The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-08-24
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Rardens, covering areas Of from two %
four acres We found come men with
- high ~ eight in family who said they
would make more than enough corn u
do them through the winter. They oil
seemed 70 have made . speciality in rais-
ing beans, cabbage, tomatoes. potatoes
and onions. Mr., J. X Sexton truly had
some all round garden and had 20 much
OF many things There was Mr.. =. L.
Cook, who too had one OF the best gar
dens We have seen These people on tins
operation, TO the surprise of everybody.
didn't only have great quantities OF
thinRs growing IN their gardens, but
thsy had COWS, giving much milk and
butter, yards full OF chickens and hog-
IN the pen out of which they said to Ne
that they would kill meat enough vine u
tue weather got cold to ID them all the
winter
Some women told Us that they had al
ready candn from twelve To fifteen gal
Ions OF tomatoes. One man. Mr.. Csey,
said he had sold over twenty dollars
worth OF tomatoes and other things out
OF his garden besides having supplied
another family aud himself all summer.
Some, We found, .hsd made two crops
and then were getting ready for q big
turnip crop.
HE management of this company is
70 he congratulated on the great enthusi-
ann and activity on the part OF their
employees 70 raise so much stufi TO eat
and to become 80 self-supporting.
SCHOOL HOUSES AND CHURCHES.
Special attention attention has been
paid To the erection OF good schoo
houses and church accommodations.
Both the white and colored people are
well provided with good buildings for
their children to lie educated IN and To
hear the gospel preached.
The resilient houses are very good tx
cept those on the No. l WORKS, called
Blackstone Those houses are not a. good
- the rest OF them yet efforts Are constant
~ being made TO have the people to clean
up around their homes and to besuufy
Their yards. Right in the town q big
Concrete bridge is being erected across
lug River by the Good Roads construc-
ton crew.
COMPANY STORE
HE company store 10 built absolutely
oil stone and Is one OF the most sub.tan
uai buildings IN the Fiat Top eoalfields.
lie Offices are among the best and their
general ARRANGEMENTS 80 facilitate mat
ters tall the work moves on with the
same precision of the sun in it, cour.e
We we're talking to . lady by the name
OF Mr.. jenkins who said before .hs
started this gardening process that her
grocery bill often ran - high ~
>S' 70 500 every two weeks. but now
since she has to 20 to Il q st1re for bnt
little OF anything used ON her table. hsy-
ing made everything in their garden..
mat her grocery bill seldom runs over
si4 and $50 every two weeks. In other
"ords' she said; Il tell you, gentlemen
my grocery bill on an average has been
reduced TO less than one third"
Another man and wife told US. when
looking AZ their hstteringiy large crop,
OF everything, that three hundred dol
la" would not then cover what they hse
IN Their garden for eating purposes. 4
10 no trouble to lind something of ever,
variety In those peoples gardens. Pen
per- beets, sweet potatoes, sweet corn
eucumoers, pumpkins, goad, and eve,
wateFmeions were found IN several Oar
dens- The like has not been .een an.
% progressive and earnest are thee r.so
pie tall they have fruit trees with pesche.
apples and q few cherries.
Mr.. Baldridge said his garden womb
easily save him anywhere from $3.50 q
$4,O- One thing that stand. out CON
sp'cuousiy about the people on this Old
GRAFTON and that 10 they did not wait 4
have the Goal Companies do their frnc
ing' out they just went after IL them
selves and with brush, logs and stone
thsy made Tor themselves fence. an,
planted gardens.
ihe Department of Agriculture viii
10 activities 70 stir and stimulate ina,
and women TO action TO make and ..v
Tor themselves supported 90 un-el6-f,lv n,
TINS Company, has meritsd the ;,r.t q
support, the hesrtiest cooperation am.
ana TIE state, IN all il relations 20 th
wants and needs OF the people. can mo
point with gr. sser pride for sccompl,.b
msns from any Department. thai th,
one giving and realizing. This !
what We call Delivering the vood. >
lie people are being awakened and an
oourHgcd 10 do for the mselye. rhst xhir,
has been neglected and overlooked a.
ayes.
The Superior Pocsbontss Coal Com
psny and the Department. Of Avricul,ur,
IN Their cooperative efforts 20 incrs..,
production Of food stuff. are 10 no con
srssulssed. The Special Agent. sppo;,,
cd by the Departments like the one oh,
oos active interest in this work Like A,
S'Jre did and az whose hand. and sn
eoorremens % much has been sccon
phshed need 70 be recognized and an
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