four A.M.
Dudley told me all about it once , -- intensive cultivation , soil doctorin ' , harvestin ' efficiency , all such dope , with a cost-bearin ' side line to fall back on in the winter . Not that he needs the money , but he says he wants to keep busy and make himself useful . So his scheme is to buy up farms here and there , take each one in turn , put it on a payin ' basis by studyin ' the best stuff to raise and gettin ' wise to the market , and then showin ' his neighbors how to turn the trick too . No rollin ' out at four A.M. to milk the cows for Dudley ! He hires a good crew at topnotch wages , and puts in his time plannin ' irrigatin ' ditches , experimentin ' with fertilizers , doin ' the seed testin ' , and readin ' government reports ; even has a farm bookkeeper . -LSB- Illustration : Blamed if Dudley do n't have the nerve to tow Veronica into the next room , stretchin ' on tiptoe to talk in her ear . -RSB- Then when cold weather comes , instead of turnin ' off his help , he springs his side line , -- maybe workin ' up the wood lot into shippin ' crates , or developin ' a stone quarry .