. Country life reader . ever breed is chosen thereare certain well-known marks of a good turkey to lookfor in making the choice—a red head, a bright eye, and adisposition that is not too wild. A THANKSGIVING Lord, Thou hast given me a cell, Wherein to dwell;A little house, whose humble roof Is weather-proof;Under the spars of which I lie Both soft and dry;Where Thou, my chamber for to ward, Hast set a guardOf harmless thoughts, to watch and keep Me while I is my porch, as is my fate; Both void of state;And yet the threshold of my door Is worn by the poor,Who thither come, and freely
. Country life reader . ever breed is chosen thereare certain well-known marks of a good turkey to lookfor in making the choice—a red head, a bright eye, and adisposition that is not too wild. A THANKSGIVING Lord, Thou hast given me a cell, Wherein to dwell;A little house, whose humble roof Is weather-proof;Under the spars of which I lie Both soft and dry;Where Thou, my chamber for to ward, Hast set a guardOf harmless thoughts, to watch and keep Me while I is my porch, as is my fate; Both void of state;And yet the threshold of my door Is worn by the poor,Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or as my parlor, so my hall And kitchens small;A Uttle buttery, and therein A bittle keeps my little loaf of bread Unchipt, *unflead;Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me a fire,Close by whose living coal I sit, And glow like , tis Thy plenty-dropping hand That soils my land,And gives me, for my bushel sown, Twice ten for one. Robert Herrick. * Unjlead— Cotton squares that have been injured by boll-weevil. MAKING OVER THE COTTON FARM For the last three or four years Farmer Francis had notmade a success of his cotton crop. The plants had notproduced well, the crop was late, the weevils had de-stroyed most of it, and what Francis did manage to savewas of poor quality. He was discouraged—for what hadhappened for several years might easily happen again, and,as far as he could see, there was no help for it. If theboll-weevil was going to eat up his cotton crop, who couldprevent it? And, do his best, his farm never would pro-duce good cotton anyway! But just when things appeared to be at their worst,something happened which gave Farmer Francis a gooddeal of encouragement and set him once more upon a 254 MAKING OVER THE COTTON FARM 255 fair way to prosperity. A young man who had been sentout by the government to study crop conditions in theSouth, came into the neighborhood, and, partly by chance,partly out of curio
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