West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-04-27

fat cricket or "A grasshopper either"
| said Joe
AS the three strolled back to the
| house Mrs Weston looked over I'm the
Geld behind the barn. There was Mr..
| Weston with the two horse turning
pillow breaking about five acres of land
as deeply rs he could sink the pillow.
We'll, never!' she exclaimed. This
is the first time / ever beard OF your
father breaking any land before March.
Joe, l wonder what put him in that
notlon|
He seen Buddy doing it," announc-
ed Annie, with an air Of conviction.
His mother and sister continued to-
ward the house. and Joe went TO
where his father was steadily blowing.
What you going to plant. daddyT'
he asked. Mr. Weston grinned a bit
| sheepishly.
Il amt never thought about plantin
oats TIL I seen you do It, and 1 Just
| fggered 1 could foller the oats with
late corn, an maybe some peavine hay
for these critters, and make a double
crop on the land. It's pretty late 10
be plantin' oats, though. amt &c? You
don't s'pose It's too late, do youT
II was the FIRST time his father had
ever recognized him as knowing any
thing at all about farming and to be
asked as an authority compensated for
a whole lot Of things.
mo, sir; they'll make all right II
/ were you ia cross break this land.
and I'll harrow Il for you tomorrow"
Exactly what I was goin' to do"
said his father.
And, daddy. n you want TO, you can
turn those horses lu on my rye nights
when Sulllvnu's horses are off. I think
some green STUFF would help them a
whole lott
"Now, that's mighty clever. son
an you needn't pay for the use NJ the
wagon To haul that fertilizer iu. nor
for the use OF the harrow and horse"
THANK you. sir I'm going up now
and sec how much seed oats I have
left thius there is bushcI and a
I half You may have cm It win save
You just that much
Ills fathers eyes followed him up
the HIN toward tho house. Joe felt
nearer 90 his father than ne could
ever recall bcforc. more 0u ON equality
as comradc with bim
"Giddlp. Blldyr called Tom Weston
10 the lazy one OF DIS team "BaIdy. I
thought that boy was actin the fool
| about these leaves am stun an this
here deep piowiu' 70 ain't him. BaIdv.
IT'S me. Giddap. 49, granny. 7 got 20
be maxim up for lot or time I've lost
by bein' pigheaded"
That night Joe got down his account
book. One page be- had headed ok
Dense." and tbcrc hc carefully entered
every cent paid out for posts wire. la.
Dor. seed. ON the opposite side he
wrote the heading Income" for The
first results Of hls farming operations
that had come iu the shape " two
scrawny Htue pics
Received FROM j Sullivan two sygt
ted pigs six weeks old. value. 81 each,
total So" he entered. ON another paga
he headed "J Weston 90 acct With
Weston a. fomcrviie" ue bad taken
the pigs in FOR the Grm. but presented
both 10 bis mother and sister.
"IO one Of the Sullivan pigs" ne
wrote under his individual account.
then paused. lie started 90 charge the
pig at the two dollar value, but at once
put The thought from him
zone ~ those pigs is mine. the other
~ Mr sOmeryi.lc'g If 4 take his pig
and make present Of 80 should settle
with Mr. Eomorynle at what The ple
would De worth when De- and j settle
ITO De ConunuedJ