The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-15
Farm and Home.
AND USEFUL INFoRMArIoN.
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he was broke and had gone crazy
in consequence.
Spring at length came, and by
hard persuasion he induced his
merchants to advance him money
to buy reaper, and hire hands for
harvest. Fortunately the yielsl of
wheat was good, considering the
land-about eight bushels per acre
5000 bushels in all.
Peter hurried to Memphis the
moment harvest was over, and now
had no difficulty in getting Turner
IL Tomkins to send him threshing
machine; sfor," said he to them,
swheat is now 81 so per bushel of
the OLD crop; the new, if ] hurry,
will be 10 cents more"
That's where L got 'em,n said
Peter to himself, as he hurried
back home; "they have to send
their wheat, o. flour, or meat all the
way from Cincinnati or st. Louis at
heavy expense; mine will be right
here at Memphis, where it's wan
ted"
In few days Peer had his
wheat in market. In a few days
more his anxiety was relieved by
an account of sale of $4,000 bush
els at 81 IS.
Peter did not jump from his chair
and bump his head against the cell
ing, but he silently rose and kissed
his wife, saying quietly, my dear,
our wheat has sold for $525o; our
gold mine prospects finely"
''But must not stop with this
profit; 1 shall go to town in the
morning; there sheep are cheap
now, and I'll try one for each acre
in wheat, and see if they won't fat
ten on the gleanings."
In few days he returned with
400 head of tolerable fair sheep
which he had bought at the Stock
Yards. for 81 % per head.
With little attention through the
spring ard SIMMER, by the Ist Of
Septem Der these were in fine order
and were readily sold at SO per
head. Here was profit of 500
more from the gold mine.
The pea crop of 400 acres had
been duly sown, and had grown and
fruited finely; indeed the land was
shingled over by the hanging clus-
tiers.
'Now," said Peter, .'comes the
tug of war, there certainly does
seem peas enough to fatten a thou
SAM hogs, but for the thought of
having such an unheard of drove,
besides, according tony programme
having 500 head of sheep. people
would think I'd gone mad sure
enough. 1 can't risk it; it looks
like too many"
His merchant were considerably
startled when he made known his
wants, but his venture having been
so successful thus far they finally
advanced him the amount he lacked,
and the kind of stock needed not
being found in sufficient numbers
at Memphis he went to St. Louis.
He soon returned with 400 hogs
and 200 sheep, his great caution
peventing any further risk, although
he firmly believed he could fatten
double the number of each.
1t took a stout heart to bear the
ridicule he was subjected to as he
drove his stock home. Many had
heard of his ideas; nobody be-
lived them feasible; all laughed at
him.
Hello, Peter; your gouber patch
will give out before morning with
all them hogs" said one. Il say,
Peter, can't get contract to skin
sheep for you this winter, when they
begin to die?" said another.
But this determined innovator
held bravely on, laughing away his
fears. His hogs and sheep were
soon safely in his fields. He watched
with the utmost anxiety the con
sumption of his peas aud the pro-
gress of fattening. 1t did him
great good to witness the surprise
of his neighbors when he would
carry them to see his hogs, for they
manifested surprise at their rapid
growth and improvement
Winter came at length, and al
though the peas had disappeared,
and the fields looked bare, yet, on
the whole earth was
yet covered with peIs.
"There is enough there" said Pc
ter to a neighbor, ''to have fattened
my other 400, or to last these all
winter; but it will soon be too cold
for them to fatten any more, so /
will now commence to drive to mar
ket."
So, by installments, as wanted,
the hogs and sheep were sold.
"Well, Peter, how did your gold
mine. yield this working2" said
Turner d Tompkins, when he came
in to settle.
"Just so per cent. of gold to the
100 of ORE" replied he. 81 paid
$4,000 for hogs and sheep; / sold
them for $4,000. The gross receipts
of my farm this year has been
1900, the total expense, count
ing labor, seed and price of stock,
is not quite $S00o-making net
profit of $4,000 while if had not
had my seed wheat and peas to have |
bought it would have been $1400
more shall, however, try and i'm
prove as / go on,and in another sea
son or two shall not have to deduct
the price of stock from the profits,
but will raise them myself.
concluded next week.