Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

smaller subdivisions 10 form homes ioi
! laborers, cleared and fenced these lands
/ provided irrigation facilities, butt houses
and barns planted crops, and offered tht
farms for sale at prices based upon thf
! producing power of the land, and upon
terms which provided that the purchaser
+ pay five per cent of the value ~ the land
/ and forty per cent of the value 81 the I'M
provements, and had twenty ycors ~
which 10 pny the remainder.
Having installed the farmer upon hls
farm under these relatively favorable
conditions, the stat" 0f California docs
not leave him to hla fate u hrs. ~ the
first place. insured him a supply II labor
bv providing homes for the laborer3 where
they may live independent aud COM
Portable lives. In the second placc through
~ state Agricultural college and tho
United States Department If Agriculture,
IL offers hlm the best scientific advice
upon farming matters, and usns ita IN
flucnce To see Tint this aIYjcn ls compiled
with
II also shows the farmers how. by Or
ganlzinR their colony as a unit for the
purpose nf marketing their product,
they can obtain fair prizes for the same.
In return for thcsc advantage. the
settler has % comply with certain c"ndit-
IONS fTc must be n citizen Of the nltrd
States. or have declared his intention Of
becoming ono. aud The Board reserve th"
night 10 reject any Application tor q farm
that II secs 81 10 rcicct The settler must
actually live upon his farm, and must
begin his residence within SIX months lie
may not have more than ono Of fbc allot-
rncnts IIe must cultivate The land in
manner approved by the Board and must
keep Il improvements "a. g1oi order
and insured IIc cannot -cll the place
for FIVE years and tbcn only with the
approval of The Board
If the settler docs not live up 20 these
conditions The contract between hi,u ald
the state bccolncs void, and hc amounts he
has paid arc considered as rental for his
occupancy
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In substance, the Board provides
farmers with farms upon yhich they can
Worls .qith profit II gives them every as-
sIstancc IN dong 50 ln retrn # demands
that the farmcr must be 3 responsible and
capable person, and that be must really
desire ~ liyn upon and cultivate hls fern
not merely acquire il for speculative pur-
poses
The provision n small plots n land and
houses for farm Iaborcrs Is one gf hc
nosf interesting ii THE Cailforuia plan
Right now the difficulty RI farmers 4ll over
tie nItod States IS hat they cannot
obtain laf3or Every working rnan has gone
to III cItirs THIS n not : matter for SIR
prise whom the conditions 81 farm labor
.n tins country are realized .fhc typical
ilrcd man has no horne. 8nd little
fhancc to arqurc one Ilc underpaid
and bas little chance of bctferlng his con
ditian nder the CALIFORNIA; pitr the
mred man ohtIlns hol~o which fo 1--WE
md plot III ground lpon which 4" mav
raiee enough fnr hs own ne"ds lIe te- be
cezc tiale ri Independence H. 4 mot 8t
the mercy af his employer Dn The other
hand ne Il pernanrr tlv located and the
employer NAV count upon nls services M
a farm wage Many iii those atnrcr allGf-
rueutz. foo. have bnen taken av artisans.
-8rh 4s carpenters and cobhier- Fi1p are
If great saiuc H the eomHmntr
Tho first aliforn0a Iand Settlement nas
ln=f oTnned f0 entry last june out En