New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-31

immediately entered n claim under the cad law
for 100 acres Of land-and it's rstrate land too can
tell you; none better anywhere abont here Well
father said that wanted 10 encourage me III being In
dusrious but he went to work very differently from
some men know In encouraging me. Now there If Mr.
A. who lives on the adjoining our- ana
he has two John and Henry John Is little older
than I. and Henry year younger. WE'LL the way ne
encourages his boys Ia by having them up at daylight III
the morning and keeping them on Keen jump
all day long. He hardly allows them time
TO eat their meals. Why. last Summer they
uorked till o O'Clock every evening, aud didn't
find An hour all Summer IN which they could 90 a-sn-
ing or even in swimming. Then to pay them, the old
man gives them their board and his own WORKOUT
clothes with occasionally pair of boots or something
of the kind thrown in That Ia the way he teaches theW
TO be industrious But fathers plan is entirely differ
emf. He gave four acres OF land winch ne hau
broken lthis was two years ago last spring. ana
was 10 do inst what pleased with IT, and he would 1r-
nish me seed means to obtain seed all that nc re-
oured Of me was that should attend to the gardeh 40
the chores the barn. and 20 to school In tue "ef
The first year planted corn. AMI from my -FOUR acres
I raised 90 bushels which sold for 80 cents busneL
The next Spring father let me have the use OF his t
and pougned my four and planted one and half
acres IN castor beans half acre put out In straw
berry plants in sorghum, two rods III onions
and the remainder OF the acre in sIDnowers' Father
laughed when told him my plans but nc sara IL was
my own land and l gould do as liked
with H. I told him / wanted to experiment
on different crops, TO see which was inc most
profitable Well my castor beans were good deal OF
trouble had to watch them so closely not 10 lose
them when they cracked open IL was necessary W
pick them immediately as fast as they rlpcnei ou' NY
little sister seven years old could attend to them about
as well as aud she did this faithfully on nav pro9sing
her s. when sold crops In the fsll raised twen
ty-two bushels OF beans of OF my one ana ha acres
WHEN sold at 81 % busnel so after paying my sister
S. realized for them go 90 Rather had Iaseu cuH
siderable sorghum and ne had all OF the ARRANGEMENTS
for pressing boiling etc. We WORKED ogelher III pre-
barrels OF good sorghum molasses which sold Ior
80 cents gallon anus MAKING EeS wsT tbe O laugh r
ngstock of many. brought me enough 10 pay inc loI
my trouble. mad planted ana cuuy"teu ,neh a rvGy
much II they were corn Inc MOWERS were sp t
many Of them measuring three feet SIX Inches III erGul
ference, the stalks being from zen 10 tehe zee. Us
and three inches in diameter | planted tnenl ptin ,
pay the stalks, which sold over al the next Town
realized So from the sale OF thell. gave tne S ,h
to father for his poultry He thinks tey are pet.et tna
hurn readily and make a very hot fire.
Last Spr ny planted nothing but sorghum ana onions,
ard I have done better Than either year before.
My ouons were the most profitable crop OF an as J.
dispospg of INV crops S71 30 IN cash. nearly double
what had made the year before spent $40 81 TINS OH
my wardrobe, 80 at Christmas, bought three more
calves M SO mead, and had 81 30 left for sunde-
My onions didn't do quite ~ well as me year before 30
assure you beginning to feelvciy much encoutsEed
in being industrious have just bought twenty more
81
beauties can tell you II they do well they ought Ger
tainy 10 be worth in n year from now S1JO was OF
ferred 800 to-day my otner lot nave no trouble III
finding "A market for my produce; Tor what cannon
cell here ship the railroad, ana, as they carry at
reasonable rates often prefer shipping ~ got oettcI
prices IN the larger shipped nearly All OF my
strawberries This year. -. =.
was fifteen years old last August and an worth to-
day $3.50. To be my father has favored me in
every way furnishing with seed feed for my stock
allowing me the use of his team and farming lIlplt-
ments etc etc But now l afford 10 b. more indC-
pendent and hope before long to help lin, Instead oi
1,ta St.lr min Ea
"a fine wheat country, and he has put the most OF ms
laud into wheat We have had fine seasons so lar Tor
our crops and year may have graSshoppess or
drought or some drawback but we have enough aheau
now TO stand one or two Improbable seasons 80
we don't worry intend to invest every year IN soch
as have found II more profitable than any thlhg
else. But don't You think that fathers IncthOu OF en-
couIaCing to Industrious - better than MI As !!
Mr.. A lust well able to do this for his boys as ms
father is for Cny they are OF different dspc
siti1ns, YOU see Now there Il your r"aa you Keep
straight ahead till YOU come 10 red barn, when you
turn 10 the left ana two miles further on you reach
your friends house, white Frame with "a pOrch III
'front.' Good morning
A good moral is conveyed in this boys story; one
which | hope this letter may impress upon the
minds of a multitude of parents {. l. X.
OSdratomie, hdn., May 20, 1879.