HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-4-15, Page 6CONDUCTED BY PROF. HENRY 0. SELL
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Vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
Authority on alt subjects pertaining to sons and crops.
Address alt questions to Professor Henry G. Beit, in
'taro of The Wilson. Publishing Company, Limited, Toron,
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j;he answer will be mailed direct.
IL Q.:• --I have a field I would like and 2 per cent. potash. Drill this in
to get seeded to alfalfa. It was fall -
Plowed. Rad oats on it last year and
corn the year before. It is pretty
at the time the seed is sown and the
added plantfood will give the young
clover a quick start, If you are go -
good sand loam. and nice and clean, ing to seed the ground to clover this
but has been cropped quite heavy. I spring, sow it right on the rye and
would have barn -yard fertilizer that if the rye is drilled I would advise
II could cover it with. Will you give you to Barrow the field with the drills
me the best method and time to seed so as to give the clover seed a light
this field? Would you advise innocu- burying. However, do not do this
lation of this field? with a heavy harrow, since it would
tend to drag the seed in too deeply.
A light weeder or harrow with teeth
turned back will accomplish best re-
sults. Very good stands of clover
have been obtained by this method of
seeding,
N. Y. Z.:—I have a lot on the river
flats that is mostly sandy loam with
some places that are somewhat
gravelly and some places are rather
heavy soli. Rye was grown on this
land last season; have missed two
seedings. Soil is not as productive
as it used to be.. Have grown 125
baskets of corn per acre on this land;
cannot grow more than one-half that
amount now. This field was fall
plowed, have no manure for this land.
What kind of fertilizer would you
advise my sowing, if any, and how
much per acre, and how best to ap-
ply same? I want to get clover
growing on this field as soon as I
can. Would it be alright to sow rye
this fall after corn, and seed to clover
the following spring? Would you ad-
vise using lime or acid phosphate on
this land this spring? What form of
lime is cheapest for best results?
Answer—I would advise you to
use for your corn, about 300 to 400
lbs. per acre of a fertilizer analyzing
2 to 4 per cent. ammonia, 8 per cent.
phosphoric acid and 4 to 5 per cent.
potash. This .is best worked into the
soil in question by drilling the fertil-
izer in with a grain drill with fertil-
izer compartment. This gives it a
broadcast application which means
that it is available for plant use as
soon as the roots are sent out by the
growing corn. If you have a corn
planter with • fertilizer -dropping at-
tachment, one-third of the fertilizer
could be put on in the row .with this
planter. It will give a quick and ac-
tive help to the young sprouting corn.
You could very well sow rye among
the corn at last cultivation. Let the
rye stand over winter and seed clover
on it early in spring. I would not
advise the addition of any further
acid phosphate than what is contain-
ed in the fertilizer recommended. If
you are going to put on lime, apply
it in the fall after the corn is cut
or early in the spring on top of the
rye. The ground limestone is pro-
bably the best form of line for gen-
eral use, although air -slaked burnt
lime has an especially good effect on
a heavy clay soil.
Answer:—As soon as the ground
will work well in spring, give it a
good dressing of manure. Work this
into.the soil by through disking and
.narrowing, working the seedbed down
until it is as smooth and fine as a
garden. If you have 'a grain drill with
fertilizer -sowing compartment, drill
in about 250 to 300 lbs. per acre of
a fertit•azer running 2 to 3 per cent.
ammonha', 8 per cent. phosphoric amid,
and 2 to 3 per cent, potash. This can
Ire clone at the same time that you
drill the nurse crop (barley, or wheat,
sown at the rate of about a bushel to
the a:re) and the alfalfa seed, I
would advise innoculating the soil of
the field if it has not grown clover
for acme time. In fact, it would be
a valuable precaution in putting in
.the alfalfa. Write the Bacteriologi-
cal Department of O.A.C., fora eni-
care and follow their instructions very
closely in treating the seed. Long-
time experience shows that best
stands of alfalfa are obtained where
5rnnocuiatioa has been praeticed,
have a field that is most-
ly light sandy soil sown to rye very
te last fall, that I wished to seed
to clover in the spring. I have missed
two seedings of clover an this field.
