American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-08

sweep t0eSe leaves IN piles. Make one
about every thirty feet IN be bach
shortly"
Leaving Link at work. Joe hustled
past his father and soon returned from
he barn with -four large oat sacks.
Link had several good sized piles OF
leaves ready. Joe held two sacks and
made Link cram them full OF the dry
leaves. and. %instructing him TO nIl the
other two. Joe swung the full sacks
upon bis shoulders. marched across the
road and emptied them on his four
acres; then back and securing the two
Link had flied. be emptied them, the
others meanwhile in turn having been
loaded
Mr.. Weston grinned derisively. Joe
was really too busy to notice him. On
I'll noon the boys worked like beavers.
and by hat time a third OF an acre
had been covered with leaves over
shoetop deep. Bright and early next
morning they resumed work after hav-
ing put in a steady afternoon. and by
the time dinner was ready one acre
had beer covered. Another day Gov
cred another acre and cleaned up
about all the leaves in the grove.
That night Mr.. Weston undertook TO
have some fun at Joe's expense.
Coin TO tote leaves from that next
grover he inquired. The next grove
was nearly a mile away.
NO. too far-won't pay" This COM
mon sense view stumped him for
awhile.
Daddy, III give you 10 cents a load
for what fertilizer there is in the barn
yard"
Amt none there-not over a load or
so. You can have it for that price II
you get il up" Mr.. Weston had never
thought Of 1t as having any value at
all and never collected il or used it on
crops.
Next morning Joe and Link. each
with a hoe. began scraping the COW lot
and barn door. going down after the
thick layer Of well rotted humus form
ing material that had accumulated for
several years and which Mr.. Weston
had placed no value on whatever.
Eleven two horse ago loads we're Sc
cured. Joe borrowed his fathers wag-
on and scattered the entire lot on the
acre he proposed TO plant corr upon.
That's my corn acre. Link" be ex-
planned. I'm going to try TO grow
some corn here like il ought TO be.
What's the most corn you and Uncle
Jef ever made to the acre: z"
Il dunno 'zac'ly. but hit wuz in de
neighborhood Of fifteen bushels"
Joe bought eight more loads Of barn
yard fertilizer from a ueighbor at 20
cents a load. delivered. and put that on
his cotton acre.
Then he made ali arrangement with
another neighbor who had a plow suit
able for deep breaking and stipulated
that four mules were to be attached
to it.
"What'n the name Of peace you want
that fer? Yer goin' ter tear the bottom
plumb outer this field. Coin ter pillow
plumb down ter ChinyT inquired the
farmer.
Yes. I'm going to tear the bottom
out. | want that land broke fourteen
inches deep. cross broke and then har-
rowed."
"All right; you're the doctor on that.
I'll charge you S."
That's a trade; hitch up. | want to
get it broken as soon as possible"
The plowman was greatly astonished
at the amount Of leaves on the two
acres and the amount of fertilizer
spread. Then he sank. the heavy pillow
TO the shank On the ute edge of the
measured lot; the four mules strain
ed. and a great heavy ribbon of dirt
rolled owe from the pillow as it moved
forward. Eight inches below the sur
face the ground was sterile and poor.
Below that depth it was fairly good.
This was the dirt the light one horse
plows could never reach.
The great turning plow reversed
things. The poor dirt was thrown to
the bottom. and the comparatively
good soil was by the operation brought
to the top. The leaves and fertilizer
were covered and well mixed in.
Then a crosswise blowing at the
same depth. to break up the packed
soil and immense hard flakes. and a
narrowing to further pulverize it. and
Joe wrote his first check. The man
looked at Ihe signature Weston & Som.
erVille as though he thought Joe had
gone entirely crazy
What's all this here fOolishness?' he
asked. holding the check gingerly.
You present that at the bank. and
If they don't pay It Mr.. Somerville will.
He's my partner" announced Joe
proudly.
We'll. I'm goin' 10 town now an see
about it. an II it amt paid there's 60
in to he trouble" said the man trucu-
lently
oh. don't get excited about it. Wait
until it isn't paid before you start any
thing"
I'm gOin' rfghr npur " raraotad .bo