The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
CO-OPE GRAFTON IN
GOOD GARDENING

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thing TO me. The company known as
Garden City Heights, Incorporated,
and of which G. a. Richardson IS
general manager has purchased about
500 acres of good gardening land be-
tween this city and Petersburg con-
venicnt to the electric railway line
and also two steam roads. and It is
proposed to inaugurate there one acre
SIrdens. to be run on a kind of CO.
operative plan. which plan is. SO far
as l know original with Mr.. Richard
son.
How It May Work.
An expert in gardening has been
aged and he will employ skilled
laborers to work with him. The
gardens will each contain one acre
and will be set and planted in fruits.
berries and vegetable crops. One
fourth OF an acre on each place will
be used as a chicken run" and Will
be equipped with a house for two or
three dozen hens. The owner OF a
garden Will have the privilege OF
pasturirs one COW free. a general
pasture and dairy building complying
with all the State and city restric-
tions, being very important feature
of the system.
The co-operators or owners OF
gardens will not be required to do any
work or be put TO any trouble what
soever in connection with planting
and cultivating or in the harvesting
OF the crops. An expert poultry grow
q Will give the chickens on each
place all necessary attention.
The plans contemplate the gather
ing of the vegetables and berries
early in the morning. packing in
specially prepared baskets, which will
also carry eggs. chickens, butter and
etc, and delivering right at your door
every day, or two or three times a
week. as may be desired
Others Mny Follow.
1t is freely predicted that the plans
Will prove success and tina, many
other gardening cooperative socie-
ties will be organized
1t is said that this plan. while new
In America. has long been nracticed
in European countries. particularly
around London. Paris. and other large
cities. The successful operation Of
this cooperative system means that
the city people may enjoy all the ad-
vlntages of economy In table supply
cost. vouchsafed. those who live in
towns where an acre garden. poultry
yard and COW pasture are a part of
each home. The money saved by the
method is the first consideration. of
course. but the housewife will ap-
preciate fully the extra quality of
the fresh crisp fruits and vegetables
which will be gathered from the gar
dens carly in the morning and deliver
ed at the city home door an hour or
SO later.
II May Pay Fronts.
The originators of the plan for CO.
operative gardening claim that. esti-
mating upon conservative basis. the
returns from garden. two or three
dozen hens and n COW, may reason
ably be expected to yield an abundant
supply for the ordinary family and
surplus which may be turned into
cash. sufficient to pay all cost: in which
event, the table supplies for the fam
ilF owning a cooperative garden will
cost nothing.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
recently stated there was enough idle
land. along the steam and electric
car lines running between Washing
ton and Baltimore which. IL planted
in food producing crops. would feed
every soul In the two cities: and he
strongly urged the people. who could
not afford to pay the exhorbitant
prices complained OF. to utilize some
of this land and help produce table
supplies. We might have added that
a very small part of the land now pro-
.Incipo, all ha