'Two years ago this field was sown to
eats and harvested a light crop; last
season had rye in this field and an-
other light c: op. Last fall we applied
5{t0
nee nds ct hydrated lime per acre,
and 250 pounds of acid pheephate per
acre. and so ed one and a quarter
bushel;; of rye per acre. Ncw, I have
t'ao pians for managing this field.
One is to seed to clover in the spring,
and pasture during the eentmer, and
not rut the rye, but let the cattle and
sheet) eat it. The other plan would
be to actin to clover and cut the rye.
;Which way would I be most likely to
get tee cicver? Caul('you advise any
bet ; ay .to manage this field? d'f
I fail to get clover this year, how
wood x e e thunk beet to proceed to
get a cetcia of clover?
At.±:ver:—•I believe you would be
arra . ••e4y to get a good stand of
close: ii. you wot.ld cut the rye this
spring, and keep the cattle and sheep
of; the pasture until it becomes fairly
welt c ta`:.:'ished. If you fail to get
a good catch of clover this spring,
fall plow the lanai and next spring
seed it with a spring sown •crop, at
nal i. h time put on about 250 lbs. of
fertilizer analyzing 2 to 3 per cent.
atanwr:a. S per cent, phosphoric acid
--'
When a farmer has just a day in
which to build a hoghouse, he doesn't
usually want to be bothered with a
let of studying over plans and di-
mensions before he starts in. I hap-
pen to know a man who had a lot of
odd lumber on his place that was
lett from building a corncrib, and so
he naturally couldn't expect to con-
struct a shelter with a set design. He
did the next best thing, though, and
;put some of the stuff together into
:what his neighbors termed a good
house, and did it in a single day.
In the first place, he wanted a hog -
house for his spring litters, to move
around onto fresh ground as he 'hose.
With this in mind, he gathered up
all the shiplap left from the corncrib,
and after looking around, found an
gold cellar door, still in good shape.
For a dollar he got two fair sized
beams at the lumber yard, that had
been car stakes in shipping. And in
'addition to buying 'more 2x4's to go
;with what he already had, he !bought
a pound of eightpenny nails and two
pounds of tens. The rest he furnish-
ed from around the farm.
Two frames for the ends were first
Slade, and the car stakes laid down
to receive them. The stakes were
fastened down solidly with •cross-
pieees and corner braces after the
distance had been determined. With
the 10 -foot ridgepole cut, he proceed-
ed to set up the ends, and to brace
them in place temporarily, then ,cut
2x4 crosspieces for the middle. The
slltplap which he had was 14 -foot.
4atuff, so he planned to have the sides
stun up and down, and cut them 7 feet
long. This made the ends have a
.Slant length of 6 feet 8 inches, and
the spread at the bottom was the
same.
The plan of the
structure e wa
fi to
have it large enough to house two
litters, and so braces and a partition
were next put in, and the ends all
hoarded ftp but the doorwa s. The
onlythirds' left towasS
do to cut and
rot 1 " • rrea leaving a ;:face on
one side, where the shiplap only came.
down halfway. By bending some old
tin into a V-shape, and slipping under
the ends, a trough was made for the
cellar door, which he put on with
hinges, to serve as an extra door in
good weather. The ridge was also
covered with tin.
The place was water -tight from
rains, and it could be moved any-
where an the farm in a jiffy. He gave
this rough estimate of what the house
cost him:
230 feet .shiplap at $35 $8,05
75 ft. 2x4 pine culled at $209.00
2ieces car
p stakes • • .. 1.00
Labor, nails, and cellar door.. 4.35
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$22.40
Small eggs stand shipment better
than large ones. This is a good rea-
son why we should have better ship-
ping cases if our eggs are larger
than common.
Theorizing about hens is all right,
so Tong as we do not neglect them.
But to allow the roosts to remain
uncleaned, the nest boxes reeking
with filth, and to neglect the ventila-
tion—there is no excuse. There should
be practice with theory, and then
some good may come out of it.
A dust bath prepared in the follow-
ing way will rid the fowls of the
small brown mites, as well as the
deadly' lice which stick close to the
body of a chicken, sucking the vital-
ity and life out of the victim: Place
a large, shallow box upon the floor of
the scratching pen—a good size is(
2 x 3 feet, twelve inches deep. Half'
fill with a fine dry dirt, and acid equal;
quantities of sifted coal ashes andt
=slaked lime to complete the filling
of the box.
