Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-06-08
HkDlEY ON BACK
T0THE SOIL PLAN
Big Possibilities IN the Move.
ment, Says Governor.
MANY LETTERS OF INQUIRY,

FsTms-Land. Homes and Utensils
to Be Advanced CoIonists, Who NAV
Make $500 Year-Dest Europ.an
Ideas Followed
Inc nation wide back to the soil"
movement. sponsored by philanihro.
plsts OF the United States and recent
iy launched in St Louis by the ORGAN.
za'ion OF the National Farm Homes
association. with Governor Herbert S.
Hadiey Of Missouri as president. has
met an Immediate and popular re-
spouse throughout the United States.
Governor Hadley long has been an
ardent advocate of n return of CITY
jewellers to the farm and for months
mas been working out the details of n
plan which. he believes. will solve
'ne nigh cost of living problem and at
the same time bring about more scien.
tiflc farming.
His plan Is made up Of the best fea.
lures or similar idens In use In Europe.
with minor additions by himself. 1t
Is proposed to incorporate the asso-
citation for S1.OOO.OOO. the stock to be
1ivided into 1000 shares of 81 900 each
These shares, 1t is expected. will pay
dividends which either will be taken
out by the stockholders or added 70
the capital
1t is intended to locate colonies on
model farms in Texas. Missouri. Ala.
bama and other states where land is
cheap and fertile. Each farmer will
be allotted forty acres. home will
be erected for him and fences. uten
sils and live stock furnished. Thirty
TWO of these forty acre farms will con
stitute colony.
School of Scientific FARMING.
Each colony also will include n cen
tral farm, presided over by m expert
agriculturist. who will oversee the
work on the farms. the proper rotation
OF crops. etc. Tenants will he given
ample time TO pay for their farms. and
their profits have been figured out by
Hadley as averaging $1,000 IA year.
Each colony Will have school,
where scientific farming will be taught
In addition TO the usual curriculum
Each group Of thirty-two farms viii
cost complete. II is figured. SD COZ
thus allowing twenty colonies. or ego
farms on the original Investment. the
number OF farms TO constantly increase
as the tenants pay off their indebted
ness
Applications for farms will be PASS
ed on by committee appointed for
that purpose.
Governor Hadley arrived I'm Kansas
City the other morning from ST. Louis.
bringing the news OF the wide Interest
In the movement. Before leaving 81
Louis the governor received hundreds
Of letters from persons interested in
the movement and n telegraphlc in
quiry from the Canadian parliament
indicating that the Canadian govern
ment has been impressed with the
idea.
\ Large Fund Not Needed
II was surprised" the governor said
at the tremendous interest shown in
the movement at the outset II shows
the great need for some such organ
ization as we have launched and the
big possibilities that are wrapped up in
Its successful operation.
~ 40 AOs loCu tllIl lllS OTEIIllZd-
tion should collect vast amount of
money for carrying out its purposes
| believe. as d matter OF fact. that It
can more successfully serve its pur-
pose az the machinery for carrying
out the desired ends in the movement
back to the SOIL
"A philanthropist. for example. who
has $4,000 he desires to invest in the
encouragement of farming can turn
the money over to us. and we can car
~ out his wishes and pay him pei
cent interest on his investment. or
man who has a large tract of land
similarly can turn II over to us on sat
isfactory terms. We can plant the
land and handle II and place men and
their families on II. The fine results
OF our plan ought to be the difference
between success and failure to the In
dividual farmer
1--WE will furnish the experts on our
central farm and the facilities. and the
man who otherwise would fail, being
Isolated from these things. would sue
coed. Besides giving those who other
wise could not obtain farms chance
to procure them by an easy payment
plan. We furnish through our central
farm unit the further Incentive of
schools. churches. libraries and social
intercourse. the lack Of which is driv
ing so many from the soil and diScour-
aging those who undertake the life
Our community plan will obviate III.
feeling Of isolation that Is the great
drawback now"
Around tho World on Horseback.