Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-16
"Ned" Farmer Boy
A Possible Result of a Lads Industry and Foresight
BY GEO. E. FOSTER
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By GEO. E. FOSTER
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{ The Interior OF the bundrg was pc
az rome died. and "A larg quantity OF
id mortar was being removed from
he wal s.
Il wish the pesfy stuff was out OF
he house" said tie owner / mNsl
ave ny man ~ il away az once ana
amp il in the swamp
IF rou n.ease. sir" said Ned, II You
IN awe il 20 me Will take II away
~ uath.ng. would like II for my
mp,s; p
An r.s. T." sad tho man, get II
Yay as East rs YOU can, and IL Is
mrs. nd welcome.
For sev gM days Nd was more or
IS busy with his handcart drawing
way this debris Day by day the ut
L. fp.d was cleared after the cattle
.,d.ug. and all the corn butts lelt
ere carefully rakCd up and covered III
ne compost heap.
What makes You spend so much
NE 40 the end Of the sink drain NeH.
aid his father. as he saw HIM stand
10 there one morning. apparently
os- i'm deep thought.
Il YVES thinking. father. that mere
IRE soy raj loads OF good ierOllzel'
chat Is no use TO any one. ana IN us
nr,stnt condition. is not very healthy
10 have around / have been digging
down. and ! find the soil is saturated
with il at AZ least three feet deep. lot
quite a distance Mother Otter COM
Mains of the odor OF IL In warm days.
have been thinking, father, that /
would dig out several loads OF TINS
for my compost heap and replace IT
with clean soil from my land or from
some other place Should you care
Not in the least, my son, have had
no time TO do that. but II is an excel
lent idea, and if you care to take the
trouble il viii be a good addition TO
your compost heap.
So. for a number of days Ned spent
his spare time in digging out the rich
soil. and replacing it with clean dry
material. He asked his father for a
barrel. which was Idle in the shed. and
buried il at the end of the Grain.
What is that for, said his mother
who had come out 10 express her att
fcation that the sink drain nuisance
had been so effectually ahated
Why. mother" said Ned you see
have Just .batcd a nuisance. and j
intend TO keep il abated. have clean
soil here now. and ! am going 10 catch
i'm this barrel the contents Of The drain,
and as it acclmulates shall take IL in
It's liquid state to my compost heap
I read in the agricultural looks that
il makes an admirable fertilizer for
squashes. and expect to raise squash
es on my lot next year.
shall you raise no potatoes, Ned,
said Mrs Jackson in surprise
Il shall raise some. perhaps. but /
read that the crops should be rotated;
that one kind of crop raised on land
will soon run out. Now, find that
my one row Of squashes Melted me as
much as my whole field of potatoes
and did not spend so much time on
them either think the soil there is
well adapted 10 squashes consequently
| shall try them next year. | shall
have enough compost for squash hills,
though there would not be enough to
do potato crop justice.
What a planner you are getting 10
be Ned" replied Mr. Jackson, but
/ noticed that you are making bed
at one corner of your field and appear
10 be trying 10 have the land extra
we'll fertilized and pulverized. What
are you going 10 have there next