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"I reckon It'* Jos' nn ac cident.” Hill
re m a rk e d to Mr. Kagan one <1ny, “ but
Hint boy’s k in d e r got one ou ua, MIlea
I told M id Ixifure lio com e out here th a t
bu couldn't grow pens ou Hint ground.
Ilut. dog my cata, If th a t ain 't na due
corn lie I ev e r anw. T b n l a c r e patch U
b e tte r tlm n th e reel, but I tell you they
a i n 't none o ’ bla cropa to be aneezed
at."
"I d o n 't vza ctly underatnnd It."
Miles Kagan replied, " b u t joe' betw een
you a n d me. Hill. I gucea they inuat tie
s o m e th in ’ In th e g u v er'in en t’s wuy o'
doin' thlnga
You know t h a t kid
d o n't know nothin' about fa r m in ' e i -
cept w hat the a g e n ta told '!m
Out
look at th a t ac re o f corn an d th e n look
j at m ine across th e fence. Aud It a tn 't
In th e laud
I know t h a t T hla land
o’ mine. If a n y th in g , la b etter th a n hla
O f co u rse It’a bound to fie in th e fer
tlllr.vr be'a linin' a n d th e w ay he's cul
tiv a tin ' th e g ro u n d ."
T h e com parison auggeated by Mr.
P a g a n wna enough to m a k e a n y one
«top a n d think. Hntn'a corn wna nearly
walnt high and had big atalka. while
th a t o f bin neighbor In the field acroaa
the fence waa no more th a n tw o feet
high an d the stnlka w ere aplndllng.
Hut Kagan un d ersto o d th e cauae of
the difference In th e tw o crops a good
deal Ix-fter a f te r Mr Iturria h nrrw oed
ilong one duy a little later a n d stopped
to talk to him a n d 8am. w ho w ere
w o rking In th e ir respective fields.
"Hello, Mr. K a g a n ”' Ihe g o v ern m e n t
cgeiit called out a s he rode up. "H o w
is '■ y our corn la behind Ham's here?"
r.ig a ii g rinned
" I t 's because hs
p la nted earlier." lie suld.
" H o w tuucb ea rlier? "
" T w o or th r e e d ay s." replied the
farmer.
Mr. It Unix laughed "That w o n 't do.
Mr. K agan." he «aid. "T w o or three
days' difference In p la nting would
m a k e hardly any difference In co rn .”
At th is point Hill Uooge. w ho had
tieen plow ing n e a r by. c a m e u p and
aoine time, a n d I'm cha n g in ' my way.
We been la.vlu' by crops w hen they
w arn t rnore'u half made.
I didn't
more u sc ra tc h my land to begin with,
but you bet I'm plowin' aballow aud
lota of It
Ham dou't know I t but I
liven w h i d l i n ’ blm. an d I'm glv lu ’ my
crops the sa m e medicine be does."
"Yea. th e re 's som ethin In l o u r way
of f a r m in ',” Kagan cuufcnaed
’T've
been dead wrong, and I’ll Jes’ ow n up
I've talked pretty croaa to you once or
twice, Mr. Horns, an d I w a n t to apolo
glxa for It
I w as a num skull to act
th a t way
Next y e a r I’m goln' to fol
low your advice, an d I w nnt my boy
to Jlne the corn club an d learn as
inticb as he can. I tr e a te d him mean
thla ycur. a u d I’m aorry I done I t ”
‘T h a t ' s all right. Mr. Kagan,” said
the agent. " I 'm real glad you see thlnga
tu> way. for I w ant to help every
fa r m e r In thla com m unity. T h a t ’a all
I'm here for. In fact.”
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H E sp rin g and s u m m e r —In fact,
the whole y e a r wux a very
busy one for Mam. Aud It waa
not leaa so for F lore nce aud
Mrs. I'owell.
Klorence often helped
her b ro th er w hen the work crow ded,
ami Mrs P owell put In all her sp a re
tim e lu th e garden, melon patch and
orchard.
On the contest acre Sum wua forced
to do all th e work himself. T h e rules
w ere strict on this [ailnt. an d a f te r
Ham’s patch had Ix-en laid off and
m e asu red by a com m ittee he himself
plan ted Hie c o m a n d no <>nc else struck
a lick lu Its cultivation
Ham's first planting w as th e Irish
potat<M»s
H e bedded up an acre,
drag g e d dow n the beda alm ost flat and
planted th e m early In M arch
Next
c a m e the contest acre, a n d w hen that
waa finished be planted fo u r more
a c re s lu corn, making five In all. then
tu r n e d to the cotton
N ext c a m e Hie cane, an d Hum sowed
thla bro ad c ast an d very thick, for be
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and Boys’ Rain Capes, $2.50 values . $1.00
i I Men’s
Ladies House Dresses; $1.50 values..........: $ 1.00
Outing Flannel, 10 y a r d s ...................... $ 1.00 Y
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11c Outing Flannel, 12 y a r d s ........................ 1.00 Y
short Coats, $3.00 values .
