. The lure of the land . hat forestland is always sour. That is, it has been shaded so much; the sweeten-ing powers of sun and air have been denied it. The fact that this piecehad been burned over aided a trifle, as the sun could reach the soilsomewhat; further, the ashes produced from the burned stumps wouldhelp. Long Island wood ashes contain, hoAvever, but about 5% lime(the Island having no limestone upon it). Therefore, with these factsbefore us, it was determined to spread half a car load (or 10 tons) ofold strawy manure to the acre and procure some Canada wood ashes,which contain 40% veg
. The lure of the land . hat forestland is always sour. That is, it has been shaded so much; the sweeten-ing powers of sun and air have been denied it. The fact that this piecehad been burned over aided a trifle, as the sun could reach the soilsomewhat; further, the ashes produced from the burned stumps wouldhelp. Long Island wood ashes contain, hoAvever, but about 5% lime(the Island having no limestone upon it). Therefore, with these factsbefore us, it was determined to spread half a car load (or 10 tons) ofold strawy manure to the acre and procure some Canada wood ashes,which contain 40% vegetable lime, for use where the soil proved tooacid. The manure Avas ordered, five car loads, and delivered on Octo-ber 3. Tlio Italians proved their interest in the work, and their willing- 20 ness and eagerness to help was never better shown than when 18 ofthem unloaded and cleaned two cars (nearly 60 tons) in 59 three remaining cars were unloaded by 14 men in 2^ hours. It wasaccomplished this way: WoodAshes. StableManure THE ONLY FERTILIZERS USED Larry, said the Senior Partner, tell the men to unload asquickly as they can and I will give them an American smoke. The rail-road men say it will take three hours and I do not wish to delay thetrain crew so long. All right. Boss, we see. The word was passed around with the above result. The box of cigars was delivered; then came the morrow. Good morning, Larry, did the boys like the cigars. Yes, sir, we keep em, feast day. But, Larry, were they really good. Yes, sir, not so good like Italian cigar, Italian cigar stronger. What do you pay for yours? I buy fifty cigar, thirty-five cent, him very good. Are they American? No, Boss, him come from Italy. 21 Never mind, they appreciated tlie gift even though the goodAmerican cigars did not compare with their thin, black, stogy-like,neck-muscle developers. A team of horses with wagon, plow and driver was hired fromthe neighboring village of Eocky Point, First was hauled to the n
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