The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-15

little coeerla Of younE or middle sged
So Eyttsra o. the Pacific Coast
wholcg 80 lumhcr and shipping trade
who net daily al the round table OF
the san Francisco Commercial clubs
dining room. had finished luncheon
and was devoting itself 70 its Gus
tomary half hour OF roparteo and the
gossip Of the street Cappy Kicks hy
lacclamaiion president % the clut
until death should them part had
had little 20 say. even when some of
his friends sought 10 draw him on,
Ia the hope of inducing him 90 hFeal,
a verbal lance with them. until he
happened 90 ovcrhear Eddy smith. a
maritime insurance broker. ask j.
Augustus iedell Of tho wcstcoas,
Lumber company the latter'a opinion
as % the value 81 commercial fcFtil-
inor compared with cover crop
preferably Vvtch. Mr.. l,edell replied
that he had not gone into the sub.
icct sufficiently far 20 hazard an
opinion.
Thereupon Cappy Kicks spoke up
In brisk. Illuminating sentences. He
told Mr. Rcdell all there was 20 be
told about fertilizer OF Ell kinds. and
cover crops Ia particular. He spoke
lovingly OF yeteh and hairy Peruvian
alfalfa. soil bacteria and the nodules
Il should produce on tie roots Of
vetch and alfalfa. Tor the storing OF
nitrogen with which a. yitallze de-
vitalirrd soil, The Dllyewater club
was quito ovcrW helmed.
"Cappy." said Mr. Redel. your
agricultural information a fairly
amaEinE-if accurate. Where did
you CLEAN all this expert inform
atom
Cappy smiled "why. Gus. dldnt
you know" he replied "Fm a grad i.
uhts OF Henderson Bros seed book +"
lie glarcd about him saynrcly. II
call for a snuw- down" he continued
"Arc you and Eddy infected with
that idiotic hack -to-the-fnrm virus q"
We'll I've so, quarter section
OF land down IN the Santa Clara val.
ley" MT Rcdcil admitted "sell half
% n 20 that nut OF partner Of
yours Tive Wire LuiE Almcida. E"
Cappy urged '-rhat splggoty will
buy anything terms Don't do
anything with the other half. unless
you can GIVE u away Eddie. are
you honing TO be a farmers boy ?"
Il have an so next door 20 Gus.
Cappy"
WHY" asked cappy Kicks
because we can look after our
farms ana commute 10 our officea In
town very readily"
Expect 70 make some money out
OF your farming operatlonsy"
Naturally
Going In for pure bred stock.
darn rayf"
Poland China hogs and Holsteln.
F'risslan cattle
Cappy biz or the end Of a cigar ard
eyed bis young friends oyer tho rims
OF hts spcctacic@ II always did BE-
lleyo you were both half crazy and
now know that I havs been giving
you the best Of Il all along. You're
both teetp,aliy insane DID you two
ever hear Of farmer OF Hseckraiaer
any money excep, during the
late war;
Both agricyl,uris,a had 10 admi;
that they had not.
-Ana those that made K during the
war blew u on automobiles and tub
silk shirts and now they haven't got
a." Cappy continued. Eddie. any
man who viii breed Poland China
swine when statistics prove that 81
percent Of all hogs slaughtered In
the United States are Duroc-Jeraeys.
ought 70 consult a phrenoloRist. The
Duroc makes a better mother: she
has larger littera and thriftier pigs
why. -
You're both wrong Mr.. Redsn
interrupted. The Hampshire has
them both beaten"
We'll. once knew man who
went In for Tamworths." Cappy
aneercd. He was crazy. too. He
didn't seem TO know that tho Tam
worth Is only a few generations re-
moved from the old English Wild
boar. NO he turned his Tamworths
loose on his ranch. IN the belief that
they would rustic a living from acorn
and Manzanlia berries within two
years they had reverted 10 type and
when he went 10 round them up they
killed him and ate him, Consequent.
~. / beg OF you two morons. II you
must raise swine. 20 select pig you
can live with on the fricndllcst pos
siblc terms However, my advice 10
all city dwellers il 70 confino their
real estate TO n residence lot or n
factory site. I have passed my 10th
milestone and have known a hun
dred city men who didn't know E.gyp-
ton corn from wheat but who were
firmly convinced they could upllft
farmers and show them how farming
could bet made TO pay. Why. / even
tried II myself. went in for Duroc-
Jersey hogs. and whenever I'D be
motoring thru the countrywide and
see farmer with scrub pigs in his
field. I'd drive In and preach the gos-
pei OF pure-bred stock 10 him. ] re-
call one in particular tried TO con-
vert reminded him that n pure
bred SOW would present him with
larger filters and fever runts in the
litter; that she would raise more out
or her litter than scrub mother.
and that In seven months he would
have 200 pound hog ready for the
butcher. whereas in year the best
he could hope TO put scrub hog
would DO about hundred and sixty
pounds. reminded him that time
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