The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
q JON ar WALNT y FIGAING.
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-Out on the Pacific coast. = sadtr.. ....
"th.y've got a way oG putting up 80.
the employment oiiics- that ara ,G,g.
lated "a deceive the wise-t guy w.
read sonnet hing like this: IL you co.. .,
oranges you can pick them. AErn Na...,
To do both: or. Why not camp out r. NH.
walnut Rrovssg You don't have o. .r.
the trees. hut for every sack vou &, ...
from the ground you get ~ GENTS. 90. ..,
again. n.SO a day picking grap-- sru,
hoard and lodging free. Its p,ru,
Sounds nice. doesn't ~? Nigh, Is.-
known hetter. but ! fell for the VaIulr
grove sign. was In LOs Angelo. h.us.
The idea OF Strolline under the tree aud
gathering nuts as ~ cents a sack s''-ue,i
mighty good TO me and I had All agent
ship me to a desolate little way station
called Rivera.
Following Instructions I tramped along
a muddy road until q walnut plantati4s
came IN sight A. the house they told m.
that they guessed I wanted the next
ranch. which remark was listlessly re-
peatsd az Six different plAces. Al las
however. found the planter who needed
men He srunted when ] explained. and
pointed at his walnut grove.
-'Sure, I want them nuts picked up.'
he said Don't you dare 10 climb thu
trees or you'll break the limhs. but gather
all you can from the ground. strip the
huslxs OF and TN pay you 90 cents for every
sack Of clean nuts and only charge you o.
a day for board
Il began 90 understand the graft. bur
took on my ccsss and zoe TO work. rha
only walnuts I had seen up 90 that tim.
had been those In shop windows. WITH
their clean brown shells; but ] soon dis
covered that nature onoases thsm In .
neshy husk. The latter has 10 be removed.
and II the nut has lain On the ground long
enough for IL to rot 20 much the bstter.
But In any cAss your hands Get GOV.
cred with an acrid juice. which stains
them brown. This walnut iuiCs was
used by the Indiana 90 stain the skins 81
white children they had captured and
intended 20 adopt. IL is smid that apralca-
ton for three months was sufiicisnt n
produce a fast color good for ssvea
years. That may or may not be q lie,
hut know that IL was six months befor'
got rid Of all traces % the juice.
There were other dnwbAcks TO nv
walnut picking job. Merely bending
Over No NANUrF mus ANeNAA wv AfCsAatAA hAaN
not sound like strenuous work. but when
ie il kept up for ten houru u IN M ioke
A new set of muscles are put under strain
and at the end al tho day you feel an f
YOU had been kicked and beaten all over
My bed was the softest board in an out
house. which didn't improve matters.
Then there wac the matter of pay
| soon found that only Ivy working my
head 81 could get toRether three sack.
q Walnuts a day. Hgure IL out: Thr~'
sacks at " cents. -. lees 81 for board
was really working for - cents a day.
and sometimes fell far short Of my thiy-'
sacks and was Actually in debt - a,
employer.
Il kept at 10 for three, week. tn. !
asked for my account and found hts B
owed that walnut grower IN cent. iFiI
him that I would work il QUE and 1'irn'l
away.
but I didn't walk hack Ia Ia - IluT,
grove. I strollsd out along the Sp"u O. sci
aud have gone nn strolliug OK -tHr'
Yes. | beat him out ~ his dime, Sg,d l'rt
proud Il a. II serves to- prevent nlI- e. %" D.
welding To- the temptation VI worrUr
for money again. II ever should "rrl
anything. You see. I'D have ~ r'tI''
that 10 cents first thing. and you knoA
huyr hateful IL a. To nav a dead Clebt