The Dawson journal., 1884-02-14
COL. JOHN p. FORT ON
FARMING.
More About His Plans in South
west Georgia.


county tonight, where they will live
in the future. Colonel Fort will
carry on his extensive farming oper-
atoms and superintend the working
of four farms, including the famous
Hickory Level place. He proposes
to begin a new enterprise for Central
Georgia in growing many new pro
ducts-entirely new for this section.
In ccnve1 sation to-day he said:
Il am impressed with the idea that
truck farming will pay, and I am 60
ing to give it thorough trial.
"Give an idea of your operations
81 am going to prepare four gar
dens of fifty acres each, use 1000 tons
of muck, and have prepared an i'm
mense amount of manure with this
am going to give the land thor
ough test, and see what can be done
with truck farm. Being only sixty
two hours from Cincinnati and seven
ty-two from New York city, l do not
see why Georgia could not supply
most of the vegetables and other
products of that kind to those north
ern markets. Ipropose to grow
great many products heretofore I'M
known in this section, and will make
especially Of various seeds for the
markets of the world. Ihave now an
order from France for 500 pounds of
a certain seed that I am going to
grow extensively, besides orders from
various other points for large quanti-
ties of seed that if raised successfully
in Georgia, will develop an enterprise
that will not only be be nefcial to this
section, but the whole State"
"Are you alone in this enter
prise?"
ut has long been a thought of
mine to develop this section of the
State into profitable farming, and 1
am determined to give it my whole at
tention and good trial. am in
communication with gentlemen North
who are anxious to settle in Georgia,
with capital at their command to
develop the hidden resources of the
central portion of the State, among
whom is Mr.. E. J. Fuller of West
| Gardner, Mass, who is very anx-
ious to como down among us and set
tie. He writes me that large party
are contemplating settling in Florida,
and if the lands in Georgia suit, the
welcome cordial, and plans arranged
satisfactory that he can control them
and bring them TO the State, and intro
duce some good, progressive Yankee
ideas, that, with the capital expended,
such move would begin new enter
prise for u.s."
"Do you mean that this party will
settle togethel?"
This is just it. We propose to
purchase land in the best localities
and establish colony. With nu-
cleus of twenty five families, a good
beginning can be made. We want
to build up town new in ideas and
progressiveness, and establish new
industries. These people are tired of
factories and rocks, and want TO
move where their talents and persev-
erence will be more remunerative.
They are anxious to come South and
Tam using every effort to get them
in Georgia"
Should such plans be consum-
mated will Macon be benefited?
"Materially SO. We will make
Macon a distributing point and
throw an increase of capital and IL
fuence in her hand that she is not
enjoying at pre- EFT. This being the
first party of Massachusetts, settlers
in the State and to make Macon the
distributing point of both capital and
industry l do not see why it should
not be of vast benefit. Mr.. Fuller
was to have been in Macon the past
week but deferred his trip until later,
when we will have a consultation and
make an agreement
"Do you retire flom the Macon
bar and leave us for gooa?"
81 have determined to sever nv
connection and will devote my time
to my farming enterprises. 1 shall
take my family with me.