The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-07

my pillow. had planned to fix up little piece
for raspberries that day, but I didn't say
anything, and when he came back in the ev-
ening with the pillow he said he had piece all
ready for his berries Then he took the har-
row, and the next day he got the ridger, and
then he had his berries all fixed
l fixed up my berries too.
Then he got a piece ready for peas which
had been planning to do and when he got
done fixed mine up. While he blowing
for his peas I assembled the spraytank and
put new feathers in the pump and fixed the
agitar chain, and had it all ready when he
came down in the morning to hook in and
spray his trees. The next day l. sprayed my
trees. While I was spraying trees he plowed
five acres for his truck garden. This has been
going on now for two weeks, and no matter
what plan to do he seems to get done day
ahead OF me, and is extremely grateful and
takes very good care of everything. He said
he was going to get new point for the pillow,
should we break one, and he sent away and
got spare diaphragm for the spraytank by
pass so we'd have one on hand.
To begin with this was just a neighborly
arrangement and it was only when other peo-
pie began coming around that l discovered
we are really solving a national emergency
man came into the yard this morning and
introduced himself. He brought out his draft
papers, his membership cards in the Grange,
free and clear. Then he wanted to know if he
could hire my plow for week. He said he'd
come and get it in his truck, repair it If any,
thing broke, and pay whatever I asked
1t seems he'd just bought tractor. Another
man wanted to hire the spraytank for day at
time, the day following the one on which
apply each spray. Another man spoke for
the belt take-off attachment for a week some
time before fall. He wants to saw his wood. He
said he'd like it again later for cutting his
corn.
| had to turn them all down, because my
neighbor and expect to keep everything busy
between us. How much inconvenience this will
cause, and how much it will curtail general
production is something 1 can't answer. 1t
seems that in our neighborhood we've lot
of 4065 rifles and no cartridges to fit
Over a year ago, with extreme OPTIMISM
asked our dealer to place my order for a
new disk harrow My old one is completely
worn out, the disks are broken and new ones
are unavailable, and we drag it around all
day without half doing the job AS near as my
neighbor and I can figure between us we
supply so urban families with all the farm
produce they consume, besides apples, berries
potatoes, and other items sold to stores and
occasional customers. This is actually ter
rifle poundage throughout the year. We feel
new harrow would be wisely diverted in this
direction-one that will fit our rifles.
| We tried to turn the heat on our dealer the
other day. We began to telephone him at in
tervals. Finally he broke down and told us
what he said was the truth. He said a ship
ment of harrows was on its way, but the
Government stopped 1t, and 1t never got be-
yond Hartford. He said they told him the har-
rows were sent to Russia.
| Somebody in Russia must have 40-o5, too
but we think that's rather far away for bor-
rowing purposes.-Christian Science Monitor.