Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-26

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| day in September. The agents district
| embraced several counties, and he hac
| been absent for some time. The Two
| had not seen each other for several
weeks.
Hello, SAM" accosted the agent
"How's the corn?"
THAT corn Is all right, Mr. Burns,
| replied Sam, "and I'd like you to come
| out one day this week to Q 1t gain
| cred and measured"
"All right I'll be out Friday and
bring along the committee that's going
to report on the contest acres In this
county. Will it take long to gather
the corn?"
YES, it's going to take quite a bit OF
time, for unless I'm mighty badly mis-
taken there's sure some corn on thai
patch"
well, you've tried farming for q
wear What do you think Of it as q
~business?"
az think it's the finest business there
is. I like it better than anything else
L can think of, and I'm going to stick
to it and learn it"
Mr. Burns smiled. 81 see," he said
that you don't think you know all
about the business. Did you read those
books that I told you about?"
NO, SIR" said Sam, replying to the
agents first remark, II really don't
know much about farming. I need
more experience. Most Of what ] know
I've learned from reading. AS for
those books, I've not only read them
but I've studied them too. I've bought
several more since then, and I'm 60
ing to keep buying till I get all the
best ones in my line. / don't believe
It paws. to economic on books, do
you?"
mo, it dosen't," said Mr.. Burns. III
you know the science of farming II is
easy enough to learn h rest. But you
never can farm intelligently without
learning the science Of it. What other
book did you buy?"
well, I bought Bailey's Manual OF
Gardening for mother, but I'm study
ing it myself. There's a whole lot to
learn about gardening, and every farm
ought to have a garden. Besides that
l bought Fletcher's 'Soils-How to
Handle and Improve them and Dug
CARS Disease Of Cultivated Plants
and Weeds, Insects and Insecticides
They're just the books you needed
said Mr.. Burns. my, If you keep on
reading and studying this way 1t won't
take you any time to finish the course
in the agricultural college when you 60
down there"
Friday morning early Bill Googe
came over with his wagon and team
and he 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 out to un-
load it in a bin that Sam had prepared
| when MI. 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 tc
| gather the next load, which required
| but a very little time for all of them
After that Sam brought out some mel
ons and cantaloupes, and the mer
| Toasted in the shade of a tree Will
he and Bill Googe gathered the re-
mainder Of the corn.
By IL o'clock the last Of the corr
had been gathered and unloaded. Mr.
Burns and the committee then meas
ured the pile Of seed corn and calcu'
lated the contents of the bin.
lone hundred and th~irty-nine bush
| els" announced Mr.. Burns. L" Now fol
the cost"
Every item Of expense and labo'
connected with the acre was pu
down. All this was added up and the
result was divided by 1879.
"One hundred and th%irty-nine bush
! els; cost per bushel, IL cents" an
nounced the agent again. We'll, Sam
you're sure going to win some of those
| prizes. Several of the boys are going
to peal you on the production, but the
cost is where you come in. Your acre
shows a big profit. Well, gentlemen
let's go down to the next place. You'll
hear from me later, SAM
One hundred and thirty-nine bush
els, and Pagan had made twenty-five
bushels to the acre just opposite. On
| always feels relieved when a long hare
task in finished. This was Sans feel
ing as he watched the men drive off
He had done his best and his work haC
been fairly measured. He felt more
free now to finish up the work on the
farm and turn his attention to schoo
and study.
The young farmer removed the
husks from his seed corn, then went
through it and made a second selection
of the finest ears. From these ears hi
removed the defective grains at the
ends and then shelled the rest into
stout sacks.
In selecting seed cotton he pursued
pretty much the same plan. After
picking the cotton from the fines
stalks and bolls he had it ginned anC
saved the seed. These seed he put il
a screen that let the small and lintles:
ones pass through.
This method gave Sam the fines
seed from the largest and most per
feet plants, both cotton and corn. HI
could have sold at high prices much
more than he had to spare of either
kind. One day, just after the seed hac
been selected and was stored away
Miles Pagan came over to buy.
II want to buy some O. that cottoI
and corr seed of yours" he said
How much can you spare me ant
whatll they be WORTH"
I'm selling them at 50 per bushe
for either kind" Sam told him, 'ant
| have only six bushels of corn ant
twenty of cotton seed to SELL"