Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-24

Yell. it WASH cry hard WORK 4 re-
Piled Piled Fred Alartin: '.just enough en-
ercise in it to- give us ri good appt,E
Htite. Il you don't believe it just watch
What we do to this bacon and corr,
bread and these oniOns'''#5
Ny. hut they taste good. said An
drew with his mouth full. ..lt's
strange. but 1 couldn't eat these al
home. and now there's not going to be
enough Of 1t for me.
The boys all laughed and said thar
they We're thinking the same thing.
Sam wouldn't hear to his chums
working in the afternoon. He thought
that they had already done enough, SO
they stayed to gather walnuts and ex.
plore the creek. while Sam went or TO
haul ashes and scatter them on the
acre that was to be his prize patch OF
corn. .3.4
Miles Pagan happened to pass along
while Sam was at work and leaned
over the fence to watch him for q
minute.
What's that you're putin on the
land. Sam?" he asked. after be had
watched the boy for some time.
Ashes" Sam replied, and Went on
shoveling.
"Ashes?' Mr.. Pagan questioned. do
you think it'll do any good?''
''Of course | do" Sam answered
Most anything would do this land
good. But didn't you know. Mr.. Fa-
gan. that ashes are fine fertilizerY'
mo. didn't" be said. 'and don't
yet
Wen. they are. anyhow Sam as
sured him. Two things that crops
have to have are potash and phos phoric
acid. You know that ashes contain
potash. and they also contain some
phosphoric acid. A government bull
ietn that borrowed says there are
about eight pounds Of potash and one.
third as much phosphoric acid in every
hundred pounds Of good ashes.
well, didn't know they was good
for anything said Pagan, except to
get I've from to make soap"
Sam wasn't proud and didn't think
that he knew so much more than 9th
ers. but he liked to be Of help when
ever he could.
why don't you send to the depart
ment Of agriculture. Mr.. Fagan,'' he
asked. land get some of the bulletins
It publishes! We pay for that work,
and why not make use Of it? They
experiment and learn a whole lot OF
things that We ought to know. I've
written for several of the bulletins.''
Il don't want anything to do with
such foolishness." said Pagan. what
do they know about farmin'?'
They know lot" Sam replied,
land they're learning more every day.
It's their business to experiment and
ind out things. You might waste two
or three years experimenting to find
out something that you could learn in
five minutes by reading government
bulletin
Miles Pagan merely grunted in reply.
Il wish you'd let Bob join the Boys
Corn club" Sam continued. .There's
chance for him to win big prize
and. besides. it'll teach him how to
| grow corn"
Guess can learn my boy how to
grow corn bout as well as anybody .
said Miles. But Bob and that agent
have been a-pesterin' me to death bout
it. and told Bob yesterday that he
could jine if he'd use some o. that
stumpy land over there
I'm glad of that" said Sam, and
stopped suddenly. From the lower
edge Of the field came boom that was
like the report Of small cannon.
We'll. there goes some of my
stumps,' remarked the young farmer.
Guess III go down and watch a few
OF EN- jump out of the ground. |
want to see how its DONE
(To Be COntinued)