Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

properties than the solid manure
can"
you don't say SO! Where dye
larn all that?"
Partly from reading. and partlv
from observation" answered John.
smiling at his good neighbor's open
sarcasm.
II don't s'pose it costs anything to
do all this:"
%, yes; it will cost me considera.
BILE before Iget through"
"Yaas; l should rather calkilate it
would"
II swami" Ben Grummet cried. as
nc met SAWYER shortly afterwards
John Walton's regular hifalutin.
He's jes' about as nigh to crazy as a
man can be-"
'Eh:-crazy, Benz"
OIL don't mean really upsot. like
folks who are sent to the insane asy-
lum; but he's got his head full of all
sorts Of nonsense"
"But what in natures he goin' to
do?"
"Why-he's goin' to save the
liquids as he calls 'em. And he's
goin' to put in somethin to take up
the vol-voluntary parts"
voluntary parts? What are they,
Benz"
ut was vol somethin'. But I
don't know. wouldn't ask him. I
s'pose he jest used the Outlandish
word SOS to get me to ask him
what 1t meant-an' then he'd show
OF his larnin'. But want so green"
II wonder il he thinks he's comm
here to show us farmers how to
work." said Sawyer rather indig-
nantly.
Il guess he thinks so," returned
Gummet.
Then l guess he'll find out his
mistake" added the other .Jes'
you mark my words, Ben. He'll be
fiat on his back before two years is
out"
Autumn came, and after John
Walton had moved over a twenty
acre field, getting hardly hay enough
to pay for the labor, he set men at
work digging deep trenches all over
it. He had two dug lengthwise. run
ming up and down the slope; and then
he dug quite number running across
these. They were quite deep and
broad, and into them he tumbled
nearly all the stones that could be
found In the fields
"a pooty expensive way of gettin'
rid o. rocks" remarked Grummet
"Its better place for them than
on the surface, isn't it," returned
Walton with a smile.
"Mebbe But what on airth are
ye doin' it for9"
"Why-I'm going to see If under.
draining won't improve the land"
"Under draining! What's that?"
sit is simply drawing of the water
from the surface. This land is cold
and wet; but If I can get the water
to drain of among these rocks, the
sun may warm the surface, and give
me good piece of soil here"
But it looked very foolish to Ben
Grummet He believed that ''what
was the nature of the soil couldn't be
altered" However. the young man
made his trenches-tumbled in the
rOcks-fllled in on top with the loan
he had originally removed; and then
left it to work for itself while. A
month later he plowed up two acres
of it, and he could see that the soil
had already changed wonderfully.
After this was done he cut his way
to the muck swamp and went to
hauling out that article, which he de.
posted in various places, as he
deemed proper.
"That'S a cur us continuance" said
Sam Bancroft. He and Ben Grum.
met had been at work for Walton at
hauling muck. He alluded to a large
vat back of the house, into which ran
spout from the sink This vat was
capable of holding severa. carloads
of stuff, and was already half full
''Thats compost vat" exclaimed
Walton, who had overheard the re-
mark. "All the slops from the house
the soap-suds and such stuff-which
most people wasted, save by this
means, and turn it tQngood account;
and instead of throwing away refuse
matter l put it in here and let it rot
and ferment, and make manure"
THAT all sounds very pootv," re
l0I hcu DULL oAUCA w 0lGOu udu A0A~
them; "but let me jes' tell you il
don't pay! He'd better let SIGH fan.
handles alone If he ever expects te
make Twin at farmin'."
Before the ground froze up Walton
threw out most of the muck back Of
his tie-up, which had become well
saturated, and filed up the trench
anew. When spring came Walton
went to some of his neighbors and
asked them to 60 in with him and
send for some good scions to graft
upon their apple trees. He explained
to them just the plan he had formed
| for his own orchard.
'How much will it cost you?" asked
Sawyer.
"Why," returned Walton. I'm go
into it thoroughly. My orchard is a.
large a one as yours is; and the trees
are mostly thrifty and vigorous-ol
could be made so-but with pool
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