The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-23

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Friday Dsc. %. Ao4.
TRUCK FARM
from the efforts ngs 10 result
ers Colony, WI carol1na Truch-
tered with q Just been char
million dollar a quarter OF a
lands and fevelop trucking
and trI1okera Eonies of farmers
state. Tho * section of our
ing its Lard US plans Of divid-
farms and Of land into small
reasonable them to settlers ct
Will induo 5 am excellent one. 1t
to try ii class Of Immigrants
Every su brtunes in our midst.
re the M h thai Is established viii
grants bringing in more imml-
Of L opening up to cultiVa-
This acres of barren lands
latte Ebny has gone about the
esird e right way for securing a
uld ass of immigrants and Of
en- the waste places. This has
bnstrated by the success or
y zatiou with truckers and TAR
the Chadbourn section
the trucking usine of this
of the state has already reached
yroportions the business is yet in
hcipiency. The possibilities for
Ler development are almost limit
Thousands Of acres of land suit
b for this class of farming still lie
Z, waiting for the coming of the i'm
hgran to turn them into productive
nd profit yielding farms. Where there
hre ten acres under such cultivation
there are hundreds lying barren. There
Is no danger of over-crowdlng. The
land is here and the demand for the
Products OF the farm is to be found in
Eevery northern and western city. As the
trucking industry increases the market
4 territory for the farmer widens. With
increased transportation facilities n
faster trains, mora distant markets
are opened up. The demand grows with
What has been done by h Chad
bourn colonization company and what
Is to- be done around Abbottsburg by
this new company can be done by other
companies. There should be more OF
them formed. Our people should unite
in this movement They should all pull
together. There should be one purpose
and one desire TO develop our section
OF the state, and in no way can this
development be better brought about
than by a display Of a community Of
interest and an active cooperation in
building up the waste places Of our
section-in transforming into prosper
GUS farms tenanteI by thrifty men the
thousands Of acres that now lie Idle,
The men who will make garden spots
OF these waste lands will be b~enefactors
of the whole community. For years.
in fact VI to very recently, most of the
lands round Wilmington We're cms'd-
cred worthless. It was thought that
they would grow nothing to supply
mans wants. That idea has been ex-
ploded. No lands are more suitable
for this rurpose All that is needed is
to bring them under cultivation And
every additional acre that is so i'm
proved and made productive adds just
SO much to the wealth of the whole
community. Then let the men who are
e~ndeaVoring and those who may herea-.
ser to bring about these i'm
proved conditions receive the hearty
SUPPORT OF the whole community. II 4
man who make two blades of grass
grow where before grew only n IS 2
D~erafactor to mankind what is to be
said of him who turns ten or twenty Of
4 hundred acres of barren, nonproduc-
tive land into a fe. tile food producing
farm?
We have men among US who are will
ing to invest in such undertakings but
they can accomplish little if they are
met at every turn by opposition, dis
enlargement and adverse criticism OF
the part of the general public. While
there are comparatively few who can
put mons into such schemes, AM
while such undertakings could not be
carried through without their money It
- not money alone that will make then
a success. There must be added theretC
the goodwill and hearty cooperation OF
h balance of the community. To make
successful such movements, and, in
fact, any others for the advancement
of our section, as well as OF our city
there must be no jealousy, no hindering
NO kicking, but united action and a
pulling together of all classes, trades
n professions.
We must remember that the genera,
prosperity Of our section and our cit!
as much TO the -wage-earner
the merchant and the professional mar
as * does to the capitalist who put
Up the money to secure those dmprove-
ments. We are aid bound together and