to show that they farm their land in order to meet the requirements for ownership. They have to "break" the land — to plow it in preparation for planting seeds. An Alberta settler describes his experiences: