Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-04-05

right now there isn't anything in this
county that'll touch it. l want you to
take it with my compliments and give
it chance. Don't plant it near any
other corn and see for yourself what
it will do
They were profuse in their express
sions of pleasure at getting a start Of
the famous corn and asked many Ques-
! tons of Joe and his father as to how
he managed to get such a tremendous
| crop from small piece of land. AS
! they adjourned to the acre Wilson and
! Tomlinson pulled off their coats.
''You got all that special seed corn
out of there, amt you, Joe?" asked Mr..
Wilson. '
Eyes, sir. Why?"
"Well, we got to have some exer-
cise," said Tomlinson. Were so full
O. fried chicken an chicken pie that if
we don't move about We'll go to settin'
pretty SOON
| 'All right; glad to have the help.
Pitch in," said Mr. Weston genially.
| They did. and with WILL With six
persons pulling and husking, fine prog
ress was made After it was weighed
it was dumped in the wagon bed, and
when the wagon was full it was haul
ed to new ratproof crib asd stored
At O'clock the last ear had been
gathered, and the three men retired
to the house to add up the totals and
| rnflI1co tho wniOht RI huSha1S F@.*,ls
Joe went with them and presented
his record of expenditures; then re-
turned to the field, where he and Link
and Tom and Mr.. Weston began gath
ering up the shucks to be stored for
feed and bedding for the cattle in the
winter time. After awhile the squire
called from the front porch and beck
oned Joe to come there. Joe and his
father went up, accompanied by Tom
to hear the verdict,
"Well, joe" said the squire, we've
been over all this mighty careful. Each
man has added it and agreed on the
total. Each man has divided it into
! bushels, an our fggers tally. Then
we went over the expense an fggered
that out, foo, an applied it pro rata
per bushel''
eyes, sir" said Joe, lump il hia
throat. What does it make?"
! you've done a plumb rec markable
thing. You've made two hundred an
thirty three bushels o. corn on that
acre. announced the squire impress
sively. 81 wouldn't "a believed it un
| less / seen it an weighed it, but that's
what it is. The fggers are right, an
the weights are right
/ THAT'S just bullyr said Joe, with
would run that high
Beats anything | ever seeny' ex
claimed Tomlinson.
/ "But what about the cost?'' inquired
Joe anxiously.
"Well, sir, accordin' to the records
you've made this here corn at cost
of 1879 cents a bushel!'
i Joe threw his hat in the air and gave
a yell Of JOY, in which he was joined
/ by Tom. IL ..s..
i II would have been tickled to dealt
to have done it on from sixteen tx
twenty!" he exulted 'They can't beat
me to save their lives! I've got ZEN
beat!''
Clocks like it to mer' enthused Mr.
4 Weston. III. /. "A
Come on in here, now, Joe, All
make the ffydavies I writ out to thu
cost and the record Of work an all
4 SO there cant be no question about it.
brought my seal with me, an I'll swear
d you to it. Then this committee viii
4 certify to it and swear to the weight.
an fggers. Wen attach the rec corr
4 of weights to the certificate said th,
4 squire. Il. Il. ii
n 'Nothin' like dom things up ship
shape with an affydavy,'' solemnly ad
j vised Mr.. Tomlinson. II u
q No; we're all powerful proud d
4 what you've done, Joe, an we dom
Il want no slipup at the last minute,
n said Mr.. w ilson. '' We want our coun
4 ~ to take the prize over all of en-
again"
llvu y the prize Ct u,