New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
FROM GHETTO TO FARMS
Experiment an Truck Gardening bu
Hebre1cs Successful

Green is the grass as on the shores of reh-
anon and the robin chirps Hke The ptes,,,,-..,.
to ears attuned 10 its melody ir the -
farm colonies clustering around Aulanee ,
Southern New Jersey. II is sprinrtirne Cd,-,|
rise from the earth. and the warn brae,. -
claims tree buds and flowers Fverv,b,- -
new and enhancing. The chosen reorIe yy.,l,
behind the plough. with the lines IA t-fe,, Arr.
their waists, and mediate OF the llessip., o..
an agricultural life. as descriteG ~ ft. ar,i..,
prophets There are not many vines ana e
trees in sight; only water flows lr no br,,,sI
that should contain milk md honev ye. n
ture exhibits a fair richness "a re eve .,4
promises compensation for wholesor,e t,i Ts
air is pure. The sky IS not lim.tec b., var-
Ideal palaces Of clouds and holy eirIre revple,.
dent in colOrs Of dawn and sunset arouse au.5 \
emotions in the bosoms cf the farmers
The voice that called rauccusIy fer a.. c,o..
in New York streets addresses q JeiI3 raon.
TO team of horses that they ace.Iersfe fs,..
stride Tones that imploreG passers- ty tc IL,
spect a bargain are used with excellent reyr,,,
on the conhding psychology OF a talI-s,, itcbi,-
COW Chickens run to answer the Jersuasive
summons to breakfast and dinner and hen,
seem to express gratitude by a reruIa-Iv siq
tinct announcement of the place where he
have laid their eggs. All the .Tir.zre .,,,,... |
to appreciate the privilege of working f,- sue.
poetical masters At least This is tho serti-,s.
in the sprinstine. Animals and raast4rs NV.
been cooped UP all winter The free,,,,-r ~
Joy OF outdoor exercise cause then. ?, force,
the irritations Of the past
Farming IS new and old occupati.r for ths
people of the Hebrew race They ,ractiye5
II centuries before Virgil wrote D., mqtrira
essays on husbandry and join Burroughs
proved that the pursuit Of nature ~ o.. noblcvt
trade of man. The first farmer was Adam a,@
the restoration of the priraeva. r.lra.ie, v.s
the ideal imaged by the turning cf swords into |
and spears into Irun.rr hocts |
II might be considered that the crIcr,.srs inf,-
rupted in their dream by ages ot -,.r,r,,err,,, /
life and bondage in sweatshops az. -eell,o,,- /
-helr original purpose and returu5rc- u ,ls Il
held particularly suited to their sers,S ~.
not only the children OF Israe} have hsI.keref
'iter the independence, peace and plenty 80 ssri
'ul'ure- The average citizen Of New Yers
'coifs at the farmer two-thirds of The wear ana
7nvies him the rest Of the time ~ Inns sea
'on it would be easy for a nature rruIhe, tc
irum up recruits anywhere III the business dis
rIet and lead them into al agriclltur., Z,os
where the communication rates are u,,t too high
The colonies in New Jersey were Established
twenty-five years ago. fifteen asrcs af land /
my mouse and a small PeHsicI fvT living ex-
lenses during the first few months being al
otted to each settler. Ten years time was
'1ven for paying back total obligations Of $50
The Plan has succeeded a Wilderness has been
Transformed into smiling expanss ~ garden
ruck. There are three hundred ;4nG hfty Jewiys
armers. with land and property valued al
Ialf million dollars. Among thf farmers are
East Side actors, former manufacturers. tai,ors
md Pedlers. The work Is hard E..iyfng trucs
entails the sweat OF the brow Iut there ars
liberty. air. sunlight and a chance 10 dream
bout past and future