News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-06-07

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two days ON that work, but the
other day was charged to the cotton,
which was not contest crop; work
scraping fertilizer from the lot, 40
cents. His father did not charge him
for the fertilizer, offsetting the graz
ing Of the horses on the rye and some
work Joe did against it. The break
ing Of the acre cost 50; seed rye, So;
turning it under, 81; hundred pounds
Of commercial fertilizer, $1.50; seed
corn, 81; total, $3.50.
AS the rest Of the four acres was not
In competition Joe hired Abe Lincoln
whenever he needed him, which was
| constantly now. Abe had got inter-
ested.
"You know, Mister Joe," said Abe
Lincoln one day, "whut's de matter
wild us niggers is, we dom know moth
In, en- eff we does know we's too lazy
to do muffin wild HIT
"Lots Of white folks in the same fix
answered Joe.
"Yasser. knows dat, but l been fig
germ on all dis yer doins, an made
de chilen at home help me tote leaves
an trash, an fertilizer from de stable
an COW lot, en- 1 got me err acre too.
/ specs ter have SOmethin some er
desc days merse'f."
"That's exactly what am going to
do, Link, and if 1 can help you in any
way
ooh, you helps me by hirin' me. /
goes home an does whit you does"
| "What are you going to plant on
your acre, Link?'
"Well, sub, rs plumb fool erbaut
sweet taters, desc yer sweet honey
like yaller ones dat jes melts in yO'
mouf Wen dey's cooked wild er nice
fat possum an plenty er dat rich
gravy ter sop 'em in. Man, rs gwine
ter try ter eat up dat whole acre err
taters merse'fv'
you'll have quite job You ought
to follow the potatoes with turnips
this fall.'
"Yasser, l is-en err good patch er
collards too. Den next year dat groun'
gwine ter make bale err cotton sho'!'
or so after the corn. Then began the
rush to get the snap beans to market
Thirty bushels at $1.40. with an ex-
pense of So for picking, Grating, haul
ing and commissions, left a profit of
$50. This added to the amount received
brought the total on the sweet potato
acre up to $161, and the commission
abon 70 Il
string to handle the next years crop,
saying that he had never had a nicer,
fresher or more desirable lot of vege-
tables.
Joe exhibited the bank book to his
father with a good deal of pride.
well, by gum, Joe, half of that's
yourn, amt it?'
Yes, sir; I've cleared 5000 as my
part of that acre, and we will get a
good crop of potatoes off it too"
"Why, my gracious, you've made
more money off that acre of truck than
an acre of cotton brings around here
yes, more'n three times as muchr'
The pea vines were pulled up, the re-
mains Of the radishes and the bean
NihcS htIt ltu W Inc piSS, WHICH, were
thriving wonderfully in a large dry
pen built by Mr.. Weston.
The vegetable rows were then plowed
up and bedded into rows five feet apart
Joe had bought a bushel of the rich
yellow yalns-'pumpkin vans" they
were called-earlier in the season and
bedded them in a dry, warm place to
sprout. He took the sprouts off as they
showed above the ground and got three |
rows.
In few weeks they commenced to
make vines and cover the spaces be-
tween the rows. One cloudy day when
1t looked like rain Joe and Link began
to cut the vines into two foot lengths;
then, placing the ends together, the
cuttings were doubled into the ground
about six inches deep, and the remain
der Of the acre was planted. A gentle