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Ladies’ Hose, value 25c a pair, 5 pairs for . 1.00
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w a n te d to m a k e hay o f I t
I f th e
etalke grow large arid stiff It d o es n 't
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m a k e good hay
T h e young f a r m e r wound up th e first
ro u n d o f p la n tin g by sow ing th e o r
c h a r d In rye. His Idea w as to let no
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bit o f ground lie Idle, but to keep some
th in g g row ing on It Instead of weeds.
T h e weed problem was a p re tty bard
one for 8am . so tua ny bud gone to seed
on th e place
Hut he d e te rm in e d that
not one should m a k e seed th is y ea r
So he w as th e busiest f a r m e r In the
w hole com m unity. H e plowed and
hoed constantly, bnt It w as mostly
plowing, fur Hum s o o n learned that
hoeing la a m ighty slow w a r to kill
w eeds an d g ra ss co m pared w ith plow
Ing
People passing along by the Powell
place m arveled nt th e cleun. well cul
t t r u t e d little f a r m
Hr.t Sam conskl
ered o th e r needs of th e cropa besides
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cultivation.
T h e soil of th e place w as not uenrly
so poor as th e nelglilxirs had said It
Y our O rganization
town guests b y ta k in g them to Y O l'R have I done for th e C ham ber o f Com
w a s—not even so |xxir as Sam bad
W hat did you, as a member, do last C ham ber o f Commerce fo r luncheon, merce
th o u g h t
T h e trouble wn* t h a t the month t h a t was at all helpful to your or dinner, or some hilliardsT
“ I t is th e rea l service we render—
s u r f a c e of th e g ro u n d bad m erely been Chamber o f Com m ercef
P erhaps you will soon be asking
sc ra tch e d , nnd be bad rem e died th is l>y
Did you m ake any suggestions or do “ W hat hus the Chamber of Commerce th e real prod u ctiv e work we do—th a t
d o n e!’ ’
b rings back to us the real satisfaction
thorough c u ltiva tion
Still th e crops nny « o r k f
And possibly you will, to clear your in l i f e . ’ ’— P o r tl a n d Chamber of Com
Did you visit the roomsT
lacked som ething, aud be found P -it
Did you ever e n tertain your out-of- own conscience, ask yourself, “ W h a t! merce Bulletin.
each a c r e bad ce rtain qualities. As be
studied th e f a r m he began to see tbui
each bit o f laud w as s tr o n g In ce rtain
w a y s an d weak lu oth e r
T h e r e w a s no tim e t
»• soil analy
sis m a d e th is year, but m- began to
¿ tudy closely th e wild vegetation nnd
tree» g ro w in g ab o u t an d to read th e
bulletins an d th e book he had bought
on " H o w C rops ( ¡ r o w " It w a s n ’t an
easy sub je ct by a n y means. 8 a m rea I
and reread th e Ixxik and dually went
o v e r It slowly au d studied It page by
page
P r e tty soon be k n e w ue.irly ns
m uch about th e noil he w a s c u ltiv a tin g
as an y e i |x -r t could have told btm
H e re Is w hnt he learned about soil fer
tlllty:
Acid 111 soil th a t ca use s cro p s to Ore
an d d ie la Indicated by sorrel growing
on t h e land A< Id can easily be detect
ed also by g e ttin g n slip of blue litmus
p a p e r for a nickel at th e d r u g store
a n d pressing It In a ball o f th e soil
If It t u r n s red th e re la acid
An appll
cntlon o f lime c u r e s Ibis.
C rops a n d p la n ts of all kinds a r e fed
l*y several e lem e n ts of the soli, but
th e re a re th r e e m ore Im p o rta n t th a n
the r e s t—nitrogen, potash a n d pbos
phoric acid.
N itrogen forma the leaves of p la n ts —
All $1.25 wool dress goods for.................... $1.00
th a t purt o f tb* plant body which
b r e a th e s
All $1.25 coatings for..................................... $1.00
P o ta sh m a k e s th e tr u n k , sta lk aod
10 yards of 12*->c gingham for..................$1.00
tu b e r of p la n t < r tree.
Phosphoric acid reproduces—acts the
12 yards of lOe outing flannel for............ $1.00
blooms and m a k e s a b u n d a n t seed and
12 yards of Hope bleached muslin fo r .. . .$1.00
fruit.
