Mower County transcript., 1914-07-15
BEN'S
1. COLUMN

| There amt one farmer in ten knows
how to plow corn and that's why they
don't get bigger crops. They plow so
deep after the corn is part grown that
they break off the rootlets and cut off
the best source of supply of food. Far
mer Ben don't take back seat to any
body on corn crop. He knows enuf to
drag the field before the corn is up and
plow middhn' deep on first cultivatin'
but he gets shallower every time goin'
thru until at the last the proper caper
| is to just keep the surface of the ground
alwus mellow, and mealy for mulch
but keep away from breakin' off roots.
I run my corn cultivator so close to the
top at the last that don't believe I stir
down to two inches depth but l keep
rite after it just as long as can get
| thru the rows. 1t seems pity to see
good corn fields spoiled by ignorant
cultivatin'.
The politicians who howled for
primary in June insted- of Septemb mber
as it was before have just heard the be-
ginnin' of it. The vote last week was
light in the country deestricks as it was
the busy time of the year and what in
the werld is to be gained by havin'
everything cut off in June and nobody
else possibly get in for November elec-
tion and hav things drag along the
next four or five months waitin' for
general election beats me all up. 1t
looks like we had lot of gumps in the
legislator who don't know putty about
practical workin' out of such changes.
There is no excuse or reason for J June
primary cutt,n' out and forestallin'
gettin' at the will and choice of the
people later. l don't like this everlast-
in jugglin' of our laws. There's alwus
some schemer in behind workin' for ad-
vantages. We ought to hav men in
the legislator wise enuf to see thru
these schemes and head 'em off.
My paper says that London doctor
has made a startlin' discovery that
health and longevity are te'be reached
by gettin' more sleep and he recon-
mends that folks take lay off about
once a year and go to bed and stay
right there for two or three weeks at
single scratch no matter whether you
don't feel sick or do and then you come
out rejuvinated and renewed, younged
up ready for another trip. l kind of
think there is somethin' in this and
next time the old cow comes dry in
summer when the old horse can pick
in the pastur think I may try about
three weeks snooze for my health.
Maybe IN get 80 after few years of
such big conservation of energy that
Ill feel like I used to before enlisted.
1 could throw any man in the settle
ment before went to the war but ever
since IS I've never felt as clipper as |
did before. I've alwus had great reli-
ance on sleep. never got enough
when l was kid and I'm tryin' to
catch up. -. -: + @- 2
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/ hav an idee that there ought to be
q "listenin' school" started right off in
this town to teach folks how to listen.
l went to concert once where lot of
we'll dressed rowdy men and women
just giggled and whispered and snick-.
cred while some Of the finest passages
Of Beethoven were comm and they
just disturbed the rest Of the audience
and prevented their drinkin' in the fine
music into their souls. They ought to
learn somethin' in manner and in list,
|enin' IL We seen folks that the minute
Il you begin to tell them anything they
g know it all and they've heard it all and
they don't listen as simple decency
would require and demand. II I've heard
!, of scholars that was the same when
their teachers was. tellin' them. some
4 information that was useful. Now
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