50 THE FAT OF THE LAND 



this as a regular diet until I call them off. 

 They are to commence in the wheat stubble 

 where lots six and seven will be. I am going to 

 try alfalfa in that ground, though I am not at 

 all sure that it will do well, and the soil must 

 be fitted as well as possible. After it has had 

 deep ploughing it is to be crossed with the disk 

 harrow ; then have it rolled, disk it again, and 

 then use the flat harrow until it feels as near like 

 an ash heap as time will permit. We must get 

 the seed in before September." 



" We will need another team if you keep 

 two ploughing and one on the harrow," said 

 Thompson. 



" You are right, and that means another $400, 

 but you shall have it. We must not stop the 

 ploughs for anything. Numbers 10, 11, 14, 1, 2, 

 3, 4, 5, and much of the home lot, ought to be 

 ploughed before snow flies. That means about 

 160 acres, 80 odd days of steady work for the 

 ploughmen and horses. You will probably find 

 it best to change teams from time to time. A 

 little variety will make it easier for them. As 

 soon as 6 and 7 are finished, turn the ploughs 

 into the 40 acres which make lots 1 to 5. All 

 that must be seeded to pasture grass, for it will 

 be our feeding-ground, and we'll be late with it 

 if we don't look sharp. 



" We must have more help, by the way. That 

 horse-and-buggy man, Judson, is almost sure to 

 come, and 1 will find another. Some of you will 



