The sun., 1908-03-22

country, but rnoss Of the settlements failed,
chiefly 6Scause their land was poor. The
only colonies Of that period that have met
with Snccaas were thoee In New jersey
Alliance, R6Senhayn and Carmel. Alliance,
which Was the first Jewish agricultural
settlement of . permanent character, was
started With forfy.three families and 400
aores o. woodland vas purchased, which
Waa .Rfbdivided into small farms OF fifteen
GcreS eacn. Alliance now embraces the
three settlements Of Alliance. Brotmanville
and Norma. Rosenhayn, four miles from Al
llance, was started with Elk families, and
10 the came year Carmel started with sevenI
teen.
These colonies nov have over 200 Jewish
farmers oultlvating some 5000 acres.
learned from one OF these early settlers
whom | visited recently that from the
fifteen original acres and a two room hut
hs farm has increased to forty-fve acres
With splendid buildings.
q year from the farm. In order TO exist in
the early dAys he told me that he ana his
wife had 10 shoulder their axes and 60 out
clearing land for their neigh6ors al 80
cents q day, doing what work they could
on their own land after dark
After the establishment Of the q, 500, 900
fund by Baron Maurice de Hirsoh for i'm
proving the condition Of Jewish immigrants
one Of the first acts Of the trustees was 20
found In 1891 the we'll known Jewish settle
mOnt At Woodbine. and three years later
the Woodbine Agricultural School was
founded Another Agricultural school, the
National Farm School, near Doylestown,
Pa. was established by philAnthropic Phila-
delphlAns In 1895
These two institutions afford practical
Agricultural training, and many OF their
graduates hold responsible positions In
agricultural bchoolS, experiment stations
and kindred branches OF the Government
Oorvice.
During the last year our looiety had
iOIS applicants who wanted 70 be farmers,
s1o Of whom had over $500 with which they
were ready to demonstrate then earnest
nSoS To get away from the crowded city, the
applications coming from all over the United
Stkt0t Since ttb Organization our society
has assisted 70t farmers IN nineteen States
with loans aggTogatinS nearly half million
dollars.
sTbsrsal property owned by thOss farmers
fOorSabntbd valuation Of olose 70 u $50 ,000
arrn1tVo Of 800 300 worth Of p0rUonAl prop
CFty. 0vsr tlso oDOo Of the principal has
6SSn repaid. We are having 90 Agricultural
SAvise The farunsra on getting greater
There are more JSviSh farmers than IL
kSoeraIiy believed, and notwithstanding
IhS persistent restrictions aimed by the
kuaSian Government 70 drive the jew from
thoOo0, that country, according TO bulletin
d ne Department Of Commerce and
Iabor. had tD.e!l farmers in 1897. During
The hscAl year ended June !. 1907, 2,56s
JSWtsh farmers entered this country
sAp attempt made by our ONCE 10
take a cetSus OF the Jewish farmers, which
was far from adequate owing 70 our limited
tsdntiss, resulted in . list Of i.Sts farmers
n thirty.four States. Our attention is
often called to Jswiah farmers individually
Or In groupa who have never heard OF our
society and who come TO our notice only
accidentally,
Only recently We wsre bFought in touch
With q coopSFative JSWish settlement near
AIKEN, 8. c., and with another colony Of
homestead settlers near Republic Wash.
I think | am conservative when put the
number Of JeWiAh farmers At 5000.
THAT IL u not 1900 or $1,000 IL due 10
the fact that the general run OF immigrant
B not overburdened with wealth on reaoh-
hg these shores and has no avenue open
b him 70 make endb meet but the shop.