The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-24
 RAILROAD PLANS ID RUN MODEL FARMS Central of Georgia Under-
 takes Unique Experiment
 FORTY ACRE TRACTS
Will Be Set Aside and Cultivated m Scientific Way to Demonstrate What Can Be Done With
 the Lands

The Central of Georgia railroad, in or- cultural conditions along it's lines in the state, proposes to conduct a series of ed- ucational farms.
 The company will 1t is announced, se- cure from various farmers along the liro 10 acres of the farm lands. This will be titled to perfection by agricultural experts employed by the company, and in con- nection with the various agricultural col- leges scattered throughout the state. Ex- perts from the colleges will be permitted and requested to observe the tests and work in connection with the experi- ments.
 The company then proposes to furnish the seed, work the 40 acres set aside specially for that purpose, and after the farmers have been shown how much bet- ter scientific work Is than the indifferent systems the land and its products will be returned to the owner. The test farms will be so situated as to be visited with out great inconvenience by the various neighborhood farmers and by others from afar who desire to get in touch with the tests being made.
 In order to show how adaptable Ala bama lands are to the growth of almost any agricultural commodity the company will not only experiment with corn and cotton, but with all kinds of grain which may be grown here under more satisfac- | tory conditions and at a better profit than | elsewhere,
 Tho taet of "a ilroad pOun DauV of actual
 farms is something new to this section. l It is policy of all lines to maintain ag- ricuturale departments to advise with farmers and to advertise extensively tho virtues of the lands along their lines- But the proposition of actually cultivating 40-acre tracts In various parts of the state where their lines touch is a new and broad move by the Central of Georgia. On account of the different conditions surrounding various farms 1t is announced that no two sets of plans for the experi- ments will be alike. The farmer will be given plans that suit his conditions, and in this way the experiments will be doubly educational. The company will prescribe the formulas to be followed. and everything to improve the land, and if tho results are not what are guaranteed the company proposes to reimburse all losses to stipulated amount.
 The indications are more evident at this time than in many years that the rail- roads of the south are paying morg attention to the local agricultural condi- tions Following the work of the vest ern railroads in booming lands owned by them and situated out west the local rail- roads are marching up to the front with ideas and propositions which if carried to their ultimate and logical conclusion. means that southern farm lands will be as much in demand in very short period as have western lands.
 The initiative in the southern better ment movement was taken by the South ern railway a short time back. That ex- ample has been followed by the Illinois Central railroad. Queen and Crescent Route, the Mobile and Ohio. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad and now the Central of Georgia and the Atlanta. Bir- mingham and Atlantic are active to im- prove the condition of lands adjacent to their individual lines.