The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-09
President Hickey in Report
Tonight Will Make Strong
Recommendation Favoring'
Carrying Out of Plan.
A HAS OPTION ON
% R NEAR BRIDGE
Also Has Tentative Agree
ment With Experienced
Truck Farmer to Take Ac-
tive Supervision of the OPP.
erations.

A model farm and truck garden.
operated under direction OF the
school authorities. with an expert
farmer Ia charge. and worked by the
school boys of Albuquerque. iH the
next advanced step proposed by the
city board OF education. The school
farm plan. forming az u VIII q com
plete agricultural course for the
high school boys Of this city. has
been under discussion by the board
Tor some time past. Recently the
matter was placed In the hands OF
NJ T.. Hickey. president OF the board.
with Instructions TO make a thorough
investigation and to form tentative
plans for the carrying out of the
project.
This. AIR. Hickey has done, and at
The meeting of the board In the
Central school building tonight, At
which the directors OF all the valley
school districts viii be present. he
will present a complete report, show
ing every detail Of the proposed OPP
Grafton. from the finding OF the
land. 10 the marketing OF the pro-
duce and the financing OF the farm.
with his customary thoroughness
MIR Hickey has formed his report so
that II places before the school board
a complete u thoroughly practical
plan FOR the school farm. and one
which. while IL WIN require some or
iginal outlay of money by the board
% education, viii In the end prove
without expense To the school funds.
and probably viii O u revenue
producer. Mr. Hickey has obtained
an option for the leasing OF % acres
Of level. well watered land at the
west end of The Barelas bridge. in
easy walking distance OF the city. He
has also made "a tentative agreement
with a ~thorourhly practical and
highly experienced farmer n truck
gardener. 70 take the active super
vision Of the farm. AT a very mod
crate salary. Thirteen acres OF tho
IS, which Il Is proposed TO lease. are
already In alfalfa and therefore in
come producing and one house on
the land can be rented Tor a consld-
cradle sum. thus reducing materially
the original outlay necessary by the
schOolboard
Il is PROPOSED that those boys who
desire q take the agricultural course
shall be assigned regular WORKING
hours on the farm. beginning with
the raw land, after leNellng and
preparation OF bitches and l~atcrals.
which the University OF New Mexico
engineering department has consent
ed TO do AZ part OF It's class work.
The boys shall be paid a stipulated
sum per hour for their work on the
farm, and also a percentage OF in
come from the marketing OF Vegeta-
bles. which viii also be IN their
hands. under The supervision OF the
expert farmer. should the income
from the farm and truck garden
prove greater than the probable 5000
e year outlay which AFR. Hickey es-
Inmates will be required. the sum
ever and above. nat amount Will be
divided mons the boy farmers In
proportion 10 standing in the work.
A. an alternative 10 this. Mr. Hickey
viii submit to The hoard a plan for
Incorporating the farm, not formally.
but fulfilling an the forms required
by Law and making each member OF
the farm school doing practical work
a siOckholder issuing stock 90 each,
IN proportion 10 work done, and pay
Ing dividends ON the stock from the
Income Of the farm over n above
the actual operating expense.
the plan has been worked out IN
minute detail and with the supervl-
sion Of the expert. who II a practical
man OF Ions experiences can hardly
fail from a financial standpoint,