West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-04-20

CHAPTER III.
Joe confers With His Partner.
'ITTlELLo. partner! What are you
iii doing here?" inquired Mr..
SOmerville as Joe, after hav,
q ing seen the bank teller hon.
or his check promptly by paying So to
the plowman. walked into the store.
I've come I'm 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
JoeT was the dubious query.
mo, sir, but we are going to make
rye raise cotton and corn for us"
"HOw?"
"Well, this is October. Let the rye
grow until January; then turn it un-
der. and 1t Will rot by planting time
and tighten that old barren soil heap.
besides furnishing a good deal OF val
liable plant food
We'll. now, where'd you get that
idea" asked Mr.. SOmerville I'm admira.
ton.
Saw IT I'm 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 | reckon we
can afford to do It, What else have
you doneT'
Joe told him about the leaves and
the barnyard scrapings and the eight
loads Of fertilizer he bought His part
ner clapped him on the shoulder.
That's the stuff Wen 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
rxpensesT"
Yes. sir. I'm not going TO pay out
cent except by check, so we can
have a receipt for every payment"
That Is sound business
And I wish. II 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-
cites ] think we can get a corn that
will bring two and three ears TO the
stalk instead OF only one. like the sorts
we have around here"
Ns4I -
vile. I've heard daddy say that he
always got more for his first bale than
any other"
THAT IS usually true 81 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 az once. Of
course, the price goes down" Joe pom.
dered n moment
"Then it seems to me- he said, "ii
we can get a sort OF cotton that VIII
be ready TO pick before the rest We
viii make more or 90. won't WEI"
Exactly If we get naturally
quick maturing variety and give &c ev.
cry opportunity and hasten 81 along
with stimulatinz chemical fertilizers
we ought t1 boat the main crop by
three weeks and got at least SO bale
FOR &C."
Wen. you see about writing for the
seed, and let's ger cine earliest variety
we can that gives % biz crop If we
just get an early cotton that don't
make much OF crop we haven't gain
"a anything 0u tHe standard cotton
that makes heavy crop but Is late
have wet'
You're n pretty close Ggurer Joe
Tl attend 90 The seed"
Look here SIR s1merviIe. let's put
one OF those acres ln oats instead OF
sowing Sc iu rye aud not plow The
Oats under"
'Not much money in en- mere Of
OATS
'Not By itself but I can get The oats
on by the middle or May or lst OF
June and then plant 80 ln Mexican
June corn. WITH c0upcos sowcd broad
cast iu the rows"
"Weu, that sounds better two crops
p year On that land"
Better than that 100 pull tee f0d.
der from the corustaIks The last ~
July or 1gt Of August we ought ~
get 30 bundles OF fodder. worth 2ih
cents "a bundle"
THAT'S three CROP 0ucw
'Then that corn viii De- matured by
the middle o. September Get &C. on at
once"
Yes Then whatT
"Cut au those pea vines and dry
them. They make the best sort Of hay.
and yOu know what ~ sells for"
'T can get g1250 q bar ton for It any
time"
I'VE ought b. get a ton on that acre
That VIII be- n sort Of extra crop"
~ should think that would BE- about
enough ~ make one sore produce in
yeor. Joe oats, corn. fodder, hayT'