Putnam patriot., 1915-05-07

/ Handle and Improve Them and Dug
Gar's Diseases OF Cultivated Plants
and Weeds. Insects aud Insecticides.
They Just the books yon needed
said MIR. Burns My. If you keep on
reading and studying this way it won't
take you any time to finish the course
| 10 the agricultural college when you go
! down there
Friday morning early Bill Googe
ME over with his wagon and team.
| and he and sam started in TO gather
the contest acre The day before Sam
had gone over the patch and gathered
the ears selected for seed and piled
them at the edge of the patch. Before
O'Clock they had one big load gath
cred and were just driving out to un
DAD il in bin that sam had prepared
wien Mr. Burns and the judging com
mittee arrived.
The men stood around. examined the
ears ana watched them unload. then
went back To the patch and helped 20
gather the next load. which required
but a very little time for all of them.
After that Sam brought out some mel
ons and eantaloupes. and the men
Toasted in the shade of "a tree while
he and Bill GonGe gathered the re
mainder OF the corn.
By II o'elock the last of the corn had
been gathered and nnloaded. Mr.
Burns and the committee then meas
ured the pile Of seed corn and calcu
lated the contents of the bin
lone hundred and thirty nine bush
els" announced Mr.. Burns. Now for
the cost"
Every item of expense and labor con
nected with the acre was put down
All this was added up and the result
divided by 1879.
"One hundred and thirty nine bush
els: cost per bushel. IL cents. an
nounced the agent again. well. Sam.
you're sure going TO win some OF those
prizes Several of the boys are going
10 beat you on production, but the cost
is where you come in. Your acre shows
big profit. Well. gentlemen, let's go
down 10 the next place. You'll hear
from me later, Sam.
One hundred and thirty nine bushels.
and Pagan had made twenty-five bush
els to the acre just opposite. One al
ways feels relieved when a long. hard
task is finished. This was Sans feel
ing as he watched the men drive of
He bad done his hes, and his work had
been fairly measured He felt more
free now to tinisii up the work Oh the
farm and turn his attention to schoo
and study.
The young farmer removed the huskS
from his seed corn. then went through
it aud made u second selection of the
finest ears From these ears he re
moved the defective grains 1T the ends
and then shelled the rest into stout
sacks
In selecting seed cotton he pursued
pretty much the same plan. After
picking the cotton from the finest
stalks and DOLLS he had il ginned and
saved the seed. These seeds he put In
screen that let the small and lintess
ones pass through.
This method gave Sam the finest seed
from the largest and most perfect
plants. both of cotton and corn. He
could have sold at high prices much
more than he had to spare of either
kind One day, just after the seed had
been selected and was stored away.
Miles Pagan came over 10 buy.
Il want to buy some o that cotton
and corn seed OF yours" he said
How much can you spare me and
what'll they he WORTH
I'm selling them at 81 per bushel
for either kind" Sam told him. and
| have only six bushels of corn and
twenty of cotton seed 10 sell .
My. but that's nigh pricel" ex
claimed Pagan. rStill reckon they're
worth it aud III take the lot.
Cant lei yoa nave them an" said
the boy farmtI I've promised Bill
Go0ge halt OF them. 81 you can have
three bushels OF corn and ten OF cot
ton seed
THAT amt as many as ! need. but
I'll take EN-. said Mr. Pagan.
Sans school chums gathered most OF
his cotton crop. for which he paid them
at the rate of 60 cents per hundred
pounds. Ten and sometimes twelve OF
them would come out early Saturday
morning and pick until night, in which
time no less than bale would be
gathered. When the last struggling
locks of the patch had been gathered
Sam found that his crop had yielded
one bale to the acre. The five bales he
sold for $3.50 and stored away 80
bushels of seed for feed.
The four acre tract of corn yielded
seventy bushels TO the acre. or total
of $50 bushels. all OF which Sam put
in the barn with that from the one
Acre. he didn't intend to sell any of
this crop.-as he could make more by
feeding ii TO hogs.
The crops were now about all gath
cred. There remained the peas and
the pumpkins that had been sown
among the corn and the turnips. which
were not yet ready 10 be gathered
Sam hauled out many loads of big
golden pumpkins with the one horse
wagon. There was not much market
for pumpkins. but ne managed TO sell
about 100 at cents each, or total of
So worth And still be had more
pumpkins than he knew what to do
with. He knew. however, that what
the family lid not use would be fine
feed for the hogs and cows when the
cold weather of winter came on so
he carefully stored them away.
With the black eyed pea crop it was
the same Sam thought that he had
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