The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-06

0usv showed me mora fun th0nNs1s
ever had before. Can't | make sonoo
rsturnfs
s4eiJot thing. Mi. Ralston, unless
youHl sslf ND that fertilizer down iii
~ COW In ana stable yard. There,s
shout nifty wagon loads 81. It. / guess.
ami need barnyard stun mightily..a1
What's ~ worth, joel"
'sEcraped up and ready to load. ]
guess It's worth 80 cents q two horse
wagon load. It could be better be-
cause It's been exposed to the raln
and lost lots Of strength, but it il bot
ter than nothing"
How are you going to use it!' asked
Tom.
"On those four acres / have been ~
ing for prize corn and truck. IN
spread It on the oats. then turn It -
der"
Fifty loads isn't much for four
acres. joe" suggested the major, 40
had come out on the porch and heard
the talk.
Its twelve and 4 half loads to IL
acre. That's a heap better than none.
I've got about twenty-five loads 1t
ON Of q compost Of rotten leaves
and stable s~crapings, full strength and
saved under shelter. III use that too.
'Tell you what" said Mr.. Ralston;;
that stable and COW lot Of mine need
2 good cleaning, anyway. / don't cal
culate to do-any farming much this
year-there isn't enough there to a.
any material good on my place here.
I'll just have the lot boys scrape that
stun In piles, and you can have It II
you will haul it OF"
"Oh, say, now-that's mighty fne Of
you, MI. Ralston!" exclaimed Joe CRATE
fully. 1T will be a big help to me,
because I'm needing stun like that. Tn
trying to cut the cost, and you've saved
me just about SIS In expense
by George, I'll do better than that
then. I'll make the lot boy haul It over
there for you. l want to see you win
the prize this year,
Joe Weston looked doubtful. It was
a great temptation, for he had 70
charge in all his time expended on the
acre at 8 cents an hour and the use Of
a two horse team and wagon at e 1
day, those being the rules Of the con
test. Then his way suddenly appeared
clear.
much obliged, Mr.. Ralston, but !
don't believe it would be just exactly
right. l mean it would be actually
helping me-that wouldn't appear on
the record. 1t would give me q little
advantage v e the others competing.
and l think l ought not to take tt"
Il guess you are right, Joe. Fight
it out OF the square, and in case Of
doubt let the other fellow take the ds-
bious chance. That will win, any
way" said Mr.. Ralston. The major.
nodded approval.
I'm do that very thing, sir" re-
sponded Joe quietly.
Seems to me 1t would be entirely
proper for you to take the stun from
me as a gift if l want to get it OF my
premises to get my lots clean. Wat
do you think. najorY'
mo objection in the world TO that.
1t is just a case of where Joe - more
fortunate than others in obtaining 1t,
but he ought to haul it himself.
think"
That's the way l look at 1t" said
Joe.
':All right, I'll start those two darkiea
today to scraping it up in piles, and
you can commence hauling when yoa{
are ready" said Mr. Ralston.
"Ill begin tomorrow soon after day
light"
.Oh, here now! That's o early
objected Tom, who was to make his
first actual trial of farm work when
Joe started.
"No, sirree-nOt when you are pay
ing So q day for a team and fighting
every cent of expense. Day begins At
daylight and ends at dark. IN get
fifteen loads a day hauled-maybe
MORE
want me to help Tom vas hops
full that Joe would refuse.
IF you are gping into this thing
sure enough TO learn you better set 4
shovel and be on hand when ! come
over for the frst load" answered Joe.
''Tom win be there" interrupted his
father dryly. "Ht's started this thing
about wanting to learn farming: now
he's got to keep 1t up.'
"Oh, I'm no GUTTER asserted Tom,
getting red. Had no idea Of dodging.
I'll be there, and III work t0oI''
"All right. See you later" Joe w.
ton mounted the rpny brought "a tnes
front door for him and, wayanGA1ARe
well, loped down the oad toward sr
home.
"Howdy, strangely Light ~ rsat
your saddle" calledlAhis father. DE-
sence.
believe / will, Eere, ma; here's !
half j dozen squirree and = nice ut
little wild turkey heP all dressed for
you Joe handed liver the bundle.
Those squirrels viii make 9 bully PIE.
and / guess you know what 7 do with
that Wild turkey The game had
been carefully cleaned and kept q
! Ice ia the bio refrigerator at the Raj