. The lure of the land . The forest fire meets civilization and defeat By the end of the first week in April work was swinging at arapid pace, land was being plowed as fast as possible, the stable nearlycomplete, so that on the 7th the two condemned express horses (con-demned because their feet were worn out by city pavements and forno other reason) arrived. Great big beautiful fellows, one a gray witha little Percheron in him immediately named Buckeye, while theother, a Roman-nosed buckskin, received the name Texas, in recog-nition of his ancestry. Horse and hand implements were being assembl
. The lure of the land . The forest fire meets civilization and defeat By the end of the first week in April work was swinging at arapid pace, land was being plowed as fast as possible, the stable nearlycomplete, so that on the 7th the two condemned express horses (con-demned because their feet were worn out by city pavements and forno other reason) arrived. Great big beautiful fellows, one a gray witha little Percheron in him immediately named Buckeye, while theother, a Roman-nosed buckskin, received the name Texas, in recog-nition of his ancestry. Horse and hand implements were being assembled, these consistedof Planet Jr. one horse cultivator, horse leveler, hand drills, hand cul-tivators, a roller and a plow. 47. Arrival of Buckeye and Texas Three plum trees were heeled in in the Fall and saved for Springplanting, for comparison with the Fall planted stock; these were nowset out, two in the chicken yard, one near the little cottage. On the 11th grass seed was sown about the house plot, a mixtureof Burpees Fordhook Famous and his Shady Nook. It wasbrushed in with the cedar trees. To the southwest of the house asmall plot was sown with U. S. Government grass seed; a row or Hari-cot Beans, also from the Government, bordered it, so it became knownas Government plot. Some plants with lovely copper tags bearingenormous numbers were also planted here; they throve well but thingswithout a name are never as sweet to me as ones with names, evenwhen indefinite Latin. As the land was finally prepared for seeding, it was done in thismanner. Rye turned under with the plow, followed by disc harrow,followed by spring tooth harrow, followed by leveler, Avhich, by theway, is one of the best and least appreciate
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