The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-13

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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 adrag made Of q square
piece Of timber eight feet long. and
which was hitched by a single tree to
the horse. Joe stood or the timber
md drove the horse ut right angles to
the rows. 1t covered the potatoes per-
fectly and packed the dirt on them
anu at the same time smoothed the
surface of the field.
Link looked on and finally scratched
his head refectively rs he remarked:
dat looks ter me like er funny way
ter plant Eaters. l alters seen 'em
planted in hills"
Most folks do that for two reasons
lone 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"
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Ever notice an Irish potato plant
with a root and young potatoes on it?"
"Nossuh."
"Well / pulled one up and studied
it. The young potatoes are formed
above the roots which grow from the
bottom of the main stem. l put those
leaves in there above the part that will
be the root to give a loose place for
the young potatoes to develop. And it
will make the potatoes cleaner and
larger"
"Uh huh, l sorter Sees"
And if l had planted in high hills !
would have had to cultivate with hoes,
wouldn't 1? 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 a horse and %cultivator 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 o. for the young
potatoes to grow in, won't it?"
"Yeah-an'. hit won't be baked by
de sun an hard. Hit'n be loose at dc
very time when it's needed loose" ex-
claimed the darby.
That's what l thought. l never
heard Of anybody else planting pota-
toes this way, but it looks like reason
and common sense to me. Don't O
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 sensibul to me-" agreed Link.
Mister 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 whut1iI il.
er profit? l ain never got dat right
in mer min yit. l knows bout Bible
prophets, but what's dis kim yo' is
alters talkin' erbout?"
1.-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 we're later crop amt costin'
yo' nothin' 'cept de seed, 50 with o.
fertilizer an de time wuckin' hit"
That's it. Time 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. See?"
II does" said Link proudly. 81
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,
with dates and items of expense be
noted as 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
they tell on Hen Tucker. He was in
town one day, and a Teller was on the
street sellin' a new kind of incubator.
Hen stood right in front of the crowd,
mouth open, takin' it all in. The man
explained that the incubator would do
the work and the settin' hens could
be put back to work layin'.
"'Ain't it a wonder, friend? Don't
you think it's fine? Amt it a time
preached the agent. Tucker
thought it was up to him to say some
thing, SO he kind O. gasped, his mouth
workfn' like that of a perch out O. wa
ter.
cav, shucks,' seize, tryin' to show
crowd how smart he was. what's
the use O. that c~ontraption? What's
time to a settin' hen, anyhow Il
thought that crowd would bust their
sides laughin'. Everybody used to call
i'm Henry before that, but they got to
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