New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-12
BULLY, BY GEORGE" WAS
SCRUB OAK JOURNEY
Mr.. Roosevelt Obtains Splendid
Outlook by Climbing Farm
er's Water Tank.
SEES PETERS'S PROJECTS
Talk Touches on Women's Dress,
Wall Street, Philanthropy,
Rich Men and Farmers
and Allied Topics.
rRv Telegraph to The Tribune

oyster Bay, Aug. 11.-From studying
the social and la Dor conditions among
the anthracite miners. exPresident
Roosevelt has turned his attention to the
long Island farmers He visited to-day.
with President Peters of the Long Island
Railroad a couple of experimental farms
carved by employees of that concern out
of the scrub oak and sand of central
Suffolk County.
incidentally he gave expression to
views on women's dress. human nature
and philanthropy. Wall Street. rich men
and the farmers and kindred topics Also
he had to Jump from a rapidly moving
automobile to escape an involuntary
bath in a lake.
He walked for mile along a road.
ankle deep in sand. and fought mos
ouitoes. Altogether he had lively day.
and when he got back here tonight he
grinned delightedly and said it was
Bully. by George
In 1903 the Long Island Railroad be-
gan to evolve farm at Wading River.
that the scru-> oak section of Long Island
had possibilities. They have been great
nets of President Peters. these farms.
who believes the poor man could go and
do likewise and that If he did Long
Island would blossom like the rose and
the cost of living would descend like
the mercury in winter time.
Mr. Roosevelt had heard and read
about the work on these places and
to see it. So he started for Min
cola in his automobile. There he met
President Peters and his private car. and
was whirled down to Medford In much
faster time than the average Long ISL
Introducing MIR. Fullerton.
The partv was met by II. 3. Fullerton.
a tall. lanky Walt Whitman sort of in
dividual. who has charge of the two ex-
detrimental farms. Fullerton is a rapid
fire talker. whose qualifications would
strike envy to the heart of rubberneck
coach lecturer If there was any phase
of that farming to which Mr. Roosevelts
attention was not called. it wasn't Mr..
Fullerton's fault.
The two farms aggregate eighty acres.
but only ten of each is cultivated On
the two places. Mr. Fullerton SAYS. $50
varieties of vegetables and So kinds of
fruits and berries are grown. Among
these are onions. grapes. peaches.
apples. kaffir corn, alfalfa. artichokes.
English gooseberries. almonds. calabash.
gourds. imported from Africa; peas.
beans. potatoes, tomatoes. and all the
ordinary garden truck There are
COWS and chickens. and a dairy has
been begun at Medford.
At the Medford establishment. now
known as Prosperity Farm. lives Fuller
ION with his wife. young woman who
used to teach a kindergarten. Mr..
Roosevelt talked with her about the
woman on the farm
They used to say that the best Citi-
zen was born in Boston and lived for
zen wears west of the Missouri" said
le II think now that the best citizen
s the kindergarten teacher who be-
comes a farmers Wife
Mr.. Roosevelt also thought there was
no place where broad education
helped so much as on the farm. He
asked Mrs Fullerton about the work
she did around the place and the cos
tune she found necessary.
II don't like TO see women in mascu-
Inc garb. ever said the ex-President
In outdoor life or on the farm I think
the short skirt is permissible. and in
fact is the thing"
Then Mr.. Fullerton took the party
nut to view his vegetables. fruit trees
and farm buildings He declared that
A man ought to make from 500 10 $500