New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
RafftOoY PreSfdeaf'S Lar
eSf Idea for Beneffrfne
His RooTS PaTronS.

'0ut nj the fulness OF the heart the
mouth e1eaketh." The phrase REQUIRED 10
me tha other morning as Ralph Peters.
president 90 the Long Island Railroad,
told me The story from the beginning,
ABOUT his interesting experiments IN re-
claiming Tire scrub oak region OF Long
Island and making fertile farm land OF H.
81 came 90 ask YOU some questions
about tda experimental farms YOU started
or Long Island" I announced 10 Mr..
Peters
you rlI fud it al written in q book We
have publish be replied. pleasantly
.T'1e READ that" ] answered. hastily;
'-but b. doesn't tell how the idea germi-
Rated. nor ] hesitated. There was so
much wanted 70 ask that ] didn't know
whether to say u in bunch or in sec
tons
n the pause Mr. Peters sat down a. his
desk and began 10 talk slowly, retrospect
hey. ar his mind went back over the
ground tlaL my question Indicated
NO 1e said. thouEhtfully, the book
o0esrf tell cutie al tie story. After
became president OF the Long Island Rail-
rosd ] saw 900 my trips Of inspection
ttrouea tie island that just as you got
into suf.IF county there commenced
stretch of territory covered with scrub oak
Pine snC chestnut"
On rhe oazek in front . Mr. Peters was
Erge map ~ Long Island. under glass
ard be- measured or with his hands the
sections ct which De spoke.
IN other parts 81 thc island were fertile
ReA cultivated farms but for about forty
miles after Eou got into Suffolk county
you got nothing but this 0resry waste OF
improbable lana 7 81 10 my stan
we've g0t t0 do sor1cthIIg with tins, clean
up. r we're ever going 10 have real
railroad here and "a population ] THINK
40 soil BIS just a. GOOD ~ b. is any "here
''-e on LONG Island. - its only cleared ana
cultivated. Dr. oak and chestnut viii grow
o'hei things wiu D. hasn't been given q
elan1e We've got 10 % something
Well, you know the big railroads out
Nes' have been conducting = campaign OF
t1loatior along their routes boy means OF
lfc'ures De- experts on agricultural sub
lscts They've goa the people interested,
shd g9od has come of b. J thought we
might be- sbie 90 90 something 81 that sort
h7re. 30 we wrote - the railroads and 10
nc Agricultural colleges tor Information.
or somehow there was lukeWsrnness sil
s11g the Dino hnd when we came right
'oNn DO a. o discovered We didn't have
tN people. .o speak o. ln that reeion %
''c'1lc -o-egen il We could nnd the ieciur-
's ia Ietorl laughed.
~. De- went on. "jne very FIRST nee9
s''ied g. be- o popD.ail0n' But how were
v q Set ous2 lib. land 81 e. $1,000 WASH r
@sci-,c enough TO- bring pcopie. We
II have Do prove our case the nrst tllng
Go S. q began 20 hunt around for
s one d. pun n charge ~ AZ sNperl-
mental farm
one ~ our mon. b. p. Fullerton. had
81 Fery much iutereatel la the idea from
start Sow. - ahead, ) said 20 him,
80 iAe Worft ten acres - land on The
-" sacre. buy them and establish tx
-'-.-sii.-l StatCn no. A.. and well see
s. you cau do with it,
We took tae worst. sou soc. TO prove
Wat ao could d. amy one else could
D.ai We aacnr taken the best 10 make
sl aa Wen. hL Fuloifon WeUt
and offer 81 aooa deaf az search
i'i-5 at WoIine Rivera piece 81