American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-03

and weeds. Insects II Insecticides. -
They're just the books you needed
said Mr.. Burns. My, If you keep on
reading and studying this way it won't
take you any time to finish the course
10 the agricultural college when you go
down there
Friday morning early Bill Googe
came over with his wagon and team.
and he and Sam started in TO gather
the contest acre. The day before Sam
had gone over the patch and gathered
the ears selected for see and piled
them at the edge of the patch. Before
8 O'Clock they had one big load gath
cred and were just driving out to IN
load it in a bin that Sam had prepared
when Mr.. Burns and the Judging com
mittee arrived.
The men stood around, examined the
ears and watched them unload, then
went back to the patch and helped to
gather the mex load. which required
but a very little time for all Of them
After that sam brought out some mel
Ons and cantalOupes. and the men
Toasted in the shade OF a tree while
be and Bill GOoge gathered the re-
mainder of the corn.
BY II O'Clock the last OF the corn had
been gathered and unloaded. Mr..
Burns and the committee then meas
ured the pile Of seed corn and calcu-
lated the contents of the bin.
lone hundred and thirty nine bush
els announced Mr.. Burns. Now for
the cost
Every item of expense and labor con
nected with the acre was put down.
All this was added up and the result
divided by i39
"One hundred and thirty-nine bush
els; cost per bushel. II cents" an
nounced the agent again. We'll. Sam,
you're sure going to win some Of those
prizes. Several of the boys are going
to beat you on production. but the cost
is where you come IN Your acre shows
a big profit. Well. gentlemen. let's go
down 10 the next place. You'll hear
from me later, sam
One hundred aud thirty nine bushels.
and Pagan had made twenty-five bush
els to the acre just opposite. One al
ways feels relieved when a long. hard
task is finished. This was Sans feel
ing as be watched the men drive Of
He had dom his best and his work had
beer fairly measured. He felt more
free now to finish up the work on the
farm and turn his attention to school
and study.
The young farmer removed the husks
from his seed corn. then went through
ii and made a second selection of the
finest ears. From these ears he re
moved the defective grains at the ends
and then shelled the rest into stout
sacks.
In selecting iced cotton be pursued
pretty much the Same plan. After
picking the cotton from the finest
stalks and Dolls he had II ginned and
saved the seed. These seeds be put in
a screen that let the small and lintless
ones pass through.
This method gave Sam the finest seed
from the largest and most perfect
plants. both Of cotton and corn. He
could have sold at high prices much
more than he had to spare of either
kind. One day. just after the seed had
been selected and was stored away.
Miles Pagan came over to buy.
Il wan to buy some O. that cotton
and cOrn seed Of yours" he said
How much car you spare me and
whatll they be worth?"
I'm selling them at 81 per bushel
for either kind sam told him. 'and
/ have only six bushels Of corn and
twenty OF cotton seed 10 sell"
My. but that's a nigh price!' ex
claimed Pagan. still. I reckon they're
worth it and I'll take the-lot."
Cant let you have them all" said
the boy farmer. i've promised Bill
GOoge half of them. so YOU can have
three bushels OF corn ana ten Of cot
ton seed"
That amt as many as ! need, but
I'll lake en- said Mr.. Pagan.
Sans school chums gathered most OF
bis cotton crop. for which he paid them
at the rate of go cents per hundred
pounds. Ten and sometimes twelve OF
them would come out early Saturday
morning and pick until night. in which
time no less han a bale would BE-
gathered When the last stragglin-
locks Of the patch had been gathered
sam found that his crop had yielded
one bale to the acre. The five bales be
sold for $3.50 and stored away 1870
bushels OF seed for feed.
The four acre tract of corn yielded
seventy bushels to the acre. or a total
OF 2SO bushels. all OF which Sam put
in the barn with that from the one
acre. He didn't intend to sell any OF
this crop. as he could make more by
feeding it TO hogs.
The crops were now about all gath
cred. There remained the peas md
the pumpkins that had been sown
among the corn and the turnips. which
were not yet ready TO be gathered.
Sam hauled out many loads Of big