Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-04-30

The ample range and shade and the
rye sown In the orchard made the In
come from poultry almost clear profit.
Chickens require little feed when they
can get green stuff and insects. Be
sides the Plymouth Rocks Mrs. Powell
raised six dozen common breed fryers,
which she sold az So per dozen. or SIS
From the thoroughbred flock. after Sc
Letting seventy pullets and Eve roost-
ers to keep. she sold the eulls for SIS,
ROSTERS at 81 and pullets at 30 cents.
The egg market was very low during
the summer months. but even at few
cents dozen So worth were sold this
year and the family had an they could
consume at home. Finally. In the fan,
the old lock Of common chickens was
sold, bringing - cents each or S12.50
in all Surplus milk and butter from
the two cows brouSbt SD for the year.
Bur this wasn't all The acre Of
watermp'enS cangaiuuncs ana vegea
hles contributed its sEare sans wa
termelonS We're q a5. Write variety
with biack seed aud h.oo1 red meat
sweet as sugar These melons "a ways
brought something aaavp thp regular
market price In all the Young farmer
sold $40 worth OF melons aud vegeta
hles.
The June corn made fair crop sam
sold the roasting ears at one cent each
These brought him $50. Then be cut
and cured the stalks for feed The
ground being once more cleared. he
plowed. narrowed and planted it In
turnips
Sam found that little farm of Eff
teen acres can keep two or three people
very busy. especially when the farm is
made to hump Itself. growing one crop
right after another. Hardly a day
passed that be or his sister didn't have
to drive TO town to sell something.
Whenever it could be arranged Sam al
ways let Florence 20. for then he could
be hurrying the heavy work forward
September came and Florence enter.
ed the high school. but Sam. badly as
he wanted to begin. found it lmpessi-
BILE TO do so until after Christmas.
However. be began studying at night.
and for all the hard work he did he
managed to keep pretty close up with
his classes.
Late in the fall be dug the acre of
sweet potatoes. after stripping Off the
vines and feeding them to his hogs,
and found that be had $50 bushels of
''punkin vans" He stored twenty-five
bushels for home use and sold the
other l25 bushels M 81 per bushe
government agent told him about seed.
When his contest acre was at maturity
he went down the rows and tied
strings to the stalks that bore the most
and the finest ears
In the same way. also, the young
farmer selected his cotton seed. Here
and there in the rows he found stalks
that were unusually large and perfect
In shape. These were generally In
some rich place where they had been
particularly favored II they were
heavily loaded with bolls and the bolls
were large and low down on the stalks,
indicating that they would open early.
Sam tied white strings on them In
conspicuous places.
Ii may seem that with all this work
Sam Powell had little or no time for
pleasure or recreation. Such was not
the case, however. though be some
times had to work longer hours than
he liked because be WAS not able to get
help
But Sam had got in the habit of using
his mind. lie never initiated other PEG
| pie ID doing a thing without stopping
20 think why 1t was done or If there
was better way. He soon found out
that IL pays TO keep oneself fresh and
vigorous BY taking the proper rests
and breathing spells and working at
certain hours he found that he could
do as much or more work In eight
hours as In twelve. After that he did
not commence work before daylight or
quit after dark. as be had been doing
He saw also that 1t was good idea
TO take half day or day off now
and then
One of the things that Sam enjoyed
a great deal was to ramble through the
woods and fields and study nature. He
was what is called nature lover-that
Is. be never tired OF studying trees
and flowers and birds and insects and
animals. II was mighty hard matter
for him TO go after the calves and get
back in time for breakfast 1t was not
more than a quarter OF mile to where
the calves were usually found-in a
little meadow beyond the creek-but
the earlier Sam started In the morning
the later be would usually be In re-
turning
He would get up sometimes while 1t
was still dark and only the first red
streaks Of dawn showing In the east
He would get out in the fresh air and
throw ont his arms and take deep
breaths and walk about the yard for
a few minutes; then he would be off
suddenly. whistling lively tune and
scattering the dew from the grass and
plants with his feet.
He liked to sit down on the creek
bank In the dim light of morning and
watch the world inst waking up
slight noise from some big treetops told
him that crows were lea wing their
roost louder tapping meant buz.
yards. A splash In the creek announc-
ed that bullfrog was taking his morn
ing bath. Now and then a possum
would waddle by or a belated coon
returning from his fishing mp the creek
would stop to eye Sam inQuisitfvely.
Crossing the creek and getting pref
~ close To the "a Ives ha would sfop