WHEN CORN IS FOX-EARED 



DID you ever see fox-eared corn? If not, then 

 you must go to the cornfield in April when the 

 plants are still small and you will surely see it. 

 You may not see any on uplands, but if you will go 

 to a creek-bottom, or some other low place, you 

 will have no trouble finding them. You may not 

 call sueh plants fox-eared, but John Grimes and 

 many other good farmers do. 



John Grimes lives on his farm in the northern 

 part of South Carolina. He is a very tall man with 

 square shoulders and he has the longest beard that 

 we have ever seen. Should any of you ever pass him 

 on the street we are sure that you would stop for a 

 second look, for such men are not often seen. He 

 has three boys, Fred, Harry, and Joe ; and when 

 any one who knows their father meets them, he 

 knows immediately that they are John Grimes's 

 boys because they look so much like their father. 

 All the neighbors say that Mr. Grimes is a good 

 farmer and one of the best neighbors any one could 

 have. He would go out of his way day or night to 

 do you a favor, and his boys are just like him. 



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