West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-07-08

f'O NTodooU OHo FlOTbe wagon.
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 IL grow some
thing. I'll get % cents load for haul
ing manure from n 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
IL to the farm. Thatll be three loads
week from town, and on Saturdays
I'll haul manure from Bill Googe's or
ashes from the gin"
81 didn't know ashes were good for
land" said Mrs. Powell.
Wood ashes are fine" Sam explain
ed. ''They burn wood at the gin and
there's a 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 Florence
When do you think Wen move. Sam?
Il expect 1t will be in March or the
LIST of April" was the reply.
II do hate for you and Florence to
miss any OF the school," said Mrs
Powell.
I'D forgotten to tell you, mother"
hnr
In April. Wen miss only week or
two. They had to cut the session short
because they've run out OF money to
pay the teachers"
well, that's not so bad" Mrs. Pow
ell reflected. although you miss
school, Just the same. it 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 were 20 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,
and the four boys rolled away over the
grayelly 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
worse condition than he had expected,
and he had expected IL to be bad. Bri.
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
hoSs 10 come In or go out at Will. The
Iast tenants hadn't taken any trouble
70 mend these gaps. and the hogs that
ran outside had DESTROYED a part or
the crops for two or three years.
My! There's certainly some work
to do here" Sam remarked.
Whats to dor" Fred Martin asked.
For the FIRST thing" Sam replied
this fence row Is to clean out. and
then III have to cut some poles to put
In the place Of those rotten rails"
Let me and Joe cut the poles" said
Fred, while you and Andrew clean
out the fence row. Where's the AZ
ana how long must the poles beT'
70 ahead. Fred, you and joe" broke
In Andrew, smiling. 1--WE know Won
don't Ike 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 noles
inc same length as the fence rails.
think they're about ten feet long"
When Fred and Joe had gone down
In the woods Sam brought a brler
hook and a sharp grabbing hoe with
which 20 begin work on the tangled
mass along the fence.
Ny be exclaimed. "but thors e,o.
ing 10 be n wOolly jobl Those boys
had an eye 70 business. Andrew. when
they took the chopping. II does seem
Ike there ought 10 be some easier and
quicker way OF doing It than this"
How long do you think II VIII take
uBr asked Andrew.
Wei. I did think nc first" repI,ed
sam that IL wouldn't take long. But
now since I've had a second look AZ
u think we won't more than get
started good today"
III We could burn n out FIRST" spo.
gested Andrew. "It wouldn't be noorIv
80 bad"
NO but we'd burn up the fencer
couldn't we follow along with wa.
ter ond put ont the nils when they
caught 6reT
GOOD for you. Andrew Sam OF.
colaimed That's the very idea. The
nle WI burn uD nearly oil the bushes
ana brlers and XII aI the boil weevns
ana other insects that are winter,ng n
.leIo % the same time. That's WHY
.shoo rows ought not 10 grow % Ike
us insects I've in thero IN winter
ana come out 90 work ON The o-o.- =.
summer" '''9 ~
Wei let's get The water and stsr,
our fire. I'm anxious b see ~, a.
works" said Andrew
ITO be continucd)
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