The Irish standard., 1890-04-26
JOHN WALTON'S FARM.
How He Worked It Successfully on
a Common-Sense Plan.

Hadn't you better subscribe for it?''
81 tell you, no. l haven't the money
to spare And if had, haven't got
the time to waste over newspapers"
said Eben Sawyer, with some emphasis.
''But you will gain much information
from it in the course Of a year, sir, !"
pursued John Walton.
II tell you don't want it'll?
This was spoken so fatty and bluntly
that Walton said no more, but folded up
the prospectus Of a periodical which he
had with him, and then turned away.
Eben Sawyer and Ben Grummet were
two old farmers--thatis is, old at the bust
ness, though they had ouly reached the
middle ago of life-and after their
young neighbor had gone they expressed
their opinions concerning him.
"He'll mover make farmer" said
Sawyer with shake of his head. 'sHe
spends too much time over those papers
and books Of his. He's a leotle mite
above farmin', in my opinion"
''Those are my sentiments" responded
Grummet II tell you, Eben, the man
that thinks to make livin' on farm
in this section has got to eoork for it,
At this juncture Sam Bancroft came
along. He was another old native Of
the district.
1--WE was just talkin' about young
Walton" said Sawyer.
''He's rippin' his barn-f1oor up said
Bancroft.
"Rippin' the floor up!'' repeated Grum-
met. "Why, the whole floor was put
down only three years ago."
1.-THE tie-up floor, mean," pursued
Bancroft 'He's got carpenter up
from the village; and his two hired men
are helpin'.''
"Whew! l guess he'll make farmer'
And so they all guessed-with q
reservation. In Short there was some
thing highly ridiculous in the thought
of mans thinking to be a farmer and a
student at tho same time.
John Walton was a young man, and
though he had been born in tho neigh
borhood, yet much of his life had been
spent in other sections of the country.
His parents having both died, John had
married, and now turned his thoughts
to making living out of the old home
stead.
Ben Grummer had curiosity to see
what was going on in Walton's barn, so
he dropped in there. He found that the
whole of the floor, whore the cattle
stood, had been torn up, and that they
were digging wide, deep trench the
whole length of the tie-up.
"What on airth is all this for?" asked
Ben.
why" returned Walton, who was
busy in experimenting the work, and
also in working himself, II am having
a place fixed here for making manure.
mean to fill this trench up with good
muck, and thus save the liquids which
have heretofore been lost. think, by
proper management, / can get full
double the quantity OF manure which
others have got on this place"
"Do YEP" said Grummet, sarcastically.
Eyes," resumed tho young man. cit
is a fact that the liquid manures, could
they be saved, would fully equal the
solids, both in bulk and value, and
when combined with well-rotted muck,
I and some other articles which shall
take up and retain all the more volatile
parts, feel sure that they will afford
more fertilizing powers and properties
than the solid manures can.
''You don't say 80! Where dye larn
all that?''
''Partly from reading and partly from
observation answered John, smiling
at his good neighbours open sarcasm.
IL don't suppose it costs any thing to
do all this?"
80, yes; it will cost me considerable
before get through" .....
'Yaas; l should rayther calkilate it
would"
81 swami" Ben Grummet cried, as he
met Sawyer shortly afterwards "John
Walton's reg'lar hifalutin. He's jes'
about as nigh to bein' crazy as man
can be!'
"Eh? crazy, Ben?'
col don't mean, rally upset. like
folks who are sent to the insane asylum;
but he's got his head full Of all sorts of
nonsense"
'But what in natures he going to
,do?''
.Why-he's goin' to save the liquids,
as ho calls 'em! An he's goin' to put in
somethin' to take up the col-poltntdrg
parts"
"I'o,untary parts? What are they,
Benz"
sit was DOL somethin'. But don't
know wouldn't ask him. I s'pose he
Jest used tho outlandish word SOS to got
me to ask him what it meant-an' then
he'd show off his larnin'. But l want
so green"
II wonder If he thinks he's comm
here to show us old farmers how to
work?" said Sawyer, rather Indignantly.
81 guess he thinks SO, returned Grum.
mot.
''Then guess he'll ind out his mis-
take added the other. ''Jes' you mark
nv words, Benz He'll be fat on his back
afore two years is out!'
Autumn came, and after John Walton
had moved over a twenty acre field.
getting hardly hay enough to pay fo1
the labor. he set men at work digs s., ing