Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-07

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that We keep something growing g.
our land in winter, The acre | planted
to cotton did not make .sry good oats.
I.got three-guarters Of 4 bale o. cotton
of this acre, but IL gaze me more trou
bleI than the other four together. The
next year ! planted two acres 10 early
corn, one to Irish potatoes and three 10
o peas. broadcast. | followed my
Irish potatoes with sorghum. my corn
with peas broadcast and p!owed in Aug
ust ard sowed to oats it, September
Part Of my remaining land was sown te
rape and winter vctch.
After paying all my "xpcnseS hat
year, to my great suyprise and sat'sFac-
ton l had 1925 of my own moner. Now
came the year Of thinking. have not
entered into dctails how | sold butter
and Irish potatoes and hay. was now
10 years old and one of the most inter
ested boys in farming | have ever met.
With 5000 bought a good horse ana
wagon. | paid $25 TO y man WHO vas
doing a great deal of hauling Ior the
fertilizer accommodating IN his barn dur
ing the fall and winter. i paid Uncle
Jerry Sl5 to help mc haul LOT two horse
wagon loads Of the very best fertilizer
out Of that mans barn. | considered
this the money back for my horse l
bought Ave tons of commercial lime and
plowed everything under. The fer.iii-
Ger was also htoaacasted.
Let the tell you something that did n
boys heart good. Our farmers insa-
tutc man said to father. ''Mr.' Lidden.
you are the most progressive MAJ! in
your section. You are on the right
track" He was talking about my Ave
acres. l was proud Of that, Father
was proud Of its being his boy, but
think he should rather that man had
left thinking Of it Us his crop i,began
to think ! was going to be u farmer. l
spent eprh time corresponding with
leading xGrisulturists. had FIVE acres
of land a. good as Mr.. Anybody's. I
tsold 10 hogs last Gal, tina, weighed $50
pounds each ut I cents. went to the
OhisiState Faiy and, bought a pair Of
pigs for $50 each.
This last year tl9os) wa my bumper
crop year. | raised 800 bushels Of corn
on two acres, four bales of long-staple
cotton on'two nor and, sQ0. bushels Of
Irish potatoes, followed by 500 bushels
Of Italian yanIs on the other. del have
got Uncle Jerry hired this year, He
cost me $50. This is growing too long
for a boy. hut one word more and | will
close | love the farm. am going to
make 'a'fo&hne' on the farm 4 AMI
carrying $4,000. life'' insurance. due
when | am q. The exp~nsss'is great
bptsl want that wenss to buy a nice
farm and build q life house Oh IL. | ana
going tp gcrmarrsi If a find a girl
who loves me and aosrs hohey> no anu
knows how to spend monsy ard mskss.s
home :hsppyI tnbnve never iaksp;.!a
chew of sqtacco. ,ueitSer d. l. ssssxs,i
lever have ,tskra'a dr'as ~ w sksy.
{ and last though szsatsst Of MI l,rrycr
, have taken our Heavenly Fathers
: name m vain ,ast trust l never shall
: have abWsMhecount Of sso0. ! EN-
going to buy u dew n pr~sej farm iln-
Elements this year. J want . disc pie
, q manure sprcsder, a harrow and $
{ moving machine, rake and press. a
: nice buggy and horse for mother and
shall spend the greater part Of ths rs-
5 mainder on fertilizer and good wsrs.
:. I should state in justice to father IT..
! be has carried my insurance. from the
!, time I was 10 years old until last year.
, six years in all.
i Z WALTER BRYAN LlDDEEL,
Jefferson Co., Miss. Breeders Gazette.
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