← The animals had never heard of anything of this kind before (for the farm was an old−fashioned one and had only the most primitive machinery), and they listened in astonishment while Snowball conjured up pictures of fantastic machines which would do their work for them while they grazed at their ease in the fields or improved their minds with reading and conversation. 🔊
← Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. 🔊
← The machinery had still to be installed, and Whymper was negotiating the purchase of it, but the structure was completed. 🔊
← Already Frederick had paid up; and the sum he had paid was just enough to buy the machinery for the windmill. 🔊
← The farm had had a fairly successful year, but was still short of money. There were the bricks, sand, and lime for the schoolroom to be purchased, and it would also be necessary to begin saving up again for the machinery for the windmill. 🔊