. The lure of the land . claims he will not have weeds so will save are the farmers best friends, they force him to cultivate, andlack of cultivation is the crime of modern farming. If theyll pilesome old manure on that ground now and so liberate through decompo-sition the various component parts of the chemical fertilizers, they willhave farms again. Were glad to hear you speak that way Mr. Fullerton, for thefertilizer men all thought you were down on them and felt pretty soreabout it. Give them my love and tell them they are the best thing thatever happened only they are wo
. The lure of the land . claims he will not have weeds so will save are the farmers best friends, they force him to cultivate, andlack of cultivation is the crime of modern farming. If theyll pilesome old manure on that ground now and so liberate through decompo-sition the various component parts of the chemical fertilizers, they willhave farms again. Were glad to hear you speak that way Mr. Fullerton, for thefertilizer men all thought you were down on them and felt pretty soreabout it. Give them my love and tell them they are the best thing thatever happened only they are working the game the wrong way. Theythink by selling a man two tons where he needs one they are doinggreat work. Let them study the subject and give the farmer real helpeven if they only sell him half a ton, theyll be much better off in theend and the farmers will swear by them, instead of at them as theircrops run lower and lower. Youre right, Mr. Fullerton, were glad we came, as they swungon the train. Teddy and thebaby. 73 By the eleventh of June the radishes were so well gathered, sweetcom was planted in every third row (radishes had been plantedeighteen inches apart), Avhile Ted with the Planet Jr., cultivated all ofacre number three in the afternoon. These little hand implements arewonderful time savers, two sides of a row are cultivated in the timeit takes to walk down a row; in the new ground it took longer, forsometimes huckleberry roots would check the progress, but as timepermitted, all the rows were raked after cultivating, which gave theland a much cleaner appearance. In fact, the rakes attached to thecultivator make about the best tool imaginable for this work. Tedalways called it his baby and went whistling down the rows, cover-ing the ground in truly remarkable time. Even Uncle Roger got sohe could push one after his slow fashion, while we w^ould see AuntSophie steal from the kitchen and run him a race with one across thefield. Youall makes me tired goin so slow w
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