The animals are faced with bringing in the harvest with farm tools designed for humans. The animals also have to find a way to work with farm machinery designed for two legs. The pigs, being "clever," become managers, devising ways around the obstacles. The horses, we learn, actually know how to rake and mow better than the humans ever did. A spirit of solidarity also helps the animals gather the harvest. Every animal willingly pitches in now they are free of Farmer Jones. The ducks and hays gathered up tiny bits of hay in their beaks. They also gather up stray grain, garnering five extra bushels. Nobody steals. There is no waste.
Later, when harvesting the corn, the animals have to thresh it out the old-fashioned way because the farm has no threshing machine. This is difficult, but Boxer, with his "tremendous muscles," pulls them through. Boxer also begins to get up a half hour early to help the cause.
Overall, in these early days after the revolt, the animals are united in their enthusiasm for running the farm without their human masters, and this gives them the energy and motivation to overcome their problems.
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