S aui learned th e se th in g s from read
5 bleached bath towels, size 42x21 fo r ... .$1.00
Ing
But. w hen he knew them , all be
5
linen towels, size 36x18, reg. 30c, fo r .. $1.00
had to do w as to look about tb e farm
an d learn m ore th in g s by observation
}) pairs children’s high quality hose fo r .. .$1.00
W h e re tree s grew or bad g ro w n well
he k n ew th a t p ota sh waa plentiful, if
Ladies’ $1.25 tub dresses for....................... $1.00
leaves w ere ran k , nitrogen w ns a b u n
Ladies’ $1.25 underwear for.......................$1.00
d a u t. If flowers form ed an d fell off
Men’s $1.75 hats for....................................... $1.00
tbe p la n ts before they should he knew
the soli needed phosphoric acid.
Men’s 1.25 gauntlet gloves for................... $1.00
Finally th e young f a r m e r form ed
5
pair men’s socks, regular 25c value, for $1.00
w h a t be bad learned Into n in e rules
3 neckties, regular 50c value, for..............$1.00
an d w rqte th e m d o w n tu th e back of
ono o f hts books, ns follows:
All men’8 $1.25 underwear far.................. $1.00
“ 1. Nitrogen (or a m m onia ) encour
20 handkerchiefs, regular 10c value, for. .$1.00
ages s tro n g leaf, vine a n d bush g ro w th
"2. P o tash tn sk e s Arm tuber, bulb
an d flber.
"3. Phosphoric acid m a k es blooms set
nnd seeds nnd seed |>ods form abun
duutly
•*4. If th e wild gro w th on y our farm
la p rofuse a n d your to m a to e s a n d met
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Ladies’ Kid Gloves, $1.25 values .
Many other bargains. Every dollar purchase will give a ticket to both moving Y
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"Wall, there you hava it in a nutehall."
stood listening Hill waa w orking b et
te r th is y e a r u u d er tb c exa m p le a n d In
ti ueuco of 8 a m
"W ell, I d o n't kuow w bat else could
V ninde the difference In ray co rn an d
hla," Mr. Kagan replied. "If It w a r n 't
th e p la n tin '.”
"I th in k I know ." aald Mr. Burns.
"H o w dee p did you brenk yo u r land?"
" 'llo u t fo u r Incties."
" H o w deep did you b rea k youra.
Our bargains for Dollar Day will
take in every department of our 8 n m ? "
"A b o u t a foot, w a a u ’t It, Bill?" Sam
store.
naked In turn.
"W ell. It w o u ldn't mlaa It m uch." a f
tinne
d Hill. ‘T h a t old plow wna u p to
91.25 and 11 .TU In d ie s ’ umbrellas, 25
to he aold a t ........................................ 91.00; the b e a m "
;t r eg u la r 40c brooms and one 15r toy | " H o w m any tim e s did you h arro w
broom, to ta l 91..15, f o r ...................... 91-00 ^ y o u r corn. Mr K ngan?" contin u ed the
11! pieces grey enamel ware, 10 to 15c ageut.
\ illuea f o r ..................................................9100 * • I never h a r r o w corn.”
It pieces glassw are, cake stands, fru it | " H o w m any tim e s did you harro w
dishes and others assorted f o r . . . . 9100 yours. S am ? "
1 dish pan, 75e value; I stew er, 115c ,
value— tota l 91.40 f o r ......................... 91.00
25 rolls of e x tra good 5c toilet paper | "U o w m any tim e s hav e you plowed
for ............................................................. 91.00 y o u r corn, Mr. K agan?”
•T w ic e .”
91.00 worth of art goods and I5e worth
"H o w tnnuy tim e s have you plowed
of I). M. C. f o r .....................................91.00
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•1 In d ie s ’ 20c h an d k e rch ie fs f o r . . . 91.00 l youra, S am ?”
91.50 (iermiin china, hand p ainted ( " Kour.”
c ra ck er jn r f o r .......................................91.00
"W ell, th e re you have It In a n u t
91..T5 toy piano, good value, f o r . . 91.00 shell," aald Mr. Burns. "You broke
91.50 doll go c a r t f o r ............................91.00 ahallow. Mr. Kngan. d id n 't b a r r o w and
Hig sale on fancy vases for S atu rd ay . plow ed twice. S am broke deep, b a r
Cut glass specials for S atu rd ay .
rowed tw ic e a n d plowed four tim es
See window and at ore for tiddi- I K iirthermore. y ou’ll plow y o u r s only
tionnl bargains for Dollar Day. once more Sum'll plow hla tw o or
Remember more for your $ than th r e e ttinea more. T h n t's w h a t m akes
th e difference lu th e corn. T h a t a why
ever before.
lie'll g a t h e r a w hole lot m ore to the ou vines run to leaf y o u r soil Is rich III
ac re th a n you "
nitrogen.
‘T h a t ' s right. Miles." aald Bill Oooge.
"5. If tree s do uot th riv e , onloua
“ H e ’s fellin' It s t r a i g h t
It c a n ’t be seem soggy a n d t> u ia to vines lack a tu r
no o th e r w ay. I been seeln' It for dlp.ess of sta lk tb<* soil n eeds potaqn
(Continued next week.)
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