New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01
FREE LAND FOR THE POOR.
..,,r CULTIVATION OF VACANT LOTS BY
THE UNEMPLOYED.

,.ss M, TIE SYSTEM LAST YEAR-ENLARGE-
,,.>r OF THE PLAN FOR NEXT SEASON
THE WOMEN THE BEST FARMERS.
-,o Committee on the Cultivation Of Vacant Lots
l.. .he Unemployed under the care of the New-York
ton for improving the Condition OF the Poor.
-" oir,,dv begun work the land that is TO be aD-
o-,iopcd 10 the poor this spring. The'ofer OF Com
r,ssioner Warng. earlier in the season. OF the
o,ure from -four Of the street Cleaning department
...,es has been accepted. and the work OF hauling
.as been carried on through the winter. The seed
- have been purchased for the sake OF
- choice seed at a low rate. and also wagon
IA ho-ses so that the work IS now In readiness for
49, c,n,ing season. Through the generosity Of Will
c,.nwav the same land. with forty acres adj
,onal has been placed at the disposal OF the com
tito The work Of ploughing will be begun soon.
~ the committee needs money for this work
Ioooh II SchiT. Of No. p Pne-st.. to whom checks
,o, he made payable. Is the treasurer OF The com
,u,,,ce The other members are r. Fulton Cutting.
o.a,-man. Thomas NJ. Mulry. of the ST. Vincent de
D., s,cetv: Nathaniel 5. Rosenau. United Hebrew
rno,,,ss: Arthur W Milbury. Christian Industrial
,uiance. s Frissel Charity Organization So
os,v. Francis V Greene. Association for Improving
ho condition of the Poor. George Calder. ST An
a,ev's Society: Bolton Hall. William Steinway ana
NJ william Howe Tolman DR.. Tolman is the sec
.orv NJ the committee. and checks may be made
~. either to him or to Mr.. Schn.
Tho ADplicatiOn Bureau. where Nacant-lOt ldlHi~
MAY he secured IS at No Is Cooper Union and after
tomorrow VIII he open from II a. m TIL p m
Tho success Of the plan last year so great that
the committee has decided TO enlarge It ma'eria"y'
George Ramlose. who was assistant last year VIII
o., rs superintendent this year. He VIII nave as
s,s.ans who will instruct the people, and VIII con-
sul; with j. w. Kelgaard. who was in charge last
year.
EXTENSIVE MARKET GARDENING
Mr. Kegaard was at his ONCE. NO 10 Ooopoi
1nion. Yesterday by Tribune reporter in regard TO
,,e work He said: I'VE hope TO do great deal
with the vacant-Iot farms this year We shalI ra'se
POTATOES cabbages. peas beans. and in TACT ie"IiS
all OF the market vegetables. There are ",e i''''
all on Long Island one Is at Ravenswooo' one az
Recreation Park one known as the wilson Ia" "
s,enway-ave.. and the Kesler and Desler Farms III
,,,.sh,rrava These contain in all about three
hundred ard ninety acres. and the two Ias'-haiheu
farms are an addition what we mao ias' wa,
Last year We helped eghty-four famlhes' ou' w.,
wear we hope TO aid between one hunufeo anu '.''
and TWO hundred families. Those VINO "a"' ~
v.l have n come early for first come first serveu
g stric,lv true in this business preference wiz 'o
given 10 men with large families ana '"ose WIN
ne "a must he worthy in every way Last year we
$50, tho land in condition for the workers anu re-
ceivel nothing. This year each man OF woman
gets a lot Will be required 10 pay io' ."' -
nlouchlng narrowing etc. in LABOR i""' - "
VIC
-, has been assigned will do six DAYS laoo' oi VIZ
ossocjation lot If any fail to do this the expense
will he taken from the proceeds resulting rom te
salo ~ the crop This makes every one ieel niue
pendent. as each one pays for what ne ee's' a''"0
no, in money. which is decided re"ei
GOOD WORK OF THE WOMEN.
"a peculiar feature OF the work last year was
tina; the women made the best lar''ois'
We viii gladly furnish lots to any women VINO are
aos.ry,,g NJ the same In this way woman "i'oso
,ushand ,s earning a small wage is enabled 10 "e'p
IN caring for he family. The best "ornei u ~.
whole 10; last year. woman came 10 the o'i'Oe .'
week and reported that she had sod so'He p''"
from her cellar and had vegetaoies e"oue"
carry her through the winter. She stu mas SON.
no.a,oes in her cellar which she hopes 10 sell sh he
has applied for lot for this work0e for small
ssinrv and they we're very poor. To-day she
happy woman with about $40 In bank mon who
woui not Do her work bat the ma]oT al tsa;
were excellent workers our pan III, s'1 lot 10 run TO
as5s we used his shiftlessnees as an object essU
When any OF the o1nefs TO the lazy mans lot and
showing them the results Of neglect wSa'd i ,Ppsn
salyss and that unless the garden received proper
care they would get no crop anu Vo ns soon az a
man yefses 10 care for his crop after having re-
ceived due notice, We shall care TOT II d. ITO
tendency of this has been TO take take
people to he COUNT hdys from rom York. Massachu
setis and Connecticut for farmers Some 81 o,
,hsm are fa r0 for good Some Of our tat"
much better care Of their crops than the fa n he.
TO- raise potatoes and vegetables One OF the most
touching features Of our work mas a nsen n own
toet Of land watching the tender shoots come up
from the ground EaG me p mns, 70 lender care They
watch over each potato plant as tenderly as the
florist does over his choicest mowers
THE WAR WITH POTATO BUGS.
"rhere were great times when the potato bug
first appeared. None Of the people knew anything
abou, the creature. To them he was a ne" variety.
When found the first bug ! called them all about
mo and told them that that potato bug.
eaid. .You want to be careful Of these fellows, be-
cause IL Won aren't they will eat your crops. and You
will come over here some morning and ind nothing 10
work on They were all much Impress =. Iheyy
s Soked him all over an back to their work
with murder in their eyes. For nearly week ai,ef
,het whenever one of them would find potato bug
he would stop work and with wnd gesuGSla'io ohs
would beckon 70 the others 10 come Mme, tre
crouJ had gathered. the bug would be once more
carefully examined and then after many s, aSn,b
Tbs ala moi la long however. for the bugs got so
thick that If work had been sioppe e done ' al ALI
Paris green applied 10 the plants ana when
Jugs found that they could not the ,ease ON
across the road sine die. and the poor '''''"o""S
"a - ,tvcl,, time for "A while. go,
nav ~, bave some curious characters on me ios.
Lac, season there one man VINO WORK. , -, y,
who had splendid and Could speak Four or
i,omaces nuently lie had only been in inns c9.ii
Try about Years and could na nq w woTF iawysr
80 81, smart man He came 10 us ana saI1 '. ~
Re Vas ready to do anything. even 10 gong my o me
go, C, on ih4 vacant lots and ala exceI.eia' ~
there Then there man VINO ii Ia TOOK mo the
- 4, one ~ the large stores. re 'oonn, " ~
~ naped 10 get on his feet again SOU -. -
70 another man. ana - ~" ~
again with good position 1850
A COOPERATIVE FARM foH oN
Resides the vacant-lot farms we nav. sa.o,os
oncrative farm for Old men. one OF '"e -,
~ ,be times ,s 10 crowd old 10 the wal. iou"e
= & wages. j NE 'nl-