News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-12

bull tongue pillow, and Link and Joe
commenced dropping the potatoes in
after first scattering Il liberal quantity
of vegetable grower commercial fer
tilizer in the bottom Of the rows. Then
the sacks of leaves were taken and
the seed potato pieces covered three or
four inches deep. One Of the horses
was hitched to drag made of a square
piece Of timber eight feet long, and
which was hitched by a single tree to
the horse. Joe stood on the timber
and drove the horse at right angles to
the rows. 1t covered the potatoes per-
fectly and packed the dirt on them
ana at the same time smOOthed the
surface Of the field.
Link looked on and finally scratched
his head retlectively as he remarked:
Dat looks ter me like er funny way
ter plant 'taters. | alters seen 'em
planted in hills"
Most folks do that for two reasons
one to keep the water from standing
on the seed and rotting Them and the
other is to have plenty of loose dirt to
keep the seed moist and for the young
potatoes to develop in"
"Well, whuts de reason O disY'
Ever notice an Irish potato plant
with a root and young potatoes on it,"
"Nossuh.'
"WeIl, l pulled one up and studied
il. The young potatoes are formed
above the roots which grow from the
bottom Of the main stem. | put those
leaves in there above the part that will
be the root to give loose place for
the young potatoes to develop. And it
will make the potatoes cleaner and
larger"
"Uh huh, | SOrtcr sees"
And if | had planted in high hills |
would have had to cultivate with hoes,
wouldn't |? There's no plow that
would do any good, Is there, on hills
most a foot high?"
Link shook his head.
$50, this way, for the first two work
ingS I'll use horse and cutivatOr and
get it done in short order. The last
working when the potatoes are form
ing, I'll run a plow through and throw
the dirt on either side right against the
potato plants. That will make a hill
and give plenty Of room for the young
potatoes to grow in, won't it,"
"Yeah--an' hit won't be baked by
de sun an hard. IIit'll be loose at de
very time when it's needed loose eX-
claimed the darby.
THAT'S what l thought, I never
heard Of anybody else planting pota-
toes this way, but it looks like reason
and common sense to me. Don't you
think so? There's no reason to put
hills here at first because the land is
well drained and deep plowed. Water
won't stand on it,
Seems scnsibul to me-" agreed Link
"MiStcr Joe, what made yo' think o
dat way to plant pertaters?
WANTED to do the work at less cost
and make a profit
Mister Joe. just persizely whit is
err proft| | ain never got dat right
in mer min yit. l knows bout Bible |
but what's dis kin yo' is
alters taIkin' erbout?"
The less it costs you to make a crop |
of corn or potatoes the more you make |
when you sell because you don't have |
to deduct from the price you get the
increased cost of making the crop. It's !
the difference between what it costs |
you to make a crop and what your stuff |
brings"
But dis yere later crop amt coStin' |
yo' nothin' 'cept de seed, s. with o.
fertilizer an de time wu,kin' hit"
THAT'S it, limo can be turned into |
money The less time it takes to make .
these potatoes the more time | will |
have to put on something else to make
money on SeeE'
Il does said Link proudly Il
wants ter learn desc things. kaSe Use
gwine be er farmer like yo' is gwine
ter be, sho as yo' bawn."
That night Joe got down the nicely
bound blank book he had purchased
for a quarter in town and prepared to
open his account of operations for the
year. The rules Of the Corn club con
test required that every move he made,
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2Otcd rs made.
Before going to work on his book
he told about how Link had finally
got the idea that time was money.
Mr.. Weston laughed.
THAT reminds me of another story
hey tell on Hen Tucker. He was in
own one day, and Il Teller was on the
street Sc.liu' Il now kind Of incubator.
Hen stood right in front of the crowd,
mouth open. tallin' it all in. The man
explained that the incubator would do
he work and the settin' hens could
Je put back to work layin'.
"'Aint it a wonder, friend? Don't
-ou think it's fine? Amt it a time
.aver| preached the agent. Tucker
hought it was up to him to say some
hing, so he kind o casped, his mouth
vorllin' like that of a perch out o wa
er.
cav. shucks.' seize. tryin' to show
he crowd how smart he was. what's
he use o. that coutraption? What's
fme to settin' hen, anyhow
bought that crowd would bust their