The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-07-08
BowsER's FARM.
Ir Quickly Vanished when Mrs.
Bowser Began 20 Make
Figures

ner the other eveoing, and perhaps
you would like to go along?"
Are you going to buy seedY'
asked Mrs. Rowser.
Yes"
but what forf You aren't going
to dig up the back yard again this
spring, are you?"
Mt at all. It's quite different
matter.
I've been thinking things over
for week past. I am man who
has got to have plenty IF exercise
might as well have the exercise
and a cash profit at the same time"
do you mean that you arego
ing to carry out ashes or shovel
coal?'
No ma'am, / don't; mean that
1 am going to do a little farming
this year 1 shall get my exercise
in planting and hoeing, aud the
profit will come in as the various
crops ripen. The doctor tell me
that it is the best thing in the world
for my rheumatism, and 1 have fig
ured that / can make a clear $500
profit. Yes, 1 shall become farmer
Bowser next week"
"And where is your farm?"
Tomorrow lam going to see
the owner of some vacant lots down
thestreet and hire four of them for
ayesr. They are only quarter of
a mile away. 1 shall get up every
morning and work from 5 to Z, and
can work every evening from 6
to 8. I'll bet 1 gain 80 pounds this
summer, and our table will be con-
stsntly supplied with lettuce, on
ions, beets, potatoes, cucumbers,
tomatoes and SO forth. 1 shall also
arrange to supply two groceries
Get on your things if you want to
go with me-"
don't you want to figure lit
tle?" queried Mrs. BowserP as she
got pencil and paper and sat down
whats the use? 1 have figured
it out three or four times over, and
know all about it to cent"
"In the first place you hire four
vgcant lots. How much will you
have to payP"
al expect to get 'em for So a
piece. 1t will be useless for you
to try to discourage me, for my
mind is made up"
81 shan't try to. You pay $40
for ground rent to start with. Then
the lots must be fenced in How
much will the fencing cost?"
81 hadn't figured on that" re-
piled Bowser, as his face fell, "but
it shouldn't be over $25.
Eyes, it might be done for that.
The ground must be plowed and
dragged, you know. How much
for thatP"
"How-muchPI 1 didn't figure on
that either. but SO ought to be
enough. 1 don't see why you want
to meddle with tbIs matter"
I'm not meddling. I'm just
making a few figures. You are
going to raise corn, potatoes and
all kinds of garden truck, 1 beliveP''
81 am I'll have the neatest lit
tie farm you ever set eyes op.''
Well. you'll have to bny a spade,
rake. hoe and a shovel for tools.
Then you'll have to buy seed corn.
seed potatoes, seed onions and all
other seeds. What sum have you
allowed for them?"
Bowser hadn't allowed any sum.
In his agricultural enthusiasm he
had entirely overlooked the cost OF
seeds
"1 think if you get tools and
seeds for SIS you will be doing
well" said Mrs. Bowser, and she
put down the figures.
"Why don't you make it $100?'
he growIed. ~ see your little game
but don't think it will work with
me. 1 can't be discouraged"
"Of course not, but you might as
well know what you are doing
Lets see? your little farm will cost
you SO by the time you are ready
to begin planting"
"I deny it"
"But here are your own figures
my dear. You are going to plant
corn. How many kernels do you
drop into hillP"
"Pint. of course"
"And how many seed potatoes?'