. The lure of the land . g, why dont yougit along, Haw! haw! haw! You tink Im a spring chicken, don you knowI got de rheumatis powerful bad? Go w^an! The spinach patch on acre number three was ready for Mike andthe horses. It did not need plowing so he went over it with the horsecultivator five times, with the leveler three times, then raked it, drag-ging the fine roots to the road and finally gave it a good rolling, leav-ing the plot in perfect condition. This latter operation is one that isseldom attempted in farm work. After cultivating, the soil is leftin so porous a condition the roots do
. The lure of the land . g, why dont yougit along, Haw! haw! haw! You tink Im a spring chicken, don you knowI got de rheumatis powerful bad? Go w^an! The spinach patch on acre number three was ready for Mike andthe horses. It did not need plowing so he went over it with the horsecultivator five times, with the leveler three times, then raked it, drag-ging the fine roots to the road and finally gave it a good rolling, leav-ing the plot in perfect condition. This latter operation is one that isseldom attempted in farm work. After cultivating, the soil is leftin so porous a condition the roots do not get a firm hold until rainshave flattened it well. Ted and John came right along with the seeddrill and in two hours had the entire patch planted with onions, car-rots, peas, beans and sugar beets, seventy-six rows each 127 feet rows were as straight as a die, the drill did not check once, infact, no one-hundred-year old farm could produce a plot in better seedbed condition, and this was not yet a Green and wax beans, a second crop on this plot and a marked success 74 This planting of peas and beans was the third one of each. Thefirst planting of peas you will remember ws saw on our walk to thedairy They matured very early, were extremely dwarf and the vinesvellowed badly. It puzzled us much to know the cause. We irrigated(which no doubt saved their lives during the drought of May) and wewood-ashed them. The second planting on acre number seven were tal-ler but started to yellow also. Well it beats me, said the Farmer, what do you suppose makesit? There is a patch in the middle perfectly normal, tall, green and luxuriant. . ^ ,,-r^ ,. ., • ^ Thats where a bonfire was last fall, I rejoined. Dont you think they need more ashes? ^ o t i, i Weve put more ashes on them. Dont you remember? I had John sow them last week? Yes, but maybe they need it underneath; lets plant more downon the spinach patch and give them a good dose of it. All right, Ill go you, wa
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