The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-28

cot poorer; for every fall be owed for fer
iiliEer. he owed for the meat his family ate. he
owed for the clothing they wore. and be owed for
the hay his mule ate. and the mules bones we're
badly covered
William woke one morning after ,hiakinK over
al these things and determined tha, he would
find the way out lie said his wife:
Sally. I've bin rcaaln' what that man Massey
has bin ritin' about some farmers mp ia Maryland
and how they farm. and I'm a-goia TO see for
myself"
And william wca;.
About a week after that some of his old assoc
eiiaes we're busy usual out at the crossroads
Whittliag goods boxes. and cusslng about the
scarcity Of labor.
"Any ore know What has become Of Bill
wunorseT" said one Amt seen him for a week
Must - laid his BY By this time bat he II
stickin mighty clone 20 home
Guess be thinks that old mule o. his'n needs
some rest. and De Won't ride him ont here said
another.
Just then Hlm drove up In a light wagon.
Hello. Bill whar ron hin-' wAs the general
exclamation. Bll the air of a man ~ho had
gotten new idea
Boys" said he. i've bin ~har people live.
live tn good houses. have plenty 90 eat In tho
house and in the barn. don't nobody and
never raise a devil a bit 81 cotton"
Don't raise no cotton. WAY. Bill how In
thunder do they get any money! They Amt no
money In anything but eoston.'
cotton whar I've hln"
'swhar on earth that. niiis You must hev
bin a ionw WAYS OF
Well. I'd hln rcadIn' what that Massey
has bin rlsin' In The southern Farm sax~st~ about
lot Of folks up fra Maryland that make forty
bushels Of wheat acre. and wanted To ~"
some o. them farms. I went ap 20 Baltimore and
Inquired. ard they told that aud have 90 ~
90 tho Eastern shore steamboat Well.
found the boat an she vent ovrr n" Bay an
up one o. the pnrtteat rivers ever aaw. ~i,h tho
farms a-sloping down 70 thr water. an. II youfi
hellev. me every tarn % the houses wan
painted an the barns ~hltnwAahc9 an some Of
thea had board fences arunnd the fields an all
Of 'ern whitr~nahea. An boys. looked at then
fields passed MP that river. an | didnt SEQ a
single cinmp of bushes In any Of en-. an nArry
bush along the fence ross. an every darn foot
Of the ncles waa piowed an cultivated. an dId
not u gully"
Cone nov. nnl they mus; have terraoed
weu"
Not n terrace anywhere. far took keerfai no
uce ~ that when tho boat got 20 The ;o~n whar
ahe stopped. sent 20 the hotel az asked The
taxeyn-keeper whar should go 20 one Of the
beat farrnrrs lie told me that little ways out l
could come to the place whar Thomas Jones lived.
ar 30 give me directions how 60 ana the place
an walked out thar. The road gate ~aH an iron
on~ one Of thrne sort that you can hlt turned
mp pece of iron and IL wtn Open for yon WITHOUT
getttn' out o. the carriage. and you hit another
piece and II closes. The house vas about quar-
ter 81 q mile back. bat the road went over ms
purity piece Of grass on both sides as you ever
sac an thar vas = row az cherry trees on each
p side There big white porch In TIE iFoh'
OF the house. and back little wsyn HA~ bArh
bigger than the house. and lot OF cattle Sh7oA'
Il knocked al the door and gentleman come
70 II, an told him ! come 20 sec N" farmer %
that place He said 4 am the farmer bat hf
sas dressed 30 nice couldn't believe him b"'
BE- said that be had just come from the hs'a ana
bad changed bis clothes for dinner. Just th'h'
q TELLER ehnnEin' bis clothes 20 eat
y said Homes m "A cotton farmer aus