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Show HOW A FARM BOY EARNED All AUTOMOBILE IB i B In tho current issuo of Farm and BBT Flicsldo a contributor tells tho story BH of a South Dakota boy of nliieloen BB '- who dovolopod a tromoudous onthus- H iasm for a now abtomobllo but did BB ' not havo tho necessary cash. Final H ly ho and his sister and other mem H bers of tho family detormlned that BB thoy could mako enough moaoy out H of hogs to buy a machluo and this H r thoy sot out to do. Tho sister fur- H f nlshed tho capital, consisting of $150 BB I and with this a boar and ten rogls- H f tored bows wero purchased. Tho B 5 Rtorv.cooa'on an follows: i. "Tho next spring all of tho sows BB botamo molhors. Ono farrowed and BBT raised ton porfoct pigs; anothor H - only two, uud tlio othor sovpii varied BB) from three to sovun. At Yennlng BB) tlmo wo had'Cl young pigs. BB)J "1 t.e uolghbora camo to seo .tbo.m BBl, and-BOlJom loft without leaving nn BBl ' order for from ono to three. Wo do BH ' elded on a uniform prlco, $10 at E91 BBBBBB. HBEf''rBBBlBBPMwt- weaning tlmo and $1 for each additional addi-tional week wo kopt them; nlso, our sales wero to bo for cash. "At first the plg3 went slowly enough to bo discouraging, but as threshing camo on nnd tlio farmers got monoy they went fast, especially on rainy days when tho ranchers couldn't thresh. "By Soptomber 1C wo had sold 39 and whllo our boor was on exhibition at a county fnlr wo wero offered $100 for him which wo accepted. "Tho total was a't fills tlmo a llt-tlo llt-tlo short of tho required amount, but ono Saturday morning two men camo and took away flvo. "It wns a hnppy day In our family. fam-ily. Father and I drovo to town lm modlatoly aftor dinner, nnd I ran out tho long wished for machine Wo all took n holiday for a weok and enjoyed It. ' Wo havo nlno original sows, eight sows of tho spring farrow and their Ottober litters.. Wo shall keep them ns wo realize that tho purchaso of a car Is only tho llrst cost." |