Into this stir a small
quantity cf tar, carbolic acid and
turpentine. The box ehonld be placed
where the sunlight will .reneh it 'ea
part of flee day, and need not be `
renl?rashed mere than twice a item
a; z:
1:ept t.r;..er cover.
every Fad S4. uld a Carden
It has 1;:.• 11 ray eaperienee that the
farm gare.en can b•;' nuule one c; .f tee
best -paying parts et' the r'urnea:n
fact, for its size, tlio lr;i;t pr fztablo.
plot of ground ou the place.
But most farm gardens 1 have ever
seen were away below par. I've had
occasion to see man; of them, and.
I've had my own fur years, So I
know what can be done. I'm not
making the mistake of thinking that
we
farmerscarr follow the advice viae of
use the de -
some garden writers, and u
tailed, elaborate plans prepared for
us,
I think the biggest mistake with
most farm gardens is that they are
not given any thought, because it
isn't realized that they are worth
giving thought. Certainly, the farm
garden should supply the farm table
not only •during the summer, but also
during the fall, and most of the
winter months as well. Most farmers
have the advantage of a good cool
storage cellar, where vegetables and
canned supplies may be kept in good
condition.
There is such a. great variation in
the conditions determining what
should go into a .farm garden that it
is hardly necessary to make any set
plan. I recall the "garden" I used to
have, when I first began farming. It
was typical of many other farm gar-
dens I have seen. What we have done.
since then pretty much covers the
whole argument of why a good farm
garden pays.
In common with most of my neigh-
bors, I reckoned I wasn't "goin' to let
the growin' of garden sass interfere
with my farinin'," and I put in my
field crops before I did any garden-
ing. I would get around late in May,
or maybe in June, to buy a couple of
dozen tomato, a hundred cabbage, and
some lettuce plants. In addition to
these we planted plenty of peas,
beans, sweet corn, turnips, radishes,
and cucumbers—several long rows of
each, at the edge of one of the regu-
lar fields. Our garden used to get just
nicely started by the time dry weath-
er cane. As a result, half of the
things would fail to do anything.
The beans, sweet corn, and tomatoes
might come along all right. If they
did, we had several times as much as
each as we could use.
But when Henry got back from col-
lege, where he'd taken a course in
vegetable -growing, among other
things, our "gardenin' " had to be
changed. Nowadays we figure that
the vegetable garden is a very real
part of our. regular farm work.
"What we don't have to pay to the
grocer and the butcher we can leave
with the banker," Henry said, "A dol-
lar saved on canned goods: in the
k .pn4•a.l y. Z+F jure syr - `e ed • ae on extra.
.'all,"
clyllar Tor wheat or petatees 'n the
And geuerally a':; considerably
easier to save this dollar tlia'.n to grow
ii doily •'s worth of must field crops,
It the prices we 'farmers get.
But we don't let the vegetable
gardening upset our farm Work—not
a bit. Our plan i; simple', but. it
works; and it might well be followed
by many farmers who never have
wanted to "bother" r" with.
areal
a
:
e-
1
table garden.
We get moat of our vegetable gar-
den planted before wo can put in our
regular farm crops. I never realized.
till Henry proved it to me, that many
vegetables can be planted safely just
as soon as the ground is dry enough
to turn over nice\ Our garden. patch
is a we'll -drained, sheltered slope that
wae can plow before the other fields
are ready,
We have all the seeds on hand;
, Henry orders them a month ahead of
time, so as to be sure of getting just
what he wants. As soon as the gar-
den patch ,is fitted we take advantage
of every odd half-hour or two to go
ahead with the planting. As the
seeds and garden tools are kept in a
nearby shed 'we can make the spare
minutes count.
But we don't attempt a city man's
garden, with every square foot crop-
ped and intercropped. The rows aro
mostly 36 inches apart, so we can
cultivate with a horse. Some of the
smaller things are put at 18 inches,
but even these we get through with
our light horse and a 1.2 -tooth harrow
cultivator, with the outside teeth re-
moved. We keep a wheel hoe in the
tool shed, and much of the work is
done with this. It can be used at
odd moments when it wouldn't pay
to stop and harness a horse. Enough
horse cultivation is done, however, to
keep the soil loose, and in shape to
run ever easily with the hand ma-
chine.
