The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-11-25

ave SHALL" Returned Lyman, as he turned
towards home.
Mr.. Lyman had not realized how much
corn Poland had received from the land hs
had msnured SO heavily and 80 carefully !;
and On the second year he only noticed that
his neighbor lad extraordinary good luck !
with his wheat, getting about ninety bushels
from three acres. But he had occasion 10
open his eyes on the third year.
One evening just at sundown, he went over
into Poland's field, where the men where
Just finishing making up = three acre piece
where the grain had been the year before
the first piece the present owner had pIowed
up and dressed.
"Been polling some hay on hare" said Ly-
man, as he saw the huge punches of hay
nearly as thick as they could stand
"No-,his was all cut from these three
acres," returned Poland.
Lyman counted the bundles, and then es-
timaled their average weight, and upon reck.
onna up he found the land had yielded not
far from four TONS 10 The ..acrel He had just
got in the ttuo acres which he had first dressed
upon the new farm, and he had obtained
short of two ions per acre! He knew lha,
Poland had got ten bushels more of wheat
per acre than he had done, and also more
corn. He began to think, but yet he would
not let his money go any such "erperiments"
upon his place.
The five years came around and Anson
Lyman went on tina, day and sold fourteen
bushels OF corn in order 10 get fourteen dol.
lars 10 put with nine huadred and eighty six
aollars which he had a, home.
swell, Poland, I've got the prize!, said
Lyman. entering the farmers's barn in the
afternoon. 1t was early spring, just five
years from the day on which they bought,
I've go, the thousand dollars; now wha, have
you got?
"Well-l have not far from four hundred
dollars in money"
"Aha-I thought So"
"Bu, Anson Lyman" said Poland, al
most slcrnly, are your eyes not opened yelp
"Opened what dye mean!
"Well, | mean that my farm to-day will
sell for one thousand dollars more than yours
Look al my hay-mow. There are nearly
twenty tons of good hay; you have not len
And. mind You, have five head of cattle
more than you have. Next season shall
cut more hay from twelve ceres, which [
have now regenerated, than you will cut up.
on your whole forty acres and you know
my hay is worth far more a pound than YOUR
hay is. | told you had five more head of
cattle than you had. For rthese five creatures
Gun within six hours, take seven hundred
dollars cash; but no such nancy can pur-
thace them OF men
"Ah, Lyman, you have been saving mo-
ney, bat you have taken it from your farm
without returning anything for it,"
"Never mind-l've got my thousand dol
lars, and Pve got my farm, as good as it was
The day bought it.
"Not quite Lyman"
"How sol"
"You've taken off Two hundred cords Of
good wood"
"Well-so you took of somen
"Aye-bul what took from my wood 10,
] put back upon my field. did not take i,
from the farm"
Mr.. Lyman went away with new thoughts
Time passed on, and at the end of another
five yaaya tho ayoe of A,eon ,,,,- ,..-.
wholly opened, Poland had raised quite q
stock of noble cattle from his first purchase,
and commenced TO sell 10 the beef market.
Two hundred dollars was the Ieas, any one OF
them brought when fatled and one bullock
four years old, brough, him three hundred
and ten dollars. His twenty acre field was
like garden, yielding, such as was moved,
an average fthree tons 10 The acre. In short
his whole farm was nnder The best of training
aud. improvement, and now yielding him
back heavy interest upon all iha, he had
expended. During one fall he took over a
thousand dollars for stock and produce and
he was offered five thousand for his place,
while Ly man could no, have found pur.
chaser al fifteen hundred!
dolly said Anson Lyman, sinking into a
chair. "Ive been q fool "a fool | say.a
"Why-Anson-what do you mean!
-"Mean! Look at Poland's farm"
al have looked at il from the first, Anson.' y
"You hsvet And what have you scent
"Why-I saw that John Poland was ma,
king comfortable home tor himself anJ
family, and increasing The value OF his iarn
lenfoldr
And why didn't you tell me SO
81 did tell sou so, husband. ar you said
was a fool"
al remember. Well-Never mind-iisn I
too late now"
On the next rrurnins Mt Lyman wenI
over TO his nsisabotis aud frankly said
"Polaud you must help me. want TO
lean TO be farmer.
al will help you with pleasure, Anson; and
you can begin lar more easily than | did, for
YOU hays money"
And Lymou commenced, Ths theassui
dollars was nearly espe0ted IN the woik, su'
in the eud he iouud h,m>rl lhs SSinst, sut
his dollars came back 70 bun with mtees
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