The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-07
.G.,C. & P. WILL
BRING FARMERS
TO THIS SECTION
FOREIGN FAMILIES TO BE LocA.
TED ALONG LINE OF
THE ROAD
Manager Mendez Says the Company
Has Not Abandoned the Plan
and That Many Farmers
Will Be Located.

That the project of bringing imml-
grants into Georgia and placing them
on farms is not a dead one, and that
preparations are being made to bring
several families into south Georgia
is the information given out by Mr.,
A. de Lola Mendes, vice president
and general manager of the Geor-
gla Coast and Piedmont railway. He
says territory that his road covers is
sadly in need of some one to culti-
vate the soil and that his road is
making preparation to settle it with
good Italian farmers.
The territory is the Altamaha VAL
ley, which has, in the last two years.
suddenly sprung into prominence and
canning district Farmers have
been interested in raising diversified
crops for canning factories and the
new industry has been so snc-
cessful that they want to go into it
on larger scale
The farmers of this district have
seen the advantage of raising vege-
tables for canning and are willing
to do all they can to get immigrants
there who will aid in developing the
country said Mr.. Mendes yesterday.
We are now Offering free lands
to any immigrants that we believe
trustworthy and that we believe that
will stay and cultivate it, The farm
ers there realize that if the country
is improved that it will enhance the
value of their land so they have
agreed to give every other section of
land to immigrants under certain re-
strictions
In this manner the Italians and
the Georgia farmers will be as close
ly Interested in each others work as
possible. The newcomers will be
placed right among the natives and
the result will be that the land will
steadily become more valuable. The
land in that valley is so well adapted
to diversified farming that the can
ming factory at Darien, and others
which will be built, will take the en-
tire crop this year, so there is no
reason why everybody should not
make money.
we figure that family of six or
eight Italians can cultivate twenty
acres of land by themselves. The
yield of sweet potatoes was about
two hundred bushels to the acre last
season and this, so at this rate new
conner can make good start the first
year if he works hard. The canning
factory at Darien has agreed TO take
all the sweet potatoes raised in that
section at 80 cents per bushel 1t
was so profitable last year that the
crop was nearly doubled this year
and they will ship from that factory
alone between 400 and 500 cars of
canned goods all over the south and
west.
Our idea is to get a good class Of
Italian farmers interested in this
proposition and by placing them right
among the Georgians they will soon
pick up the ideas of this country. The
first year we will try to have them
raise only sweet potatoes as that
is an easy crop. While they are do
ing this the other farmers will be ask
ed to raise other vegetables such as
the canning factory can use to the
best advantage. In this way this
canning factory and the others will
start as soon as the crop demands it
will have all the vegetables they want
and a good assortment"