The farmer and mechanic., 1909-12-14
Greensboro, N. c.. December g.

Greensboro, NJ ~. DeCemOer D.
Mr. Robert H. Gardiner, of the
state Of Maine, is one Of the latest
,-alnable accessions to North Carolina
civic and agricultural citizenship
Early in the fall Mr.. Gardiner wrote
= letter of enquiry regarding condi-
tions and farming opportunities to
several Southern State agricultural de-
Dartments. From these replies, he
concluded to investigate more fully the
situation in North Carolina After
visiting several points in Piedmont
North Carolina, he finally became at
tracted to the state of development in
Guilford and the opportunities of a
market for farm produce near Green's
boro. December first he closed a trade
for an 100 acre tract of land 8 1-2
miles from Greensboro, paying $4,000
cash for it. He immediately returned
to Maine, and arrived with his family
Monday night, going Immediately to
the farm Yesterday afternoon he
came to the city, purchased a farm
outfit of two heavy horses, a wagon
plows etc, saying he was going to
start work on his farm by sunrise
this Wednesday, morning His
specially in farming will be inexten-
siVe and extensive truck crops but he
says that in order to do any kind of
successful farming, the basis must be-
the barnyard, and as foundation for
tirst-class crops, he is going to get
ready as soon as he can raise long
feed to sustain twenty COWS, either
for milk or butter to pay the cost OF
this soil Improving department of his
farm. He is an intelligent Christian
man Of about As years of age and is
business from the word 60 as indi-
Gated by the celebrity with which he
got his family settled here and his
teams started to work b less than
ten days after he had made his trade.
Interesting of rH
TO immigration to North Carolina from
other States Of a good class Of farm
ers, was developed yesterday, when
Mr.. Gardiner was informed that two
other Maine farmer families were 10
Gated in the county, one coming here
last fall, the last of July He eagerly
took their names and rural mail route
addresses, and there is every posi-
bility that three Maine families will
have union dining and a social re-
union along about noon next Sunday.
There ought to be some means Of Off
Cial tabulating and publication by the
North Carolina Agricultural Depart
ment of the influx of foreign farmer
settlers in the State for each year. II
the ratio for every county or for half
the counties is as great as that for
GuilfOrd, the aggregate beneficial re-
suit would surprise our own people
and be an added attraction to those
lndistant States seeking the advan-
u
Hughes, Of Greensboro, who is one of
Guilford's most progressive farm ers,
in speaking of this matter this morn
ing, said that from his own knowledge
over 70 farms had been purchased in
Guilford county within the past years
by nonresident North CarOlinianS, the
number reaching over a hundred iT
the last five years. ''Of all those
happen to know Of" continued Mr.
Hughes, the only ones who have not
remained and done We'll. and are ex-
cellent citizens and delighted at their
success are two families in one Of
which the wife, in the other the hus.
nand, had incurable disease, which
they thought would be aleviated by
seeling one a Florida, the other a Cal
liornia climate" From his owr
recollection, Mr.. Hughes on being
called out by name, giving the 1oca
zion and farm Of people from Eng
and, Scotland. Denmark. Sweden
canada and Mexico. Pennsylvania
ohio and New York head the lis
among the States, he alone knowing
of six families resident as Guilfore
farmers from these States. Minneso
ta, West Virginia, Maine. Missouri
North Dakota have five farmers each
other States having from one to fou,
families owning farms purchased IL
the past two years are Tennessee
-Iaryland, New Jersey, Indiana, Lii
nois, District of Columbia, Virginia
delaware, Kansas and Nebraska. mo
all of these farmers" said Mr. Hughes
are what you call small farmers b.
any means. while most of them d.
trucking, dairying, fruit raising, liv
stock breeding, etc, in connection will
their other farming, some of then
operate largely, nne man coming here
from Pennsylvania two years ago, pur
chased five hundred acres and /
making big crops of corn, hay am
wheat This man has refused dOubl
the amount he paid for his land. am
Will not sell a foot" One of the big
Gest and best farmers in the count,
located here six or seven years ag,