Ralph loses his temper and then learns to keep it in the face of grandfather’s verbal attacks. A fine contraption is lost when it breaks and grandfather sends Uncle Levi home

Grandfather makes a powerful good trade which allows Uncle Levi and Ralph to repair the rake uninterrupted. Ralph also learns to let grandfather be the best at hay pitching.

Ralph helps mend the teeth of the hay rake and then he learns to cut hay steadily with Uncle Levi coaching him.

Uncle Levi begins to discern some of the cause for tension with grandfather, and then he places himself squarely in Ralph’s court by helping plan the repair of a rake.

Ralph decides he can’t abide grandfather’s antagonism any longer, so he plans to go to Colorado the same day that Uncle Levi shows up.

Ralph reaches an understanding with the Yella Colt and Millie accepts Ralph a bit more.

Haying begins with a disastrous day and Ralph is ready to leave for Colorado as soon as the hay gets in.

Ralph learns what a snath is and he receives a verbal assault from his grandfather as they begin their first work together.

Ralph makes the transition to grandfather’s farm by realizing that not all is as it seems to be.

Ralph gets bowled over by a hog and then is talked to distraction by his grandfather.