The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-06-09

whole ridge and all the manure put
upon it was some which was manufac.
tured. 9g ae ilaa 79aa q ss.
And so the time went on, and John
Walton was continually studying how
to improve his farm. At the expiration
Of few years, the new scions had be-
gun to bear fruit. He had taken care o
his trees, and they were about ready to
return him interest for, the labor. H5
Good gracious 7 calculated Eben
Sawyer, as Ben Grumment and Sam
Bancroft came into his house one cool
autumn evening, and the three filled
their mugs with new cider, have you
heard about John Walton's apples p
/ know there was man up to look a,
EN- g a ,ba90Hla a n
We'll, was there, and heerd the
whole on't-so l know never would
We thought it. An orchard turn out
like that ai a-
But how much was it?'
Why-Walton was offered-cash
right down-,fve hundred and thirty dol
lars for the apples he's got on hand and
he tells me that he sent nearly two hun
dred dollars worth of early fruit off a
month or more ago. I .
1t was wonderful-more than wonder
ful. But they had to believe it.
And jes' look at that twenty-acre
field, said Bancroft. Ten years ago 1t
wouldn't hardly pay for mowin'. 1t
didn't bear much else but podgum.-
Now look at it, Think o. the corn an
wheat he's raised there; and this year
he's cut more'n forty tons of hay from
it, .f re.
But that amt half, interposed Saw
yer. Look at the stock he keeps an
jes' see what prices he gets for his COWS
and oxen. We laug he'd at him when he
paid so much for the new breeds of sheep
and cattle he got some years ago; but
jes' look at them now. Why, he tells
me he's cleared over thousand dollars
this year on his stock rr
At this moment Mr.. Walton came in.
He had grown older, and was some
what stouter, than when he first settled
upon the ridge, and became farmer
and his neighbors had ceased to question
his capacity, and had come to honor and
respect him.
We was jes' talkin about you, Mr..
said Sawyer.
'Ah' returned John, as he took seat
by the fire. i hope you found nothing
bad to say of me p - #a
Not a bit of it. We was talkin'
about the wonderful Improvements you've
made on the old place, and Of the money
you make a - ai id 5At
And do you think it wonderful %
But amt it p
Well, replied Walton, don tknow
about that; but I'll tell you what do
know. l know there is no class of peo-
pie in the world who may study the arts
and sciences to better advantage than far
mers; and yet, am sorry to say, there
IS no class, occupying the same social
position, who read and study less. Farm
ng is a science-one Of the most deep
md intricate-and he must be man of
more than ordinary capacity who can
master it all. l have but just begun to
earn what may be learned in farming -
In short, there is no branch Of industry
IN the world which may not be followed
10 better advantage with good educa-
ion. But farmers must not be afraid of
books. They won't, If they are wise,
ollow every advice which experimental
sts give, but they may study, and rea-
ION, and experiment, for themselves. So
have done, and so i mean to do
He's right, remarked Ben Grummet,
after Walton had gone What fools
we was that we didn't go into that graft
n operation aa
And that under drainin, added Ban
croft. 44
And that muck and compost arrange
nent,' suggested Sawyer.
Well, said Ben, with serious face
it isn't too late now. They say--it's
never too late to learn; and I'm sure it
hadn't ought to be too late to improve
'fter body has learned
That's SO, replied Eben Sawyer.
True as book ! added Bancroft.
And I'm goin' into it,
SO am /. -. -. 6..
And L. -
Brown says. if you want your boy to
behave well, give him good clothes