Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-05-06
MILLION DOLLAR
FARM NOW
Great Enterprise of Camp
bell Soup Co.
GLOUCESTER co.
Washington Park VIII Provide
1000 Acres for a Most Re-
markabIe Farm.
written by H. F. Hall.)

EX-President American Vegetable
Growers Association and Superin-
tendent Campbells Soup Farms.
Two thousand acres may appear on
the surface to be a tremendous and
unWieldly proposition as a farm, yet
under scientific management such as
we shall have it resolves itself into
a simple matter.
About a year ago when the propo-
sltlon was first thought of, the task,
even to DR.. J. T. Dorrance, presidelt
and general manager of the company.
and myself, seemed monstrous be-
cause of the conditions and difficulties
that confronted us.
Most of the land that lies along
the river front was under water. and
at high tide and in times of storm.
was inundated for number of feet.
We did not halt, however, but began
filling in this basin with mud pumped
through a pipe from the bed of the
river, distance of a mile, which 7
believe, is record distance for this
kind of work
Today, in place of a windswept.
water-coyered waste. growing grain
greets the eye of the visitor. This
grain is now being plowed under as
green fertilizer to feed the vegetable
crops which are later to occupy the
land Land that was thought useless
has been made to work and from a
value that was so small as to be neg
| llgible, it is for the most part, due to
intensive culture, worth up to $500 an
acre.
This vast track will be divided into
units and a foreman will be placed
in charge of each For best results.
that is profits as we'll as appearance.
| they will be rewarded All that is
best will be at their command from
the seed to the horse that draws the
machine with which the ground is
cultivated.
This farm will house the best cattle
the best poultry, the best of every
thing. The buildings will be up-to-
date and therefore all at which we
aim must result.
We purpose having an artificial
irrigation system by the use of a
canal, and short lifts will carry the
water at minimum of cost to the
soil.
This is intensive farming with a
vengeance, but to realize our ambi-
tions all must be intensive. In some
OF the fields tile drains will be laid
to carry off seepage and the like. On
the river front a great bulkhead is
now being built that will keep the
river in it's course and remove for all
time danger from flooding.
Farmers will come to this farm to
study ohw to farm. They will be
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farming. Nothing will be hidden as
the company feels that by taking this
step better results will be obtained
and the small farmer Will be placed
on plane with the great and the re-
suit will be that we will have first call
on product that will be the Cream"
of the soil.
No detail, however small. escapes
the thought and attention of our ex-
perts. Each and every ingredient that
goes into the soil or that is obtained
from it is selected, after a careful
study of it's qualities, and only the
highest grade obtainable is used.
To insure this high standard force
of chemists regularly inspect and test
all raw materials that enter into our
work. This work is now and will be
continually carried right into the
fields.
Fully equipped greenhouses and
laboratories, in which experiments
will be conducted constantly, will be
maintained in an endeavor to produce
vegetables of unsurpassed richness
and flavor.
Flavor is a watchword with US.
We have always aimed to have the
produce offered us and that enters our
factory picked early in the morning