Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 192 Simpson, John Thomas Hidden Treasure: The Story of a Chore Boy Who Made the Old Farm Pay 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.) Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Farm life PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography 472827 2025-06-03T05:59:21.828932 text/html 472648 2025-01-09T20:52:07.016937 text/html 262039 2025-06-03T05:59:31.502949 application/epub+zip 268406 2025-06-03T05:59:25.610946 application/epub+zip 236430 2025-06-03T05:59:24.235925 application/epub+zip 556423 2025-06-03T05:59:35.961983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520999 2025-06-03T05:59:30.607915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399440 2022-09-03T09:10:39.742186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424004 2025-06-03T05:59:21.273956 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 418933 2020-12-29T05:43:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153156 2020-12-29T05:43:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17134 2025-06-03T05:59:36.104899 application/rdf+xml 23833 2025-06-03T05:59:24.801948 image/jpeg 4451 2025-06-03T05:59:24.519912 image/jpeg 258431 2025-06-03T05:59:21.868970 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog