“All under cultivation?”
“No, sir. We have a nine-acre wood-lot and there are about twelve acres we use as pasture. It’s rock land and the soil is thin.”
“What do you raise mostly?”
“Some wheat, considerable corn, and more potatoes.”
“Why do you raise potatoes?”
“Because I have a ready market and they pay best. The soil is just right for them.”
“How do you know it is?”
“If you saw our potatoes I don’t think you’d ask that question.”
“Did your father raise many potatoes?”
“No, sir.”