Outing . or1 w 20 THE OUTING MAGAZINE We spaced all our rows three feetapart to allow for horse cultivation, asthe bulletins advised. But Rastus pre-ferred to gauge his steps four feet wideand wouldnt lead straight. Then Itried riding him and so kept goingstraighter, but at a pace that made ithard for the Rebel to steer the cultivatoramong our precious squashes and cu-cumbers. Finally we came tearing outof the garden, Rastus in flying leapswith the cultivator at his heels jumpingfrom side to side, despite the Rebels bestefforts to keep it straight. We inherited from the Massachusettsfamily gar
Outing . or1 w 20 THE OUTING MAGAZINE We spaced all our rows three feetapart to allow for horse cultivation, asthe bulletins advised. But Rastus pre-ferred to gauge his steps four feet wideand wouldnt lead straight. Then Itried riding him and so kept goingstraighter, but at a pace that made ithard for the Rebel to steer the cultivatoramong our precious squashes and cu-cumbers. Finally we came tearing outof the garden, Rastus in flying leapswith the cultivator at his heels jumpingfrom side to side, despite the Rebels bestefforts to keep it straight. We inherited from the Massachusettsfamily garden a low-wheeled hand cul-tivator and, after Rastus had demon-strated the futility of his labor in thegarden, we purchased another of thehigh-wheel type. It now takes nolonger to do the closer work possiblewith hand cultivators than it had beforetaken us to do the necessary supplemen-tary handwork after the horse had goneover the ground. When we are tired we go down intothe garden as to a refuge. We pull
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