"It will be a fust class investment," he continued sagely.
"Why will it? We don't know anything about farming," objected Amarilly.
"We'll have to hire someone to run it."
"I was brought up on a farm," replied the Boarder. "Thar ain't a thing I don't know about farm work."
"I was raised on a farm, too," said Mrs. Jenkins. "I can make good butter and I know all about raisin' chickens. I'll get some young turkeys and have them ready to sell for Thanksgiving, and I'll set out strawberries and celery plants."
"I kin larn, and I'll work hard and do just what he tells me to," said
Flamingus, motioning toward the Boarder.
"I kin have my dairy all right, all right," said Gus joyfully. "I'll have a hull herd of cattle soon."
"I shall go in heavy on hens," said Milt importantly. "The grocer give me a book about raising them. There's money in hens."
"I choose to take keer of the sheep," cried Bobby.
"I'll help ma do the work in the house and the garden," volunteered
Cory.
"And I'm strong enough to work outdoors now," said Lily Rose. "I shall help with the garden and with the housework."