We put in onion sets, peas, cabbage
plants, cauliflower, and parsnips 36
inches apart; onion seed, Swiss chard,
lettuce, beets, carrots, turnips, and
spinach '18 inches apart. An extra
early planting of sweet corn is made
just as soon as it's safe to take a
chance.
After planting, the vegetable gar-
den doesn't take much time until after
the rush of sprixer work is cleaned
up, and potatoes and corn are in. Then
we plant anothersection of the gar-
den to sweet corn, tomatoes, beans,
pole' beans, summer squash, winter
squash, melons, and -cucumbers.
We don't plant our garden as a
cash crop, but we do sell some vege-
tables to folks who •conic and get
Address all communications for this department to
Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto.
President: There is a fascinating
amount of fun to be had frons a com-
bination Pi -and -Pie Party. Here is
one that would answer your problem.
It was planned by the young folks'
society of a small church, many miles
away, along the following lines:
In the first place, the invitations
were lettered on flaming yellow post-
ers stuck up around the village. A
black silhouette of a little boy con-
suming a huge wedge of pie flanked
the words which were in the form of
a newspaper paragraph thus:
A pi -and -pie party is to be held on
Friday evening next in the
Parish House. Everybody interested
in either variety is invited to come.
The costume de luxe will be news-
papers worn as best befits each indi
viduab
There was plenty of fun on the ap-
pointed evening in seeing the ways
in which newspapers had b
een adap-
ted
ted to this new use. They were tied
and pinned over the ordinary garb,
and in some cases were sewed on.
Several lads wore cocked hats of
newspapers, many ladies wore prize,.
folded fichus.
The first amusement was a stunt
to break the ice, which hardly needed
any more breaking in this case. Slips'
of paper were passed in a basket from
which each person selected one. It
find that their newspaper is The
Morning Herald, or The Evening Re-
corder. A suggested way of acting
the former is to get all the group to
crow like a cock. To illustrate the
Evening Recorder all may pretend to
be writing up diaries or casting up
accounts. Any number of clever ways
to act the following will occur to you:
The World, The Sun, The Star,"The
Times, The Telegraph, The Press,
The Journal, The Post, The Observer.
The next amusement was a pie con-
test of a different sort from the first
one of the evening. A plate full of
-generous wedges of pumpkin pie was
brought in, and contestants were
called for to tackle the pie -eating.
At a given signal all the contest-
ants bit into their segments of pie,
and the first one through in a given
time was awarded a prize. Another
award was offered to the person who
had achieved the cleanest face in the
process.
A jolly plan to follow is to appoint
a number of editors from the throng
—say a sporting editor, society
editor, woman's page . editor, news
editor, etc. Each editor 'then chooses
a staff, and leads in a general enter-
tainment stunt.
The sporting editor puts through
events ,of various sorts, such possibly
as a saw -horse race, a pirate race, a
high -brow race, .a standing low jump,
was announced that this was renily etc.
a collection of pi, and nius�t be The society editor whispers : a bit
straightened out. I of scandal to her neighbor, who re -
Upon looking at their respective r peats it in turn te 1;he next • ';':;,..:;,-2,1
slips the players found that there and so on until it has gone 'convpletel,
was a letter of the alphabet on each around the circle. The last person'
one. In their normal order these let- to whom it is whispered tells what
ters would spell a sentence. A good'she thinks was told to her',. and •corn-'
one to choose would be a well-known pares it with the, original 'statement,'
proverb, such as, "A stitch in time to'the aniusente'tit of all, i
saves nine,"or "A rolling stone A cartoonist contest may be intro -1
gathers no moss." t duced, a,,., given out for
` "i .a .Subject to
If there are enough people, two illustration, 1'ossibi Brie' arson In
them, in the sununer--and there are
more of these each year. We take in
$100 to :x150 th.s way, We put zip
(or rather "Ma" does), and storefor
winter, vegetatdes which, if boziiht
at the store as eanned goods would at
least 'coat $1110 to $150. What we eave
en our grocery and meat bills during
all summer and fall I don't know,
but 'with otic man, and sometimes
two, besides the fancily, it is n very
eonsicterable atnount, And yet, the
t.ntire garden occupies a sheltered
little ,spot that's less than an acre in,
size, and which we formerly used for
a night 'pasture. So, altogether, it
looks late a pretty good proposition,
doesn't it?
