Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-01-12
CHAPTER III.

SOPyT19uss 1870 ~
CHAPTER III.
Joe Confers With His Partner.
81 NJ lELLO, partner! What are you
iii doing here?" inquired Mr.
Hi Somerville as Joe, after hav
~ ing seen the bank teller hon
OF his check promptly by paying So tc
the plowman, walked into the store.
1--WE come in to get eight bushels OF
rye"
what for?' .....
I'm going to SOW it broadcast thick
over the four acres. I've already had
1t broken, cross broken and narrowed
fourteen inches deep, and I'm ready to
plant"
But we are not going to raise rye
Joe? was the dubious query.
mo, sir, but we are going to make
rye raise cotton and corn for U.S."
"How?"
well, this is October. Let the rye
grow until January; then turn it un-
der, and it will rot by planting time
and tighten that old barren soil heap,
besides furnishing good deal of val
liable plant food"
Well now, where'd you get that
ldea?" asked Mr.. Somerville in admira-
ton.
"SaW it in one of those bulletins the
state commissioner gave me the other
day"
''Well, it's worth trying. If the state
says it's the thing to do I reckon we
can AFFORD to do it. What else have
you done?'
Joe told him about the leaves and
the barnyard scrapings and the eight
boads Of fertilizer he bought. His part
ner clapped him on the shoulder.
That's the stuff. Well show these
folks around here something about
farming yet"
"Now, please, sir, get that wire fenc.
Ing out tomorrow. don't want the
neighbors' pigs to eat up our rye"
you can count on the wire and man
to put it up. Are you keeping count of
expenses?"
Yes, sir. I'm not going to pay out
; cent except by check, so we can
have receipt for every payment"
THAT is sound business
And I wish, If you please, sir, you'd
write around and find out the best va
rieties of seed corn to plant and the
best sort of cotton
Yes, we must get the very best vari-
otioS 7 think hot
will bring two and three ears to the
stalk instead of only one, like the sorts
we have around here"
And about the cotton, Mr.. Somer-
vile. I've heard daddy say that he
always got more for his first bale than
any other"
THAT is usually true if the first bale
Is early before the main crop is dump
ed on the market. With two or three
million bales of cotton all over the
south being offered for sale at once, of
course, the price goes down." Joe pom
dered moment. ....
'"Then it seems to me-" he said, IF
we can get sort of cotton that will
be ready to pick before the rest we
will make more off it, won't weY
Exactly. If we get naturally
quick maturing variety and give it ev
cry opportunity and hasten it along
with stimulating chemical fertilizers
we ought to beat the main crop by
three weeks and get at least SIS bale
for it.
We'll, you see about writing for the
seed, and let's get the earliest variety
we can that gives a big crop. If we
just get an early cotton that don't
make much of crop we haven't gain
ed anything on the standard cotton
that makes heavy crop but is late,
have we?'
You're pretty close fgurer, joe
I'll attend to the seed.''
Look here, Mr.. Somerville, let's put
one Of those acres in oats instead Of
sowing it in rye, and not plow the
oats under"
Not much money in an acre Of
OATS
"Not by itself, but 1 can get the oats
off by the middle of May or LIST of
June and then plant it in Mexican
June corn, with cowpeas sowed broad
cast in the rows"
"Well, that sounds better-two crops
a year off that land
Better than that. I'll pull the fod-
der from the cornstalks the last of
July or LIST of August. We ought to
get $50 bundles of fodder, worth 211a
cents bundle
That's three crops finer
Then that corn will be matured by
the middle of September. Get it off at
once"
yes. Then whatY
"Cut all those pea vines and dry
them. They make the best sort Of hay.
and you know what 1t sells fol"
Il can get $3.50 a half ton for it any
time"
/ I'VE ought to get ton OF that acre.
That will be sort Of extra crop"
II should think that would be about
enough to make one acre produce in