Ralph goes door to door taking orders for food and milk, and he learns not to raise his voice to mother.

Ralph plows the ground at the house for a garden and then loses Lady in an exchange for a Jersey cow.

Ralph meets the foreman of a cattle outfit and offers to keep cattle out of cross streets when they went through town—for a fee of ten dollars.

Ralph tried to get out of going to school, but settled for deciding to do a good days work in addition to school.

Father gets in a bad accident, takes on pneumonia, and mother’s hand gets surgeon’s blood-poisoning.

Father’s skill at house work promotes him to “boss carpenter,” and Ralph get a principal whipping for standing up and telling the truth. His father says he’ll never spank him again.

Father lost his crops, got shot at, had to sell off the stock, and then go to work on building houses. Ralph remember the best Christmases were when they were poorest.

The Fourth of July and Labor Day roundups were Ralph’s opportunity to show off the horses and his new clothes.

Water Fights result in burned crops and Ralph feels the stress of not being home to see it happen.

Sky High learns to keep the rope tight and his eye on the bull, and he also learns to stand ground tied.