Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-04-01

sahes nom the Sir"
-, aIdmt knsw ashes wspssco Tor
land" said Mrs. Powell.
wood ashes hre fne. Sam explain
Ill -They burn wood at the gin ana
there's little mountain OF ashes there.
Mr. Burton. the owner. gave them 10
me. Some OF these days II won't be 90
easy 10 get fertilizer for nothing. They
don't know what It's worth now"
"oh, I'm 40 anxious 10 get out TO the
old home again. exclaimed Florence.
when do you think Wen move. samT
II expect II 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.
..rd forgotten TO tell you. mother
said her son. that school Will be- 0u'
10 April. Well miss only week Or
two. They had to cut the session short
because they've run out OF money 10
pay the teachers"
well. that's not so bad" Mrs. Pow
ell reflected. although yon miss
school. Just the same. It really cant
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 30 as to be in readiness to
drive TO the farm next morning with
his companions, who were 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
and 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 a
worse condition than he had expected,
and he had expected 1t to be bad. Bril-
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 go out at will. The
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 to dor Fred Martin asked.
"For the first thing" Sam replied
"this fence row Is to clean out, and
then I'll 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 ak.
and how long must the poles beT'
go ahead, Fred. you and Joe" broke
in Andrew, smiling. 1--WE know you
don't like the looks of these briers and
bushes, but we'll not kick"
you'll find the ak in the wagon"
said Sam. land you can cut the poles
the 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 brier
hook and sharp grubbing hoe with
which to begin work on the tangled
mass along the fence.
my" he exclaimed, "but that's go.
ing to be a woolly job! Those boys
had an eye to business. Andrew. when
they took the chOpping. 1t does seem
like there ought to be some easier and
quicker way of doing it than this"
"How long do you think it will take
us?" asked Andrew.
'Well, did think at first," replied
Sam. ''that it wouldn't take long. But
now, since I've had second look at
it, think we won't more than get
started good today"
"If we could burn it out first" sng-
gested Andrew. ut wouldn't be nearly
SO bad"
mo. but we'd burn up the fence"
Couldn't we follow along with wa.
ter and put out the rails when they
caught fireY'
Good for you. Andrew Sam ex.
claimed. That's the very idea. The
fire will burn up nearly all the bushes
and briers and kill all the boil weevils
and other insects that are wintering in
there at the same time. That's why
fence rows ought not to grow up like
this, Insects live in there In winter
ana come out to work on the crops In
summer"
"Well. let's get the water and start
our fire. = I'm anxious to see how II
works." said Andrew. -
II have two barrels up at the house,
Sam explained. EVEN unload the
wagon and go up and haul them down
full or water"
The horse was harnessed again, the
mhhAife scattered and the boys werG
S60H mckn with two barrels of water
andn o. bucket. The fire was started
and allowed to burn only in one direc
tion-the way the wind carried 1t