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 I will find another. Some of you will 
