The evening world., 1911-05-20
Big Lines Work to Increase
Richness Of Land Over
Radius of 100 Miles.
FOR NEW HOME SITES.
Projected City Subways Will
Cover Territory Suited Only
for Flat Builders.

Railroads entering New York are
developing a wide campaign for draw
ing city dwellers 10 outlying farms.
Acreage over 100 miles from Man.
haitian Is being peopled with farmers
Of the small kind. Places of one to FIVE
acres are covering territory which had
been only partly productive.
As a result. farm buying has become
the prominent feature in the spring
rush OF home expansion. Fla jewellers
are looking for farms In all directions.
And the movement is embracing all
classes OF families, for those In affluent
circumstance are seeking %pretentious
country estates. Acreage available for
such uses Is rising in value on account
Of increasing demands. A large volume
Of private capital Is flowing into the
Improvement OF the new farms and
rural estates.
Opening Outer Zones.
All Of the large railroads have organ-
lied departments for promoting the
suburban movement. They are work.
ing independently OF the rapid transit
subway situation In the Greater City
because they are prepared to furnish
transportation for expansion into SEC
ions beyond the zone OF any subway
system which the city has projected.
The new movement Is based on the
steadily spreading tendency Of small
home owners rather than upon condi-
tons In the more congested population
centres. The new rapid transit subways
will be adapted for serving almost *
clusively a ~fiat-house territory, and fiat
builders are expected to extend their
operations " practically all Of the
country which will be opened by the
new lines, but the railroads. on the
contrary. are opening outer zones which
are TO become the new outlying suburbs
Of the metropolis.
Prove Richness Of Land.
The most unsttractive parcel Of land
on Long Island can be converted into
rich. fertile soil, capable OF producing
every species of vegetable. fruit for
age and Towering plant common TO tho
temperate 1OHe' shlu MP foterS,
President OF the Long Island Railroad.
yesterday. ITO prove this. an eigh-
teen-aore plot OF waste land at Wadin8
River on the North Shore was pur-
chased BY the railroad company and
given over to II. b. Fullerton. an agri-
cultural expert. for cultivation. In six
ty-four working days. the property at
Wading River-more than seventy
miles from the metropolis-was cleared
OF stumps. boulders and trees. A year
later the farm produced $50 varieties OF
plant growth.
Delighted with the results OF this ex-
pertinent, the Long Island Railroad de-
cided to extend it's agricultural work.
Another tract OF so-called ~scrub-oak
waste was secured at Medford. on the
South Shore. at which place Mr.. Full
lerton me- with equal success.
After these o st ratlons real es-
tate operators are exploiting the ad-
vantages of the small farm. one en-
terprising firm recently acquired Nv
acres near Bay Shore. The land was
cleared. divided into areas OF one, two
and three acres and over a hundred one
acre plots ave been disposed Of 10
in connection with his particular de-
velopment Is a farm school conducted
on the property, in which methods OF
scientific farming are taught
Nearness to Markets Aids.
Agriculture has contributed largely