Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-05
WASTE LAND REDEMPTION.
Success 81 . Farming Experiment
Started BY . Railroad.


Success Of . Earring Experiment
Started BY q Railroad.
Waste land consisting OF vast sec
ton on Long Island aud generally re-
ferred to as absolutely ya!ueIess has
been made very productive through an
excellent scheme Of the Long Island
railroad.
Experimental farming stations have
been started during the past two years,
and the work at the first one IN the
neighborhood OF Wading River has
been very successful. Practically all
Of this is due TO the efforts Of Hal b.
Fullerton and his wife, Mrs. Edith
Loring Fullerton, who over year ago
started to clear section consisting Of
scrub oak wastes and pine barrens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fullerton. who are very
fond Of farming, have made a thor
Ough study Of agriculture. Their out
lay has been on a moderate scale. and
the success that they have attained is
told by the Long Island Agronomist,
from which we quote the following:
For the experimental stations the
past year has brought them public rec
ognition Of which any one might be
proud. Wherever the products Of this
new soil have been exhibited they
have won prizes and honors. The first
tribute paid comes from abroad, where
the Exposition International ut Milan,
which brought together all manner OF
devices and methods for the improve
ment and safety Of mankind awarded
experimental station No. / an exquisite
bronze medal for the rapid, cheap and
common sense method Of clearing un-
developed territory that II may occupy
its proper sphere in supplying man
kinds needs.
At the Suffolk count! fair the two
farms WOE in open competition thirty
three prizes. At the Queens Nassau
county fair Suffolk county entries were
barred from competition, but the ex-
hibit from the farms won universal
commentator. At the American in
stitute in New York city fourteen
prizes and a certificate of merit were
their highest award At the Horticul-
tural society of Now York city they re-
ceived a bronze medal for collection OF
vegetables. Thin society awards only
three medals, one each for the best col
lection of flowers, fruits and vegeta.
bles. In the two New York city exhi-
billions the experimental stations veg
etables met as competitors not only
farmers and market gardeners prod
ucts, but those from great estates
around the city. where no money Is
spared to produce choice specimens.
The story of the development Of the
experimental stations has been car
ried many places by means of informal |
lectures Illustrated by colored lantern |
slides. 1t will be repeated this winter |
at SouthOld before the farmers insti- |
tute. 1t has been given In New York nine !
times. 1t received such a hearty wei.
come at the Connecticut Pathological
society In February that we had scarce
ly reached home before request came
that Ii be repeated In January. 1908, be.
fore the New Jersey State Horticulture
al society. 1t formed one lecture In
the regular course of the real estate
class of the Bedford branch of the Y.
NJ, G. A. in Brooklyn. This was given
with the title 1.-THE Railroad as De-
feloper of Real Estate" 1t received
1uch hearty commentator that we
have been asked to repeat it In the
same place In February before a pop.
n u audience In the auditorium.
fhe farms send regularly each fall
=nd spring a collection of vegetables
to the New York city nature classes
Ia the slums