The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-05

i The smart young city 1oaJof- had
been engaged By The died -inrthew wool
old farmer 70 help out for the sum-
msr, and the latter WAS DIT Ind =
show the durn dudt where ~ rot on.
go out on the meddsr and round up
ali the sheep and bring 's,n In he or
dered. The city born hick rsturned in
three hours paAting and dishsveled,
but with AL his charges safely in tow.
The farmer wass somewhat nolined.
pretty good" he commented, Nbut
what's the idea Of the jack rabbit y.
pointing TO = white furry object that
lay on the ground even m0fs. exhaust
ed than the farmland. "Gcod Lord,
is that rabbit" calculated the green
hired man. II thought It was lamb.
That's the one It took me 80 long to
catch.'
IL observe" said Old Bill Misgvens
as he laid down the paper, "that the
crop liar is on hand again. Now II
there is anything / Ahominate It is
the man who will go around the
country lying about the crops he has !
raised or the size Of the corn or
watermelons that have grown ON his
place. Lying about crops Is liable to I
give the people Of the East . wrong
Of the country and when
they settle here they naturally ex-
pcct too much. have, however,
seen some crops grow that l couldn't
have believed possible u hadn't
seen them with my own eyes. For
one year a friend presented
me with some seed corn that he said
re had grown in Kansas. II was an
Extra big variety he said he would
Just like to have me try peck Of
L and sec what 1t would do. had
river bottom field that was mighty
rich. The soil was 30 deep that In
,oring . we'll 200 feet deep there
wasn't any perceptible difRerncs in
he quality Of the soil ct the bottom
md At the top, Just rich black loan
III the way down. Well, / planted
hat corn on that bottom land and
aid ! would give It q chance. I
made mistake, though, in planting it
90 close. planted one grain in
ill and put the hills three feet apart.
t was all right for the first two
,lowinRs, but the third blowing the
talks had got 20 ALFRED big and
hick that horse just couldn't walk
long between them and so had to let
go with two plowings. The corn
,ept right on growing. By the mid
lie of August the corn averaged 27
eet high and the stalks were 80 all
red high that it was all you could do
o run your arm in between them.
When other corn was getting ready
0 quit that corn was just getting
Interested. On the End Of Septen-
er l cut down stalk on the edge Of
he field and found it measured n
eet long and Is inches across at the
utt- By the middle Of September
hat was just solid mass of corn.
here was no chance to get in to cut
:, and anyway 1t would have been
angerous to have cut down the stalks
nd take the risk Of them falling on
on. SO ! just set the hired men at
ork at the edge of the field with axes
nd thy cut off the top down to the
srs. Then they just walked round
4 the stumps and husk the corn. The
'op of ears was so big, too big. The
Ict is the stock couldn't manage that
'rn unless it was cut up. | had one
mbitious COW that tried to swallow
1 ear She swallowed that ear
,wn as far as it would go and then
Iere was over two feet of the ear
i'll sticking out Of her mouth.
,oked like she had tried to swallow
telegraph pole that had been painted
How. 1t was the first time that
COW had ever tackled an ear of
rn that she couldn't handle and
. never got ever it. She commenc-
to pine away and in a month she
ed Of modification"