. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 227 out they'll grow up an' fergit you. I've walked a mile many a evenin' a drivin' 'em home so's they I'arn whar they belonged at. My experiences has been enough fer me, but whut Miss Simpson went through beat all I ever heerd tell of. She lives nigh the railroad, you know, an' thar's a sidetrack right back of the house. Well, she tried chickens an' turkeys, an' it 'peared like she couldn't keep 'em offen the track. The outcome of it wuz, the train run over 'em almost as fast as they wuz hatched. Atter havi
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 227 out they'll grow up an' fergit you. I've walked a mile many a evenin' a drivin' 'em home so's they I'arn whar they belonged at. My experiences has been enough fer me, but whut Miss Simpson went through beat all I ever heerd tell of. She lives nigh the railroad, you know, an' thar's a sidetrack right back of the house. Well, she tried chickens an' turkeys, an' it 'peared like she couldn't keep 'em offen the track. The outcome of it wuz, the train run over 'em almost as fast as they wuz hatched. Atter havin' so much bad luck, she 'lowed that she would try guineas. They wuz sich shy things they'd shorely keep from the cars. Well, she got along splendid till her drove wuz up to about sixty-odd. 'Long towards the shank of one hot evenin' she walked down to the spring fer a fresh drink. Thar wuz a freight train on the sidetrack. She didn't pay no 'tention to it ner nuthin'; but as it begun to pull out she happened to. A Tennessee Farm Scene look up—an' whut do you reckin she seen ? Why, ever' last one o' them sixty guineas a ridin' off on them cars. An' she never seen ner heerd tell of narry one of 'em no more. That hain't no tale that I've made up, nuther. I could talk on and on about house-cleanin', an' garden-makin', an' cannin', an' preservin', an' jelly-makin' until you'd git wore out. Some- tihies we git wore out, too, while it's a goin' on, but I don't reckin' thar's a farm woman livin' who would be willin' to deny herself all them good things laid by in store. I tell you it's a comfort to have. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennessee. Dept. of Agriculture. Nashville, Tenn. : The Dept.
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