Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-11-05
JACK AND HIS FARM WORK.

JACK AND HIS FARM WORK.
once there was boy, sixteen yearu
OF age who lived with his parents on 8
Iarm OF 10 acres. This farm was two
niles from little town OF about 1880
Inhabitants. The boys name was Jack
warner. He was the only child OF the
FANNY His parents were very fond of
MIN Tor he was very obedient child
Tor his age. He also attended college ia
distant large city from his parents
farm. Jack had brown hair and blue
Eyes. he also had between q dark ana
ilght complexion. He was studying ia
pc bookkeeper And he looked AZ
though he would make q success n
this occupation - Il
One day his father said to him,
Jack II you will take charge Of our
farm next year and farm 1t good.
while we, Your mother and I, g ia
Caiifornia to visit Uncle John and
Aunt Mary, we will give you $50 each
month which will give you In tota; at
the end Of the twelve months, or one
year, 1920" Jack hesitated quite q
long while until at last he concluded
70 take his fathers offer This was the
First will tell you what he did each
January, he did the chores. such "a
milking, feeding the horses, sheep cat
Tie, poultry. hogs and he also went
visiting and Mad company OCCASIONAL
February. he did about the same az
ne did in January. ss
March. he had one Of his cousins to
come ana stay with him and he did
about the same as the other two
months, such as doing the chores.
April, ne began to make garden.
such as planting tomato seed, cabbage
SEED, beet seed, cucumber seed. par.
snip seed and other seed. You will say
ithat he did not need very much gar
den. Yes. that he did not. But you see
ne raised garden vegetables to sell for
extra change.
May, he plowed his ground and
sowed his seed. Mostly corn and clover
seed. HIS clover seed was for his pas
lure through the summer days. Per-
maps you will forget about him living
IN the southern country 80 will tell
you that he raised some cotton. too.
June. ne cultivated his corn, and
grain fields. OF course such as wheat,
oats, barley and other grain exceptinr
corn. he could not cultivate { !;
july, ne began to make hay. But he
could not do this by himself, 80 he
hired two or three Of his neig1bor boys
ana men. His crop was very good. Efe
hay consisted of timothy, clover and
OlHSI Qudllty OF nay. Ya#s "a s:fss3 g-.G.s
August, it was SO hot that he did
not do very much. He MIXED and did
his, other chores and canned some
fruit. Thisthe did not like and he sold
most all OF his fruit, which were ap-
pies, peaches, cherries, pears. ounces
and raspberries. St 8,ss 81
( September, he began to shuck his
corn and gathered some Of his fruit.
which was not ripe in August. And hss
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every day in the whole year, q.
october. he gathered his corn and
put In the corn crib. forgot to say
that he had his threshinE done In Aug
ust OF course he was thinking Of Hall
loween. Halloween comes on the 31st
OF October. He made his JACKIE lam
terms and put his candles in them and
he invited twenty Of his friends to
come and have party that night At.
his house. So they came. They had q
dandy time. They all had jack-o'-la
terms. ~ ~ IS
November, he did his chores and OF
course he had few spare hours boz
tween his working hours to read and
write letters to his father and mother
gather and his other tl1ingA to put In
the large cave for the winter.
Next is the month of December. He
did his chores and on Christmas which
was on December 25,- he went TO II q
Christmas tree and exhibition. He re-
cetved many nice presents on the tree
and he ate his Christmas dinner with
his uncle and his family. They lived
close by his house. His father and
mother sent him some beautiful pres
ents from California. His birthday was
December 20. So he received some
birthday presents. too. His parents re-
turned home on Decemer 80. They
were very proud Of their boys crop. so
he received his 500 and went to COLI
lege the next year and he finished his
college and became a very good book
of him.
Leo7a Vest,
Ottumwa, Iowa,
Route No. 8.