Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-04-16

the one horse wagon. mended the har-
ness and got everything in readiness
for work That night he told his moth
er and sister about his plans.
THAT land is mighty poor he said,
but I'm going to make it grow some
thing. I'll get % cents a load for haul
ing manure from stable downtown.
and I'm going to put every load of it
On our farm. I'll tell you how I'm go
ing to manage it. I'll go down and
load up one evening and drive home
with it; then the next evening I'll haul
it to the farm That'H be three loads
week from town, and on Saturdays
I'll haul manure from Bill Googes or
ashes from the gin
Il didn't know ashes We're good for
land" said Mrs Powell
Wood ashes are fine Sam explain
ed They burn wood at the gin and
there's little mountain of ashes there.
Mr.. Burton, the owner. gave them TO
me. Some of these days it won't be so
easy to get fertilizer for nothing. They
don't know what it's worth now
"Oh. I'm so anxious to get out to the
old home again." exclaimed - ence.
When do you think well move, SAM"
Il expect it will be in March or the
LIST of April" was the reply.
Il do hate for you and Florence to
miss any of the school, said Mrs.
Powell.
I'D forgotten to tell you, mother"
said her son, that school will be out
in April. Well miss only week or
two. They had to cut the session short
because they've run out of money to
pay the teachers
We'll, that's not so bad Mrs. Pow
ell reflected. although you miss
school, just the same. il really can't
be helped
The next day being Friday. Sam
went down to the stable after school
hours and hauled the first load of ma
nure home so as TO be in readiness to
drive to the farm next morning with
his companions. who We're TO be on
hand at the appointed hour.
Early Saturday morning the boys
fred, Joe and Andrew-were on hand
at the appointed hour. Sam soon had
the horse hitched to the loaded wagon,
aud the four boys rolled away over the
gravelly road to the farm.
In an hours time they had reached
their destination. and the horse was
Embarrassed and turned loose TO Craze
in the field sam found the farm in 4
worse condition than he had expected,
and he had expected it to be bad. Brl-
ers and bushes and tall grass grew
thick along the rail fence all around
the field. Here and there next TO the
ground rails had rotted and allowed
hogs to come in or 90 out at will. Tie
last tenants hadn't taken any trouble
TO mend these gaps, and the hogs that
ran outside had destroyed a part Of
the crops for two or three years.
My There's certainly some work
TO do here sam remarked.
Whats 10 doF7 Fred Martin asked.
For the FIRST thing" sam replied
this fence row Is to clean out. ana
then I'll have TO cut some poles to pur
in the place of those rotten rails
Let me and Joe emf the poles" said
Fred while sou and Andrew clean
cut the fence row. Where's the ak,
and how long must the poles be-"
Go ahead. Fred, you and Joe broke
Ia Andrew. smiling I'VE know YOU
don't like the looks of these briers and
bushes. but Wen not kick.
You'll find the AK in the wagon.
said Sam. and you can cut the poles
the same length as the fence rails. l
think they're about ten feet long"
When Fred and Joe had gone down
in the woods Sam brought a brier
hook and sharp grubbing hoe with
which 70 begin work on the tangled
mass along the fence.