Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
PATRICK

came over Will us W06Ou 0A0 SSaAAss
and be and Sam started in to gather
the contest acre. The day before Sam
had gone over the patch and gathered
the ears selected for seed and piled
them at the edge of the patch. Before
8 O'Clock they had one big load gath.
cred and were just driving ont to IN
load It in bin that Sam had prepared
when Mr.. Burns and the judging COM
mittee arrived.
The men stood around. examined the
ears and watched them unload. then
went back to the patch and helped to
gather the next load. which required
but very little time for all Of them.
After that Sam brought out some mel.
ons and cantaloupes. and the men
Toasted in the shade Of tree while
he and Bill Googe gathered the re-
maiuder of the corn.
By II O'Clock the last Of the corn had
been gathered and unloaded. Mr..
Burns and the committee then meas
ured the pile Of seed corn and caIcu.
lated the contents Of the bin.
Zone hundred and thirty nine BUSH
els" announced Mr.. Burns. "Now for
the cost
Every item Of expense and labor con.
nected with the acre was put down.
All this was added up and the result
diyided BY 1S9.
Zone hundred and thirty.nine BUSH
els; cost per bushel. IL cents an.
nounced the agent again. "Well, Sam.
you're sure going to win some Of those
prizes Several Of the boys are going
to beat you on production. hut the cost
Ia where you come in. Your acre. shows
big profit. Well. gentlemen. let's 60
down to the next place. You'll hear
from me later. Sam"
One hundred and thirty mine bushels.
and Pagan had made twenty-five BUSH
els to the acre just opposite. One a.
ways feels relieved when q long. hard
task u finished. This was Sans feel
ing 40 he watched the men drive Oh.
He bad done his best and his work had
been fairly measured. He felt more
free now to finish up the work on the
farm and turn his attention to school
and study.
The young farmer removed the busks
from his seed corn. then went through
It and made q second selection Of the
finest ears. From these ears; he re-
moved the defective grains at the ends
and then sheIled the rest into stout
sacks.
III selecting seed cotton be pursued
pretty much the same plan. After
picking the cotton from the finest
stalks and bolls be had it ginned and
saved the seed These seeds he put In
a screen that let the small and lintless
ones pass through.
This method gave Sam the finest seed
from the largest and most perfect
plants, both of cotton and corn. He
could have sold at high prices much
more than be had to spare Of either
kind. One day, just after the seed had
been selected and was stored away.
Miles Pagan came over to buy.
Il want to buy some o that cotton
and corn seed Of yours" he said.
"How much can you spare me and
whatll they be worth?'
I'm selling them at s. per bushei
for either kind" Sam told him, "and
] have only six bushels Of corn and
twenty Of cotton seed to sen.
my, but that's high price!' ex-
claimed Pagan. Still. ! reckon they're
worth 1t and III take the lot"
Cant let you have them ALL" said
the boy farmer. i've promised Bill
0ooge half of them. 90 you can have
three bushels of corn and ten of cot
ton Seed
That amt as many as I need. but
IN take 'em." said Mr.. Pagan.
Sans school chums gathered most Of
his cotton crop. for which he paid them
at the rate Of GO cents per hundred
pounds. Ten and sometimes twelve Of
them would come out early Saturday
morning and pick until night, In which
time no less than bale would be
gathered. When the last struggling
locks OF the patch had bsen gathered
Sam found that his crop had yielded
one bale to the acre. The i've balss 10
sold for. $3.50 and stored away 40
bushels Of seed for feed.
The four acre tract Of corn yielded
seventy bushels to the acre. o. Z total
Of $50 bushels, all Of which Sam put
In the barn with that from the one
scre. He didn't intend to sell any Of
ehis crop. 40 he could make more ~
feeding It to hogs.
The crops were now about al gath
cred. There remained the, peas and
the pumpkins that had been sown
among the corn and the turnips. which
were not yet ready to be gathered.
Sam hauled out many loads Of BIG
golden pumpkins with The one hosss
wagon There was not much market
foe pumpkins, but he managed TO eel
about 100 at 8 cents each, or total Of
g worth. And still he had morl
pumpkins than he knew what to d
with. He kneW. hswevsF. that what
The 6amf1y did ~ - woald b IN
feed for the hegD and coWD when IL
ceid weather Of winter came on. g.
b carefully stored them away.
with the black eyed PEA crop it VA
the same. Sam thought that hs had
never seen % many peas n Ill ~ nfa
He sold 80 worth, gathered what
would b needed at home, and th1n,
tAs vines still full 10 turned n ~
hogs and COWS Tor weeks feast
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