THE FARMER WASN'T GREEN.
Two piles of apples lay on the ground. One contained a large-sized and rosy selection; the fruit of the other was green and small. - "Large on the top, sir, and small at the bottom " inquired the. new assistant, as he prepared to fill the barrel. "Certainly not!" replied the farmer virtuously. "Honesty is the best policy, my boy. Put the little apples at the top, and the big ones at the bottom." The assistant complied. ' His master was evidently as green as his greenest fruit. "Is the barrel full, my lad?" askthe farmer. "Yes, sir," replied the assistant. "Goodi" said the farmer. "Now turn it upside down and label it!"
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4228, 14 February 1921, Page 4
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114THE FARMER WASN'T GREEN. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4228, 14 February 1921, Page 4
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