The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02

results achieved In New York as well az
In other cities. and I am gratified to learn
from data recently ssnt to mo that the plan
has been q success.
In Bridgeport four plots Of land large
enough to make s~i>teen. twenty-eight.
thirteen and twenty-five gardens Of q
quarter acre each were loaned to the COM
mittee. and sixteen extra acres are being
operated on q cooperative plan. In Buff
felo to date <14 families have planted one
third OF an acre each.'
Asked about the vacant lot he himself 10
~cultivating In The Bronx Mr.. Hall said his
experience had been satisfactory.
u wanted to have q try at gardening
to get the practical experience and have q
trade ut my fingers ends In case I ever
wanted to follow one.' he said. 81 have
written q good deal about farming and I
wanted to verify by actual experience the
data given TO me by others.
When I put up Q tent on the third Of an
acre ] hired at 187th street last spring and
a young friend who 10 engaged in settle
ment work and myself moved In and began
10, spade up the land We were warned that
small boys were in the habit Of making a
thoroughfars OF that field and that we would
have our labor for our pains. Nothing
Of the kind happened. We got acquainted
with those boys and explained that nothing
would grow II they tfamped over It. and
soon they were helping US.
There was o fence around that lot,
and az every o knows q fence II always
the biggest kind of inducement for o small
boy to come in. We took down O section of
the fence at ons end 30 that the boys could
have easy ingress at the place least In
furious to our crops. At first we locked
our tools in a small Clubhouse. The lock
was promptly broken. After that we left
the place unlocked night INC day and not
O thing was touched.
Say. mister. can't / dig toof' asked a
little fellow Of 0 who stood watching US
at work one day.
s>Of course you can. I told him. and the
next day l presented him with q small
spade and he worked hard for two hours.
One by one larger boys got interested,
and before long we had about ten young
sters who took a hand now and then in
and wedding.
when the radishes came along. about
weeks from the time Of planting,
the boys were quite excited n volunteered
10 Hnu d maT1iet LOT them- LETTUCE m Six
weeks was another surprise. made q
with the boys who had been most
There are six or eight different
kinds of vegetables in that plot. and as
each reaches maturity the boys selected
take them to market and get rs per
commission on all they sell.
'From March till June l spent a good deal
Of time or the spot I'M worked faithfully
In my plot. and the surprise Of seeing the
come up was n of the pleasantest
! have ever had. / have been
on a vacation for q few weeks. during
which my companion has lived alone In
the tent snd cared for our garden. but I am
going to take a hand in the harvesting
and in planting new crops. I know 10
by experience that I can take three acres
and make a living from them.
Il shall not give up my search for land
for the purposes Of the associa-
ton. and undoubtedly by next spring We
shall be 10 shape TO go on with the work
of encouraging the poor to make the ex-
pertinent Of getting 4 living u Of the
land by their own labor