The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12
RAISING A CROP THIS SUMNER
WHERE FOREST WAS LAST WINTER
That's What Dundee Farm Company Is Doing-A Project
Forecastihg Corporate Business Methods and Prac-
tees On The Farm
1By BION III.

Jeayer Dam creek, a prOJeCt that
forecasts the introduction of corpo-
rate business metnooS ana practlces
nm the farm.
p p. d. johnson is a farmer. liv-
;,r out some miles from Raeford.
adjoining this farm was some unde-
reloped black jack land, similar to
the land that is quite common over
,nuch of the State. John L. McFad- |
wen. w. Lamont, w. b. MCLAUGHLIN
and some Of the other men of the
vicinity. men who are farming, n
engaged In business in different lines,
.,ot TO talking about the extension
Of farm development out the Beaver
Dam way. and the proposition came
up to buy several hundred acres Of
land and form a corporation to OPP
crate it. These men are all planters,
and they were capable of judging the
wisdom of making a farm. They are
also business men, connected with
other things, and trained In business
methods.
| have been familiar with the evo-
luton Of Dundee farm from the be-
ginning. and it interested me from
,he start. McFadyen broached the
matter one morning when the matter
was still in the deliberative stage. A
day or two later he said the land had
been bought, -four undred acres, and
en- a few days more the corporation
was chartered. This was January 2,
lust a little more than -four months
ago. Within the four months the
Dundee farm has cleared up ground
and planted a hundred acres of cot
ton, twenty-five acres of corn, and is
almost ready for over two hundred
acres of cow peas. But it is not the
rapidity of development that makes
the thing an event. 1t is the plan
and the precision of business pro-
Cedure.
Organizing a Farm Company.
The plan was bought by a corpora
tion calling itself the Dundee Farms
Company. The capital stock was
fixed at fifty thousand dollars. Of
which about half is already paid in.
More will be issued as it is needed.
Probably more land will be added
before the work reaches its limit.
That is a secondary matter. The pri-
mary features is the method Of or
ganizing the farm company and its
plan of action.
Immediately after the organization
of the corporation II. M. Lilly, ar en-
gineer, was sent out to the proposed
farm. He surveyed the land which
was at once bought Then as ar
architect addresses himself to the
a new building Mr.. Lilly was com
.missioned to make ground plans fol
a complete working schedule of {
farm operation that would mean tn
most convenient plant, and the mos
efficient and economical layout pos
sible for producing staple farm crops
Mr.. Lilly went at the job from tn
abstract view point. He plotted tn,
tract, and then he considered tn
topography of it.
He introduced a road from tn
public highway. and this road wa
graded and improved by the com
pany. 1t was continued through tn
heart Of Dundee as the main Thorough
fare. 1t will be n of the good road
of the county system from this tim
forth, a contribution to the count
from the company.
AT right angles to the main rOa
cross roads nave been laid off at
distance that will give a road t
every forty acres. h cross road
are permanent, established like tn
streets of q city, graded, and weT
at once made serviceable for use, a
over the property. This road systel
cuts the tract into f~orty-aCre farm
and these forty-acre farms are boun6
ed by straight lines, and with rOaC
on all sides as we'll as cross roads
regular intervals on the farms. TT
ground plan is as near matliematic
"xactness as the character of tt
ground would permit, and near enoue
So that the few Irregularities do II
show except when it is laid down
detail on the map.
Homes on tho Main Road.
INK plan is SO arranged that eat
one OF the forty-acre tracts touch
the main road to Raeford. On II
main road will be the homes Of Il
farmers. Already half a dozen
these houses are built and occupie
are some more are to follow. ~
houses are all built after one desis
-our comfortable rooms. with t
ordinary smaller buildings, for stoC
chickens, etc. The Dundee COmpaI
instructed the engineer to plan
comfortable quarters, as the farm
designed for a permanent, product
investment, and the idea at the sta
was to provide efficient equipmel
food buildings mean good tenan
INC Dundee company wants the b.
hands it al get, and goes or t
theory that by making it worth VIII