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

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III. that's all. and now we're down
der some poles"
law. get outr' the TWO choppers
srOffed. Don't tell Us you've cleared
out that streak OF briers. Why. raD-
BIT couldn't get through H."
No" admitted Sam. I'VE didn't clear
anIte all OF II ourselves. but what we
didn't the Dire did"
"oh. you burned II out. did your"
sure. we put the DIRE to IL. and the
nlts and rabbits had TO hunt new
rountry."
We'll. Joe Watson remarked. I'VE
have got the poles for you-about forty
Uf them"
Forty. My. but you must have been
working" Sam congratulated. Forty
will be enough TO mend the fence. ]
think"
When II came TO mending the fence
Sam had real reason 10 be glad that
bis comrades had come with him. BY
himself be would have been forced TO
tear down a panel Of fence wherever
n rotten rail was 10 he replaced With
help. though, II was the work OF only
a minute 10 pry up the corners and put
In a new pole.
By noon the fence had been mended
all round and the boys retired to a
grove Of walnut trees near the branch
10 eat their lunches. "1'hat's job No
2 done" said Sam when they were
seated, land goodness knows how long
It would have taken me to do II II you
boys hadn't come along"
well, It wasn't very hard work" re-
piled Fred Martin: 'Just enough ex-
ercise in Il TO give us a good appe
tite. II you don't believe II just watch
what we do to this bacon and corn
bread and these onions"
MY. but they taste good" said An
drew. with his mouth full. IT'S
strange. but couldn't eat these at
home. and now there's not going to be
enough Of 1t for me-"
The boys all laughed and said thar
they were 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 on to
haul ashes and scatter them on the
acre that was to be bis prize patch OF
corn.
Miles Pagan happened to pass along
while Sam was at work and leaned
over the fence to watch him for a
minute.
whats that you're putin on the
land, Sam?" he asked. after he 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 good2"
"Of course ! do" Sam answered.
"Most anything would do this land
good. But didn't you know, Mr.. Fa-
gan. that ashes are fine fertilizerT'
mo. l didn't" he said. land ] don't
yet" H.
well. they are, anyhow" Sam as
sured him. Two things that crops
have to have are potash and phOsphoric
acid. You know that ashes contain
potash. and they also contain some
phosphOric acid. A government bull
letin 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 no 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.. Pagan" he
asked. land get some Of the bulletins
it publishes? We pay for that work.
and why not make use OF it2 They
experiment and learn whole lot OF
things that we ought to know, I've
written for several of the bulletins"
II don't want anything to do with
such fOolishness." said Pagan. what
do they know about farmln'T'
"They know lot" Sam replied,
land they're learning more every day.
It's their business to experiment and
find out things. You might waste two
or three years experimenting to, lind
out something that y0u could learn in
five minutes by reading government
bulletin" 80 hi ,s.
Miles Fagah merely grunted in reply,
II wish you'd let Bob join the Boys
Corn club" Sam continued .:Thereis
a chance for him to win big prise:
and. besides. it'n teach him how "a
grow corn" So .&-
"Guess I can learn my boy how TO
grow corn bout as well a. anybody.
said Miles. ''But Bot. and that agent
have been a-pesterin' me to death bout
1t. and ! told Bob yesterday that be
could jine II he'd use some O. that
stumpy land over there"
I'm glad Of that" said nam. and