Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-11
THE FARMERS TALK TO FARMERS
A COMPARISON OF METHODS
Written Specially For The Bulletin,

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 I happen to have two neighbofs who represent in their daily walk and con servation two widely divergent habits Of farm work
 One, whom I'll call Will for short. since that is not his name is a mighty careful, constantly watchful, always a-littie- ahead of time chap.
 Instead of putting of till toinor- row. what should be done today, hts tendency is to do. today, what is real ly day after tomorrow's job.
 He is almost always a little ahead of the game. Whether it be spring blowing or fall harvesting he is gen. erally on the job day or two in ad- vance of the average schedule.
 As an immediate illustration of this habit of his. take the case of his lo- tatoes. He doesn't raise a great acre age, but he prepares his ground thor oughly and cultivates consistently. He isn't, therefore, much troubled with weeds. l have known him. after the rows were shovel -plowed and further cultivation was hardly feasible, go through them and pull out by hand the few taller weeds which had come up between the hills.
 Consequently, his potatoes have first call on all the potato-fodder there is in the soil, and usually come right along; get ripe earlier than most When they do reach maturity, there is no delay on his part in digging them out. He doesn't wait d week or even a day.
 This year. for example, more thar half of his crop was dug in August; and the whole of it. including the late winter sorts. was dug and pinned be- fore the tenth of September
 l asked him, one day, # he wasn't rushing the season a little. His all swer was uminative-throwing a bright light son his methods of crop ping,
 ''P'raps I may be leetle too pre- vious," he said, but these potatoes are ripe. the ground is dry, and they dig easy and clean; I've got good cellar to keep them; nd I don't be- lieve the durnd grass grubs Il eat 'en so bad in the bin as they're beginnih to in the ground"
 And he picked up one which those worms had attacked, gnawing an un- slightly hole into one side. I don' want to raise potatoes to feed whit9 grubs with" he said.
 Yesterday he told me in response ts my inquiry that the pinned potatoe, were keeping finely, without any trace of sweating or suggestion ot rot.
 You see, the soil was so dry wher tliey were dug that they came out al | most immediately clean. His wife said, with a little laugh, that it al most seemed like a waste of clear water to wash them at all. I certainly never saw two nicer looking bins than those in his cellar Just about the time he had collaret his last load, the rains set in. It ha! Fained pretty nearly every day sine, then. The brooks are running over the swamps are full; the roads ar slimy; the grass lands are soft an, Swashy the blow lands reeking mud
 My other neiahbor, whom will cal Henry, again because that is not hi name, works on just the opposite prin ciple from Will. He never does any thing till he has to. He always put off everything he can.
 Tomorrow is about the only day ol his calendar He never seems to hay any use for today Lots O tim comin'" is one of his commonest re marks. He's always late with hi planting; late with his having; lat with his harvesting.
 He also raises potatoes. They wer not put in as early as WilPs, nor wer