News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-05

Laid aside. done with-wOrked and
tended enOugh-nOthing to do except
wait for Nature to mature EN-" an
Bwered joe THAT is in late summer
From then until fall there is not much
to do except haying or pulling fodder"
"Looll here, Joe. Anything | can do
to help your" inquired Mr.. Ralston.
you've showed me more fun than
ever had before. Can't l make some
RETURN"
mot a thing, Mr.. Ralston, unless
you'll sell me that fertilizer down in
| the COW lot and stable yard. There's
about fifty wagon loads Of it, l guess,
and l need barnyard stuff nightly"
whats it worth, Joe"
"Scraped up and ready to load,
guess it's worth 80 cents a two horse
wagon. load 1t could be better be-
cause it's been exposed to the rain
and lost lots of strength, but it is bet
ter than nothing"
Glow are you going to use it," asked
| Tom.
"On those four acres have been u.s.
| ing for prize corn and truck. I'll
| spread it on the oats, then turn it un-
| der"
Fifty loads isn't much for four
acres, joe" suggested the major, who
had come out ON the porch and heard
the talk.
"It's twelve and half loads to the
acre. That's a heap better than none.
I've got about twenty-five loads at
home of a compost of rotten leaves
and stable scrapings, full strength and
saved under shelter I'll use that too"
Tell you what" said Mr.. Ralston;
that stable and COW lot of mine need
a good cleaning, anyway l don't cal
culate to do any farming much this
year-there isn't enough there to 90
any material good on my place here.
I'll just have the lot boys scrape that
stuff in piles and you can have it if
you will haul it off,
ooh, say, nOW-thats mighty fine of
you, Mr.. Ralston!" exclaimed Joe CRATE
fully. at will be a big help to me,
because I'm needing stuff like that. I'm
trying to cut the cost, and you've saved
"By George, I'll do better than that,
then. I'll make the lot boy haul it over
there for you. | want to see you win
the prize this year."
Joe Weston looked doubtful. 1t was
Il great temptation, for he had to
charge in all his time expended on the
acre at cents an hour and the use Of
a two horse team and wagon at 50 a
day, those being the rules Of the con-
test. Then his way suddenly appeared
clear.
Much obliged, Mr.. Ralston, but l
don't believe it would be just exactly
right. | mean it would be actually
helping me-that wouldn't appear on
the record. 1t would give me Il little
advantage over the others competing,
and | think ought not to take it"
Il guess you are right, Joe. Fight
it out on the square, and in case of
doubt let the other fellow take the du-
bious chance. That will win, any
way" said Mr.. Ralston. The major
nodded approval.
III do that very thing, sir" re-
sponded Joe quietly.
seems to me it would be entirely
proper for you to take the stuff from
me as a gift if / want to get it off my
premises to get my lots clean. What
do you think, MAJOR"
NO objection in the world to that.
1t is just case of where Joe is more
fortunate than others in obtaining it,
but he ought to haul it himself,
think"
That's the way l look at it," said
Joe.
"All right I'll start those two darkies
today to scraping it up in piles, and
you can commence hauling when you
are ready" said Mr.. Ralston.
Go be Continued.)