And'tt h o .sty I believe
Why i
t pays
y
every farmer to have a real vegetable
garden.
Save a few loads of the very best
manure you've got for that garden.
You can't put it anywhere it will
make more money for you than night
there. I know it pays, because I've
fanned both without a garden and
with one.—J'. S.
INTERNATIONAL ' LESSON,
APRIL 18.
The Victory of Gideon's Band, Judges
7. Golden Text, 1 Sam. 1•1: 6.
1. Jerubbaal, Who Is Gideon. An
interesting story is told in the pre-
vious chapter (chap. 6) of the coaling
of a prophet to teach the religion of
Jehovah, and to permute the people
to put away the Canaanite, or Amor-
ite, deities which many of them were
worshipping. About the same time
the caul carne to Gideon to be Israel's
leader in the fight against Midian,
together with the assurance that Je-
hovah would be With him.
Acting with promptness and de-
cesion, on the occasion of the next
raid, Gideon called together the hien
of his own elan and sent messengers
to the three northern tribes summon-
ing themto a meeting with him. Then
he sought, according to the custom of
the tunes, to assure himself by signs
of the presence and favor of his God.
The place chosen for the camp was
by the spring of Herod, at the foot
of Mount Gilboa, in the eastern part
of the great valley of Jezreel. The
Midianite camp was three or four
miles to the north.
2-3. Too Many. The Midianites far
outnumbered the men of Israel and
they were trained and hardy fighting
men. Under ordinary conditions of
battle Gideon's army would have had
small hope of success. He determined,
therefore, to use strategy, and for
that purpose required a small number
of men upon whose courage, prompt-
ness, and readiness he -could rely. The
story, with ,simple faith in the ever-
present help of God, regards. Gideon's
plan of action as a divine inspiration.
It was the Lord's command.
Whosoever Is Fearful. Gideon must
have picked men for his daring and
perilous enterprise.
4-8. Yet Too Many. By a further
test Gideon chooses the most wary,
alert, and soldierly of those who re-
mained. The greater number threw
themselves down upon their knees to
drink and put their lips to the water,
having laid their weapons aside. But
there were three hundred who, with
the caution and vigilance of the true
soldier, held fast to their weapons,
while merely stooping and carrying
the water with the hand to the mouth.
9-15. The Sanie Night. Gideon
receives another sign which he re-
gards as an assurance of victory.
With his servant he went in the dark-,
ness into the Midianite encampment,
and overheard the telling of a dream
which promised him success. -4t was
quite in line with the thought cf those
times to attribute extraordinary
meaning and importance to dreams,
and we do not need to doubt but that
they have had their place in the all -
wise providence of God. -At any rate
Gideon returned to his men confident
and hopeful.
16-21. Three Companies. The plan
was to approach the enemy in the
darkness from three sides. The sig-
nal for simultaneous action was to
be the sound of Gideon's trumpet.
roach was made
The app , there was a
solitary trumpet note, ,then instantly
the blare of three hundred trumpets
shattering the stillness of the night,
the crash of three hundred breaking
pitchers, and the sudden flash of as
many torches. The startled Midian-
ites heard what seemed to them the
shout and noise of attack of a great
multitude, they saw lights advancing
from three directions. Panic-stricken
they rushed hither and thither, in the
darkness they turned their swords
against each other, and were soon in i
headlong and disordefly flight.
22-25. The Host Fled eastward to-
.
ward the fords Of the'Jordan and
their native wilderness. The Israelite
warriors Who were waiting in Mount
Gilboa joined in the pursuit, and
Gideon tent messengers to the men
of Ephraim inviting their aid. These
seized the fords and cut off the fugi-
Lives I
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resulting complications, and all diseasem of the throe.
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[1, HE RAISED MEN
AND WOMEN
A neighbor of ovine nevear has ate•.
mutilated much , exese,ey,., His fisrrrt
a smolt one and not' avetly prodaee
tine, He never~ has deemed o4 very well„
and his wife revel had a silk dress •
to. my knowledge. This man never. _,...
held any ver prominent offfic
y � p e. One ..
term he served as :justice of the
peace, but aside frim, that I never
knew of his being elected to any
place of public trust.
