The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-06-20

fall by hand on corn ground, plowed In
with the bull-tongue pillow, and smoih-
cred over with brush They were
harvested in June with the oid.fash-
Toned cradle, from which the Grader
gripped II and threw II down in
punches. The binder followed after
and tied II In small bundles with a |
single band, One day ! was crossing |
the field of Nat Smith, In which he
and another man were grading wheat. |
and a binder was following each n
said, Nat, let me try the binding"
alright" said he. SO | pitched In.
Where the other man had hard work
to keep up ! was pushing Nat II was
easy work for me. "Cradle up, Nat.
cradle up said !. And he did HIS
level hest for time, with me right at
his heels, while all the rest stood and
watched the fun. Then Nat stopped
and leaning on his cradle said, ANY
one would know that you were from
Illinois when they see you binding. II
saw that done in southern Illinois
when refugeed there during the
war" II could easily bind for two
Graders If they would throw their
grips together" | said The next day
! met one OF the boys who saw what
had done. and he said. How did you
do it, said, Simply double band.
That's ALL A frst-class Grader could
cut three acres day, for which he
received sioO Wheat yielded to 10
bushels per acre and was worth s1,00
per bushel
The three staple crops of the South
are corn. cotton and tobacco.
In the harvesting Of corn everything
is saved. In August the tops Of the
stalks are cut OF just above the ears,
aud the leaves pulled off below. cared
in small bundles and made into tall,
conical stock around poles to preserve
for winter use in place of hay The
corn is jerked In October hauled into
sheds, where in mid.winter is held =
/ joyial husking-bee. then stored in
cribs. Corn yielded 25 to 40 bushels
per acre on the best land. and was
worth from soc to s1.0O per bushel
In the culture of cotton they use
4 plows with wings The squares"
begin to appear the last of June II
begins blossoming In July There are
two colors of blossoms on the same
stalk yellow and pink. The boles i'm.
mediately form and begin to open in
September II is generally picked four
titaes. During the second picking Is
the time to see cotton field in all its
glory II appears like vast field OF
snow sprinkled with green. The first
and second picking is whita cotton
The third and fourth. occurring after
frost, furnish yellow Gotten. II is
picked by hand. No machine has ever
been invented that has proved sue
cess at this. A good hand can pick
100 pounds day, II is ginned and
carried to market in bales weighing
about 500 lbs. The usual price then
was Sc to l0c per III. and the yield
was from one-half to two bales per
acre. Georgia planters say it takes
10 months in the year 10 make cotton.
will not describe the production Of
tobacco, although have seen ii in all
stages but will say that it is very diff.
ficult and laborieus and ! was in
formed that Is months in the year
would hardly be sufficient to take care
of tobacco crop
Sweet potatoes and vans were east
lily raised aud furnished good eating.
Peanuts were cultivated and are now
becoming a great crop in the South.
There are two sorts, the large bunch
and small spreading variety In North
Georgia they are called COOLERS" in
South Georgin. pindars."
There are two kinds of rice. the up
land and the swamp rice, have seen
the former in cultivation bus not the
latter.
Sugar cane is cultivated in southern
Georgia. but never goes to seed. When
cutting the crop stalks are saved FOL
next years crop and then these are
ITO be continnedA