Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-10-27

iuS wen CuuCdled- WOuta Ta1hpr leave
them with good health, good cha,scters
and we'll educated, than with thousand ei
dollars each, minus the education.
:" Oho. That's the way you meant te
lay up thousand dollars to have IL il
books, and papers, and new tie-ups, and
such like"
You shall see when the time is up. :
s. We shall, returned Lyman, as he
turned towards home.
Mr.. Lyman had not fully realized how
much corn Poland had received from the
land be had manured SO heavily and 50
carefully; and on the second year be only
noticed that his neighbor had . extraord-
mary good luck with his wheat, getting
about ninety bushels from three acres
But he had occasion TO open his eyes on
the third year.
One evening Just at sundown, he went
over into Polands field, where the men
were just finishing raking up the three
acre piece where the grain had been the
year before-the first piece the present
owner had plewed up and dressed.
- Been polling some hay on here" said
Lyman, as he saw the huge punches of
hay nearly as thick as they could stand.
Moths was all cut from these three
acres" returned Poland
Lyman counted the bundles, and then
estimated their average weight, and upon
reckoning up he found that the land had
yielded not far from four tons TO the acre
He had just got in the two acres which he
had first dressed upon the new farm, and
he had obtained short of two tons per
acre! He knew that Poland had got ten
bushels more of wheat per acre than he
had done, and also more corn. He be-
gan to think; but Yet he would not let
his money go for any such g experiments
upon his place.
The five years came around, and An
son Lyman went on that day and sold
fourteen bushels of corn in order to get
fourteen dollars to put with nine hundred
and eighty-slx dollars which he had al
home.
Well, Poland, I've got the prize y
said Lyman, entering the formers barn
in the afternoon. It was early spring.
just five years from the day on which they
bought. I've got the thousand dollars !;
now what have you got g.
Well--I have no; far from four hun
dred dollars in money"
"Aha-I thought so.''
But, Anson Lyman" said Poland.
almost sternly, " are your eyes not open
ed yet? g.
"OPened What dye mean 2"
' Well, | mean that my farm, to-day,
will sell for one thousand dollars more
than yours will. Look at my hay-now
There are nearly twenty tons of hay
YOU have notten. And, mind you, have
five head Of cattle more than you have
Next season | shall cut more hay from
twelve acres, which | have now regener-
ated, than you will cut upon your whole
forty acres; and you know my hay is
worth far more a pound than your hay is.
| told you that had five more head of cat
lle than you had. For these five crea-
lures | can, within SIX hours, take seven
hundred dollars cash; but no such money
can purchase them of me.
" All, Lyman, you have been saving
money, but you have taken it from your
farm without returning anything for It,"
- Never mind-rve got my thousand
dollars, and I've got my farm, as good as
1t was the day | bought it,
- Not quite, Lyman"
d" How so e.
" You have taken off two hun1red cords
of good wood"
" WelI-so you took of some"
" "Aye-but what took from my wood
lot l put back upon my field. | did not
take 1t from the farm"
. Mr.. Lyman went away with new
thoughts.
Time passed on, and at the end Of an
other five years the eyes of il nsou Lyman
were wholly opened. Poland had now
raised quite a stock of noble cattle from
his first purchase, and commenced to sell
to the beef-market. Two hund edidollars
was the least any one of them brought
when fatted and one bullock, four years
old, brought him three hundred and ten
dollars. His twenty-acre field was like
garden, yielding, such as was moved,
an average OF three tons TO the acre Ia
short, his whole farm was under the best
ot training and improvement, and now
yielded hum back heavy interest upon
all that he had expended. During one
fall he took over a thousand dollars for
stock and produce and be was offered
five thousand dollars for his place, while
Lyman could not have found purchaser
at fifteen hundreds
Dolly" said Anson Lyman, sinking
into chair, I've been d fool "a fool
| say"
" Why-Anson-what do you mean g.
" Mean2 Look at Polands farm"
4" have looked at il from the first,
Anson."
" You have. And what have you
seen 2"
" Why-I saw that John Poland was
making a comfortable home for himself
and family, and increaslng,the value OF
his farm tenfoId."
" And why did't you tell me so ?"
& did tell you SO, husband, and you
said | was a fool"
{" remember. Weu-never mind
/ 'Tisn't too late now"
! On the next morning Mr.. Lyman went
over to his neighbor's and frankly said,
Poland, you must help me. wan
/ to learn TO be a farmer"
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