The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18

month later n plOWed up two acres
of it and he could see that the oilhad
already changed wonderfully. After
this was done he cut his way to the
muck-swamp and went to hauling out
that article, which he deposited in
various places, as he deemed proper.
That's a GURUS contrivance, said
San. Bancroft. He and Ben. Grum-
met had been at work for Walton at
hauling muck. HI alluded to large
vat back OF the house, int. which ran
q spout from the sink. This vat was
capable OF holding several carloads
of stuff, and vas already half full.
CHATS Il compost vat, exclaimed
Walton, who had overheard the re-
mark. '.All the Stops from the house
the soap-suds and such stutf-which
most people wasted, save by this
means, and turn it to good account;
and instead of throwing away refuse
matter | put it in here and let it rot
and terment, and make manure."
THAT all sounds very pcoty," re-
marked Ren.. after Walton had left
them; ''but let me jes' tell you, it
don't pay! He'd better let sich fan
bangles alone if he ever expects to
make a Twin at farmin.'"
Before the ground froze up Walton
threw out most Of the muck back Of
his tie-up. which had become we'll
saturated, and filled the trench up
anew. When spring came Walton
went to some OF his neighbors and
asked them to go in with him and
send for some good scions to cngratt
upon their apple trees. unexplained
to them Just the plan he had formed
for his own orchard.
GLOW much will it cost you?" ask
ed Sawyer?
"Why." returned Walton, "I'm
going into it thoroughly. My or
chard is II large one. as youts is;
and the trees are mostly thrifty and
vigorous-or could he made so-but
with poor fruit. l mean to make q
thorough thing of it, and shall en-
pend a hundred dollars this spring."
"What! A hundred dollars! In
your orchard?"
eyes"
"Jewhitakcr an hroomsticks!
When | git money to play with, I'll
try it,"
A little while later, and the grass
began to spring up on tine twenty
acre lot us it had never sprun@upbe-
fore; and as time went on John Wal
ton.was continually studying howto
improve his farm.
Good gracious!!" calculated Eben
Sawyer, as Ben. Grummat and Sam.
Bancroft came into his house one
cool autumn evening, ''hnve you
heard about John Waiton'sapples?"
eyes," returned Ben. "lwas there,
and heerd the whole on't-so | know
i never would ave thought it. An
orchard turn out like that"
"And jes' look at that twenty-acre
field" said Bancroft. "Eive years
ago it wouldn't hardly pay for the
mowin' 1t didn't bear much elsrbu
podgum. Now look at it. Think OF
the corn an wheat he's raised there;
an this year he cut more'n forty
tons of good hay from it'll"
ave was Jest talkin' about you,
Mr.. Walton" said Sawyer one day
as John came into his house.
"Ah," returned John as he took a
seat by the fire. 81 hope you found
nothing bad to say Of me-"
"Not Il bit of it. We was talkin'
about the wonderful Improvement
you've made on the old place and Of
the money you make"
"And do you think: it wonderful"
"But amt it?"
"Well," replied Walton; 81 don't
know about that; but 1Il tell you
what ] do know: | know there is no
class OF people in the world who may
read and study to better advantage
than farmers. Farming is a science
and he must be a man OF more thar
ordinary capacity who can master
it all. In short, there is no branch
of industry IN the world Which may
not hc followed to better advantage
without IA good education. But far
mers mustnot be ntraid ofnewspapers
and books. They won't if they arr
wise, follow every advice which eN
perimentalists give, but they may
study and reason and experiment
for themselves. So 1 have done anc
SO / mean to do"