Telegram-herald., 1890-04-07
JOHN WALT0N'S FARM.
How He Worked u Successfully ON
a Common-Sense Plan

pursued John Walton
81 tell you don't want III"
This was spoken so fatly and bluntly
that Walton said no more, but folded up
the prospectus Of periodical which he
had with him, and then turned away.
Eben Sawyer and Ben Grummet were
two old farmers-that IS, old st tho bust
moss, though they had only reached the
middle age OF nfe-and after their
young neixhb Dor had gone they expressed
their opinions concerning him
He'll never make a farmer" sad
Sawyer, with shake OF his head He
spends too mach time over those papers
and books Of his. He's iectle mite
above farmin'. in my opinion"
Those are my sentiments" responded
Grummet. 81 tell you, Ebon, the man
that thinks 70 mako livin' on q farm
in this section has got to cork for it."
At this iuncture Sam Bancroft came
along, he was another old native Of
the district.
I'VE was Just talkin' about young
Walton" said Sawyer.
Hes rippin' his barn-foor up sa,d
Bancroft.
''Rippin' the floor up!~ repeated 0run-
met. why, the whole floor was Pot
down only thrce years ago"
''The tie-up floor, mean,' pursued
Bancroft. "He's got carpenter up
from the Village; and his two hired men
are helpin'."
"Whewl guess he7l mako farmerT
And so they all guessed-with a
reservation. In short, there Was some
thing highly ridiculous in tho thought
of mans thinking to be farmer and
student az the same time.
John Walton was a young man, and
though he had besn born in the 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 homo
stead.
Ben Grummot had curiosity 10 sec
what was going on IN Walton's barn. so
he dropped in there. He found that tho
whole of the floor, where 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, Il am having
. 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 l can get full
double the quantity Of manure which
others have got on this place"
''Do YEP" said Grummet, sarcasticaliy.
Yes" resumed the young man. ut
is fact that the liquid nanures. could
they be saved, would fully equal tho
solids, both in bulk and value, and
when combined with well-rotted muck,
and some o.hcr articles which shall
take up and retain all the moro volatile
parts, | feel sure that they viii afford
moro fertthzing powers and properties
than the solid nanures can
You don't say sol Where dye larn
all thatT'
Partly from reading and partly from
observation" answered John, smiling
as his good neighbor's open sarcasm
''I don't suppose it costs any thing to
do all this2"
20, yes; it will cost me considerable
before get through
Vans; l should rayther ca1ldlate 4,
would
II SWAMI Ben GrumrDet oried. g be
met Sawyer shortly afterwards Johu
Walton's . rcg'lar hifalrtin. He's jes
about as nigh TO bein' crazy as . man
can bel''
"Eh7 crazy, Benz
''O-I doa't mean, rafffJ upsok hks
folks who are sent 70 the insane asylum
but he's got his bead full of all sorts ID
ncnsense
Bat what In natures be going ss
do7'
"WhJ-hes eotn' 70 ssvo The liquids
as be calls emil An be's goin' TO put IL
souethiu' so take Up the oos-ocds,torI
parts
Voluntary psrts7 whas are they
Benz"
1T vas 81 somethin' Bot I don
know. wouldn't ask aim. s'poee h
Jest nsed tho o1tlandish word SOS 70 ge
ne 70 ssk him what IL mesnt-sn' sher
he'd show oS bis laTDin'. But I van
so green
I wonder II he thinks he's oontn
here 20 show us old farmers how Z
work. said sawyer. rather indignantly
II guess be thinks 50. retained GrxE
met
Then I guess he'll fDd oct his mis-
take. added the other. 'Jes' yos mari
~ words, Ben; Hell be Fat o. IT'S bscl
sfore two Tears n o1tT-
Autumn came. and sfse~ John Wsiso7
had moved ove- a twenty sc-e fed
getting hardly hsJ enoagh r psT e.
he fsbo-- be set men st -oTk 6izginl
deep trenches az over e. He I'D ~,
dug iensth~fse. runninz NJ snd so~1
the slope. and then Ae dug quite = ns1o
h~r ruaniaT sc-os< thesa They ~er
quite dep sni brosd. and into then n
tur,hied nearly al The stones hat couli
be found u the seIss
- 2ooty expensive rzy - Te*ssn' n
q roczs,~ rezasrked G-u-ras&
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