But this father end :mother slid
raise men and women. They had
seven children, five'girls and two
boys, and they are all citizens of the
highest type. Some of them are on
the farm; others are teachers, and
one is a civil engineer in the employ'
of one of the largest railway lines of
the ,country. The old man is now
well past eighty and proud of his
success. He never has been what the
world mould call a successful man,
but as a matter of fact, thea world
never will know just how much it
owes to him. He has left his im-
press. on his time most effectively.
And the fine part,, of it is, those
boys. and girls, now men and women
grown, all recognize what their par-
ents have done for 'then.. If you were
to speak to any one of them about
this, you would hear something like
this:
"Father taught school himself in
his younger days. In fact, he taught
in our own district in the winter a
number of terms. This was an ad-
vantage to us. He always attended
to it that we had our lessons, and we -,,
had the best of books and papers
ail the time on the table. Father
often had literary exercises at the
schoolhouse, and when he ,thought we '"
were getting tired of that, he � eald;
urge us to go around to the bonzes
of the neighbors and hold little meet -
`Inge with. the boys and girls there.
We had music, some readings and
pieces to speak. He urged us to
think for ourselves and learn all we
could about the farm end the cut -of,
door life that we ,could. Whe.r Old
enough we were sent away to high
school or normal school and both
father and mother did all they could
to help us along. 'Mother kept us
well •clothed. We did not always lame
the finest cloth in our clothes but it
was good and clean. We kept sone
sheep and their weal made our ch the;
and some besides. We owe c r cry -
thing to father and moth r"
.And every year r there is :4./cmc-
co-ming.
, ricmc-
! coming. No matter where t '�'� ,,,, s
and girls are, when the call c cel
they rally at the c11 farm hone. It
is a great day, a day of to n serer
the stones cf cl len times ani n 'D -
lig, the me_t.rg tegc`-her
Sometimes 'in counting el), t te'' wealth of the nation tee
many things that 'do no:: an,crnt to
half as mach as this old nail'.; cro;�
cf boys end girls. Why .s it wo n
ways think in terms of dollars . n.1
cents when reckoning -up our rs-
sources? It is so, and yet, money
and land and stock and bank a:ve :lit;
are all so ehcrtlived! We h::r: tha •i
now; a day or two ricre ^:': i that'
are gone. But intslrity cn th'r r;rt '—
of the boys and f;: ris ta: •a M, ed
citizenship, kind, true. and :;ving
hearts are of a thou:and twee; \_•lora
value than any material coeeforta ;,•a
may possess.
This is no fancy story. 14 a a 17.a.1
you right to the door of th s holed
farmer man; and I tel you one thing,
you will have to be quick at thinking
and up-to-date in your know 1edee cf
current events to leeets up with lane.
With all las white hairs lie '_.vee in
to -day and the w:rld is better for
his presence ar:cr,g us.—E. L.
toz,ffe. A.j
frl,scirev4;144 I our.
A breeze came to the v,indovr in a
merry mcod one day. It tossed aside
the curtains and whispered, "Who
will play?" And Rags, the puppy,
heard it, and Fluff, the little cat.
(These two were always ready for
anything like that.)
Their mistress heard the rachet,
and said, "That noise must stop!"
The breeze hal. .eased the kitten
up to the bu, moo. ; Iyags was
en e eurtcu and the curtain on the
floor. Wind, curta:n, dog and kitten
—they were a 1_�*e ,j foboldur.
The breeze was bialy w:lyded and,
-...., 4•:„,.. .... tk'a.a ,.awtivL. the curtain
made a curtsy, and not a word could
say. Miss Fluffy's little:cat tele taus
only just "Miaow!” but Rags upon has
hind legs made a boar•„ ow -wow!
Wheri tillage hsgins,` other ante •
fo}low. Th
c Farmer?, therefor', are
the founders of }1l:rn^.a civ•iliration.
—Daniel 1lebster.
A man avho httd a fi:ic fieri of a1�
falfa on his farm posted this sign:
"Lime, ,phosphate, •cc 'servation oil
moisture, and inocula teen got this
alfalfa. Think it over."
Softie hien are like the stump the
old fanner had in his field—too hare\
to uproot, too knotty te' *lit, and toe
wet' and soggy to burn`" The neigh.'
bore aslced hint what he did about it.
"Well, now, boys," he answered, "ii
you won't tell the secret NI • tell yod.
I just plowed around