There's a whole lot of stuff that don't
appeal very sensible to me. This mat
ter of mysterious providence ain't lots
of 'em so inscrutable as theorists try to
make out. If I take my old mare and
overwork her day after day in the hot
sun until she gets off feed and finally
falls down and quits, I can't see any
very mysterious providence. Its the
natural result of breakin' laws of en
durance. But when some woman Over
works and breaks down from the same
breaicin' of good common sense law
then they call it mysterious. There's
lots of em today overworkin', washin'
and scrubbin' and over liftin' until they
are ready to fall into the tub and some
of 'em maybe hav a young one every
year when their husbands ought to
furnish help for 'em and don't but
when the crash comes they can't fairly
lay it to providence and there ain't any
mystery about it.
Wife and I drove out to the farm the
morning after the shower and it was
cool and nice and mother nature had
washed up in attractiv style. They
are takin' off a big crop of straw and I
hope of well filled and heavy grain.
But I alwus think of what a big ex
haustion of the soil fertility and plant
feed such a crop means and it is just
robbery not to pay it back in some
practical way. The wise farmer will
study how to keep up the land for good
crops coming. Rotation of crops, lib
eral clovering, early fall plowin* and
discin', gettin' all the manure out in
sight and keepin' plenty of stock and
hogs to fertilize all help. Every pound
uft
stuff firtiiofl might
Austin.
