The sixth movement of the suite, entitled "Plow," is based
on a mural by Julius Woeltz entitled Disk Harrow, located in the U.S.
Federal Courthouse in Amarillo. It bears the following Old Testament inscription:
"He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service
of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth." Ps. 104:14.
"Plow"
portrays the repetitive physical labor of plowing and represents the sustenance
rising from the soil.
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