The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-05-25
Agricultural Comment.
burlington Hawkeye. /

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The wheat never looked better" re.
marked the sad passenger, gazing opt ol
the window.
"Where is there any wheat ?" asked
the fat passenger.
81 don't know" was the calm reply,
II don't really know. that there is any
wheat in Wysndot County, but every
body always talks about the wheat look.
ing finely at this time of the year, and
know that it must be the proper thing to
say" a q e g
s"That is wheat in the field on our
right" said the man on the wood box.
"That green stuff" echoed all the
other passengers, rushing to the wins
dow. 2 "a isu -
"Yes, be replied, "that bright, dark,
green stuff !"
"Why," they choroused again, ID dis
appointed tones, ait looks like grass ~
II thought wheat was yellow said
the passenger with the sandy goatee I;
|"don't they always talk about the yel-
low fields and the golden grain2".
"That's when it is ripe" exclaimed
the nan on the wood-box. rss
"Wheat yellow when it's ripe "a in
credulously cried the sad passenger !" I
guess you're thinking of corn-meal
How could they make white bread out
of yellow wheati'
"There are two kinds of wheat, aren' t
therea asked the tall, thin passenger.
YES" said the man on the wood-box,
"spring aud winter"
"How do they differ?'
"Well," the man on the wood d-box
said, "spring wheat is planted 10 the
spring,and winter wheat is planted in the
winter" saa s;aa
81 have heard farmers talk OF fall
wheat" the fat passenger said. 3
"Yes," the man on the wood-box as.
sented. And then, in answer to their
looks of inquiry, he added, ut is plan
ted in the fall" +
II thought the passenger with the
sandy goatee remarked, s.that' spring
wheat was planted in the fall and harves-
ted in thsespring 2" f8s si3t
The man on the wood box said: "Yes,
he believed, come to think Of it, that
was the way ofait." aiea s
Sand winter wheat, then, 1.-The sad pas
senger suggested, sis it planted in the
spring and harvested in the winter 2" u
The, man in the wood box shifted nm
easily in his seat, and looked nervously
up and down the car. = 49, : 's'.'s
"Well, yes." be said, "he guessed it
was that way"
"Then fall whest ?" asked the fat pas
senger, earnestly. . '''.
And the man in the wood-box bit off
the end of a match, took of his hat. and
looked into it, and finally said be believ-
ed it wasn't planted until next fall
Then you get three crops cf wheat," /"
said the sad passenger, "off the same
field in one year" w.
"The man onthe wood-box said "yes,
but so family that be had to repeat it
twico before they could all hear him.
(which is the best wheat r asked the
tall, thin passenger. -
The man on the wood-box was heard
BY strange passenger to whisper to the
stoveplpe that "be wished he was dead" "
but he rallied little and said:
"For bread p
"Yes, for bread"
The man on the wood-box opened his
mouth to reply, when he caught the eye
Of the woman who talks bass fixed upon
him with q strange, intense expression.
He got of his perch, walked down the
aisle to the disused and abandoned wa.
ter tank, looked around for the long
lost tin-cup. drew some Hypothetical
water into it out of the empty tank, took
a long drink Of nothing out Of it, and
as be came back to his seat, the sutdued
croak OF the woman who talks bass, and
the composed countenances OF the 9TH
er passengers convinced him they had
been laughing about something. But he
didn't seem to care what 1t was about,
for he didn't ask, and presently be drew
his hat down over his eyes and dissem-
bled sleep. ta