Introduction -- School -- Sarah's wondrous thing -- Sharing -- Dust -- Chores -- Wood box -- At milking -- Farmer -- Hay -- Nest -- The devil's pitchfork -- The pocket whetstone -- Aster -- Old gray barn -- Winter -- Winter notes -- Manger tale -- An old man's crust -- Winter Worship -- Rabbit Track -- Death -- Tools -- The last waltz -- The needing -- Cat and mouse -- A sister's grave -- To Catlin -- North fence -- Manhood -- Hard work -- The granite sentry -- Hymn -- To leather -- On relief -- Shoeing up the mare -- Sun dance -- Sumac whistle -- Flutter wheel -- Whipping apples -- Summer sump -- Four of July -- September creek -- Rutland Fair -- Critters -- The cornering -- Mushrooms -- Winter calf -- Feet -- Bee tree -- Final stone -- Final stone.