The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-28
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Sunday, October 22.-Last Thurs
day evening at the psychological meet
ing Comrade Pickett suggested that as ,
quite a number Of the colonists had
never seen, the country west Of town.
and especially the sixty-fiye acres of
cleared lad all in crop this year. it
would be splendid thing to have
picnic for all colonists out there to-
day. Then while we were there en-
thusing over the scenery the good crop
of potatoes and peanuts, the spring
that will some day furnish us with
water, analysing the soil, inventing
new and easier methods Of farming,
clearing, ETC., and to get up strong
appetite for our lunch, that we might
derive the most benefit by pulling the
peanuts just ready to harvest. We'll,
no one seemed to faint at the idea, and
when Comrade Pickett asked for vol
unteers who would go, almost every
hand went up. So Sunday morning,
men, young and old, women. some
Igray-haired, others young, but all live
| " and with smiling faces and most Of
them wearing pants or boomers, and
boys and girls from the schools, were
all loaded on wagons and three cars
for the scene of operation at the Ford
ranch, about two and half miles west.
Where are the peanuts, someone
shouted, and soon all were busy. Ev-
Ieryone seemed to forget the scenery.
the number of acres. IN peanuts the
spring and all other things. No one
seemed to bother about how big the
LOB would be, but men, yomen and
children jumped into the work, each
one on a row. Next thing they looR
ed up and found they were at the end
of the job. Someone asked what time
| it was. ''EIeven-thirty." Someone ask
ed how many acres they had pulled.
| "Twenty-five acres Some one asked
how many there were out on the JOB.
someone counted up to ninety-nine,
when the dinner bell rang and he had
to quit counting. Dinner was served,
consisting of peanut-butter sandwiches
whole wheat bread. beans, pickles,
radishes, onions, coffee and pie. A
spring close by furnished plenty of cool
water for all. After. dinner quite a
number of children and women left for
home. The balance stayed to stack the
peanuts pulled in the forenoon. AT
four o'clock when all decided to leave,
there was twenty-five acres of peanuts
pulled and stacked with the exception
lof less than an acre not stacked. This
is an example of Llano spirit. This is
an example of the true cooperation
and a concrete example of co-opera-
ton contains the promise of the King
dom of Heaven on earth. The peanut
pullers were not the only ones with
Ia cooperative spirit today. In the
machine shop were Comrades Reeves
and Lindsey getting the ensilage cut
ter in running order and Babb, Cad
dis and Conlin were planning and con.
: structing a peanut thrasher and ma.
chinery to handle their peanut butter
and peanut milk business. Also the
, brick-burning crew were at work, ano
the grape-club were clearing land fol-
5 their vineyards. No program at tht
/, theatre this evening. Most people arc
tired enough to go to bed early
tonight Comrades Jacques and Yer
/ non have just got in from the rice farm
: with truck load of rice. They hav'
been on the road nearly all day. Whc
i says we can not live like lords on rice
: peanuts, peanut-butter. syrup, pota
r toes and vegetables? Let us be thank
c full for what we have and think Of tn
t hordes of hungry wolves fighting il
? Europe for-whatp
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