The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-03-27

the sutf.ee. This isnd Is cold aud se,
bat II | eau get the water 10 dtain on
among these rocks. the sup may warn
the surface. and sirt mel good piece o.
soil here
But II looked very foolish To Ben Grum
met lie believed that what Was the ua
iure Of The soil coaldn't be altered. +" HoE'
ever. the Young man made bis trenches
tnmhled In the rocks hllrd 10 90 top
With the loam be bad originally removed.
aud then left !, to work for itself while
A month later be ploSed up two acres OF
it. aud be could see that the soil bad al
ready changed wonderfully, After this
wss doue be cut his way TO the muck
swamp. snd went to bsuliug out that srti
Gle. WITCH he Deposited IN various places,
as be deemed proper.
That's Gurus contrivance. said Sam
Bancroft II aud Ben Grnmme, had been
at work for Walton at hauling mnck. He
alluded TO a large vat back of the house.
INTO which rsn spont from the siuk This
val was cap bile Of holding several cart
loads Of stufl, aud WAS already half full.
That's compost vat. exclaimed Wal
top, who had overheard the remark. All
the slops from the house the soap.suds
and such stuff which most people waste.
| save by this means, and turn It to good
account and instead OF throwing away TO
fuse matter put 1t iu here and let it rot
and fermen.. aud make manure.
That all sounds very pooty, remarked
Ben, after Walton had left them; but let
me ies' tell you, 1t dou't pay He'd bet
ter le, sich fandangles alone il be ever eI-
poets to make q livn' at farmin.
Before the ground frozi up Walton
threw out most Of the muck back OF his
tie up, which had become we'll saturated,
aud filed the trench up anew. When
spring came Walton went to some OF bis
neig ghbors and asked them to go in with |
him and send for some good scions to en-
graft upon their apple trees. He explain
ed to them just the plan he bad formed for
his own orchard.
How much will it cost you? asked Saw.
yer
Why returned Walton. I'm going into it
thoroughly. My orchard is a large one.
as yours is and the trees are mostly thrift
ty and vigorous or could be made so =
but with poor fruit. | meana thorough
thing of it, aud shall expend hundred
dollars this spriug,
What hundred dollars! In your
orchard?
Yes.
Jewhitaker an broomsticksl When git
money to play with, I'll try it.
A little while later, aud the grass be-
gan to spring mp on the tweoty.sere lot
as it Rad never sprung up before; and
as time went on john Walton was con
tiuually studying bow to improve bis
farm
Good gracious CALCULATED Ebeu Sawyer.
as Ben Grummet aud sam Bancroft came
into his house one cool autumn evening,
have you heard about John Walton's ap
ples2
Yes, returned Ben. was there, and |
heard the whole ont 80 | know never I
would ave thought it. An orchard turn |
out like that
And jes' look at that twenty.acre field, t
said Bancroft. Five years ago it wouldn't &
hardly pay for mowin'. II didn't bear a
much else but podgum. Now look at IL. |
Think O. the corn an wheat he's raised 1
here; an this year he cut more'n forty /
tons Of good hay from it! @
We was jest talkiD about you, Mr.. Wal. q
ton, said Sawyer one day, as John came
into bis house, I
Ah, returned John, as he took seat by h
The fire. hope you found nothing bad 3
10 say of me. e
Not a bit of it We was talkn' about 4
he ~onderful improvement you've made a
'u 'bc oih pihSC, nuu VI 1Ou II
make t
Asd do you think it wonderful? b
But sint it2
Well, replied Walton. | don't know v
'bout that; but I'll tell you what do /,
tnow | know there is no class OF people Y
u the world who may read and study TO ii
} sitter advantage than farmers Farming d
s Q science, and he must be q man OF
more than ordinary capacity who can mas "
er il all. In short. there is no branch OF in II
lnsiry 10 the world which may not be fol Ii
owel to better advantage without good a,
ducation. But farmers must not be b
frald OF newspapers aud books. They le
Fon't, If they are wise, follow every ad
ice which eIperimentslists give, but they b.
asy siu ly snd reason and experiment for te
themselves So have done and so mean
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