The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-10-07
City Man Who has Re2ained Health and
Fortune on a Farm

In the current issue of farm and Fire
side appears page devoted to accounts
! of interesting farmers who have made
j successes. Following is an extract from
an account of city man who has re-
gained his health and fortune on farm:
"Our success is little tiny minnow
of a success; but it is-well, let me tell
you about it.
81 was in the rut of i'll health and
debts caused by i'll health. l lived in
town with my wife and four children.
. We lived very humbly, IS my wages
were only $48 a month. We could just
make living, but nothing more. Final
! ly had to quit this poor job on account of
! bad health. | was told that had to lie
up and take treatments. Of course
! couldn't lie idle all the time, but did
| odd jobs for two years, and we succeed
i ed in existing. We existed largely be-
cause had better credit than was en-
! titled to so far as ability to earn is con-
! cerned; and we became involved In debt
f; to the extent of about $100-not much to
most Of you, but whole lot to a sick
man with family and no job.
! "We could see no way to make llv-
i ng any more, to say nothing of paying
! our debts; SO my wife persuaded rue to
move on little farm of 80 acres. We
! rented it on the halves, both as to crops
| and stock.
"Well, we made good living from
| the first. 1t was rather surprising to all
of us, unless it was my wife. 1t was a
little hard the first year, but nothing like
, what it had been in town. My health
improved, and that was worth every
thing to all of US. l can do a big day g
work now, every day in tt week. :"
Wonderful Farm Records Made by Girls.
In the October American Magazine
Stanley johnson goes on with his series
of articles entitled youth Leads the
Way in which he is showing how boys
and girls, under the direction of the De-
partment of Agriculture, are achieving
, wonders on American farms. Last
month Mr.. johnson described the
achievements of boys and this month his
article is devoted to girls. In the follow
! ing extract taken from his article ap-
pears the facts aboat some remark able
records made by girls:
''Since the beginning of this work,
some one girl has always surpassed a
record made the year before. The title
! of Champion Girl Tomato Grower of the
! world IS not as stable as that OF the
! boy who achieves national honors in
corn; there are only two boys who have
held the championship ribbon-Jerry
Moore and Walker Lee Dunson; but near
ly each year sees new tomato queen.
The first Champion Girl Tomato Grower
of the World was Miss Katie Gunter of
Samaria, South Carolina, with record
of 512 cans of tomatoes, and a profit of
over $50 from one-tenth of an acre of
land. Miss Fay Parker of Arkansas was
the national champion in 1912. Her profit
was $161-in terms of an acre, 81, 61O.
The champion of 1918 was Miss Clyde
Sullivan of Ousley, Georgia, with yield
of 5, 1854 pounds of tomatoes, making 2,
456 pounds of canned goods, and profit
of $132.39. Last year the title came to
Miss Hester Sartain of Walker County.
Alabama, who raised 7,O37 pounds OF
tomatoes from one-tenth of an acre OF
ground, preserved 1920 pounds in cans
and glass jars, and reaped a profit of
$146.2U! Now Alabama boasts of two
world champions Hester Sartain and
Walker Lee Dunson. But the competi-
tion was very close this last year. Miss
Winifred Golf of Richie County, West
Virginia, raised 1852. pounds of toma-
toes; her profit though was but SOL. Is.
Miss Lottie Luckett of Muhlenburg