Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-23
HADLEY ON BACK
T0THE SOIL PLAN
Big Possibilities In The Move
ment, Says Governor.
MANY LETTERS OF INQUIRY.


Farms-land. Homes and Utensils
to 30 Advanced Colonists, Who May
Make $500 a Year-eest European
Ideas Followed.
The nation wide back to the soil"
movement. sponsored by philanthro.
pists Of the United States and recent.
iy launched in st. Louis by the organ.
ization Of the National Farm Homes
association, with Governor Herbert S
Hadley 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 u return of city
jewellers to the farm and for lls
has been working out the details of u
plan which, he believes, will solve
the high cost Of living problem and at
the same time bring about more scien.
tific farming.
His plan Is made up Of the best fea.
lures Of similar ideas in use in Europe.
with minor additions by himself 1t
Is proposed to incorporate the asso,
citation for $1,OOO.OOO. the stock to be
divided into 1000 shares Of $1,000 each
These shares. 1t Is expected. will pay
dividends which either will be taken
out by the stockholders or added to
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. a 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 Gen.
trail farm. presided over by an expert
agriculturist, who will oversee the
work OH the farms. the proper rotation
of crops. etc. Tenants will be given
ample time to pay for their farms. and
their profits have been figured out by
Hadley as averaging $500 Il year.
Each colony will have school.
where scientific farming will be taught
in addition to the usual curriculum.
Each group Of thirty-two farms will
cost complete. il is figured. $4,000.
thus allowing twenty colonies. or 6G0
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 in Kansas
City the ether morning from st. Louis.
bringing the news of the wide interest
in the movement. Before leaving st
Louis the governor received hundreds
of letters from persons interested in
the movement and u Geographic in
curry from the Canadian parliament
ment has been impressed with the
idea.
A Large Fund Not Needed.
"a was surprised" the governor said
Eat the tremendous interest shown in
the movement at the outset. 1t 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.
ut is not my idea that this organiza-
tion should collect a vast amount of
money for carrying out its purposes
l believe. as Il matter of fact. that it
can more successfully serve Its pur-
pose as the machinery for carrying
out the desired ends in the movement
back to the soil.
"a phianthropist 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
ry out his wishes and pay him 4 per
cent interest on his investment. or Il
man who has large tract of land
similarly can turn it over to us on sat
isfactory terms. We can plant the
land and handle it and place men and
their families on it. 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 the
feeling of isolation that Is the great
drawback now"
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