West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-05-11

well, by gum. Joe. half OF that's
yourn, amt itT'
Yes, sir; I've cleared 5000 rs my
part OF that acre. and we Will get a
good crop OF potatoes off e too"
"Why. my gracious, you've made
more money of that acre Of truck than
an acre OF cotton brings around here
yes, more'n three times as muchp'
The pea vines were pulled up. the re-
mains OF the radishes and the bean
vines were fed to the pigs, which were
thriving wonderfully I'm large dry
pen built by Mr. Weston.
The vegetable rows were then plowed
up and bedded into rows FIVE feet apart.
Joe had bought n bushel OF the rich
yellow yams-''pumpkin yams" they
were called-earlier I'm the season and
bedded them In n dry, warm place 10
sprout He took the sprouts OF as they
showed above the ground and got three
rows.
In few weeks they commenced 10
make vines and cover the spaces be-
tween the rows. One cloudy day when
It looked like rain Joe and Link began
TO cut the vines into two foot lengths;
then, placing the ends together. the
cuttings We're doubled into the ground
about six inches deep. and the remain
der of the acre was planted. A gentle
rain fell all that night, and I'm n few
days roots sprang from every leaf joint
beneath the soil. and the acre was
planted without further cost for seed.
About May 10 Joe went over his corn
with hoe and pulled from each hill
the two weakest stalks. 4 hard rain
packed the soil n few days later and
necessitated another working to break
the crust.
Then Joe ana Link had TO "chop out"
the cotton. The seed was planted
thickly TO insure n stand" and the
object OF the choppIng out vas to re
move the surplus plants, leaving one
about every two feet In the row.
As soon as this was done the oats
were ready TO cut, and the two boys
tackled the Job with hand sickles,
twisting n few OF the oat stalks about
each bundle and turning the ends un.
der so as to tie them. Five hundred
and fifty bundles OF oats at 4 cents q
bundle brought SOD more. Then Joe
turned the oat stubble under and bed.
ded the acre for Mexican June corn.
He put Link TO work hoeing the cot
ton and killing the luxuriantly growing
crab grass, which was making faster
progress than the crop. His prize acre
OF corn was getting grassy also, and
the corn was about waist high. 1t was
time for more fertilizer. He scattered
a generous handful about each hill,
then with light plow run twice down
the middle OF each row threw the loose
dirt toward the stalks and covered the
fertilizer. A good rain fell next day,
and one could almost see that corn
grow.
Two days later, when the ground
was dry enough. Joe ran a furrow
through the beds" he had thrown up
where the oats were and planted the
Mexican June corn, fertilizing with a
hundred pounds Of the commercial
stmulant placed i'm the rows. As soon
as this was done the potatoes needed a
plOwing and got IT, then an applica-
ton OF fertilizer 10 the cotton and n
plOwing such as he had given the corn
The days were busy ones for Joe and
his father. Both were out OF bed by
daylight, TO meet only at mealtimes
and at night. Somehow Mr.. Weston
seemed 10 have taken a new lease on
life and a better grip on everything
He had pIowed the garden and fixed
the fences, and for the FIRST time since
Joe could remember the family had an
abundance Of all sorts OF vegetables.
Now that the rough work OF planting
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claimed that and the chickens and two
pigs and the COW as her special prov
ince, assisted by Annie The out Of