Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-21
RECONSTRUCTION
WORK A PROFILE
Agricultural Phase Pointed Out
by State Agronomist Arthur
f Grantham.
Special Correspondence Of Every Eycnlns


Newark Nov u Rccoustrueii8u
work j. admitted to bc the Rr,at pro ~
of the dav bnt no branch of Il Is ntr"
essential II his time when hundreds %
Thousand of American soldiers will soon
he coming home, then agricultural re-
construction 20 was pointed out ~
I'rof-s9r Arthur T.. Grantham pro-
lessor Of APronomy ~ Delaware tnlIeRc
IN an address To the students of the college
Yesterday One suggestion uado lv
Professor Grantharn that IS especially
worthy of consideration 1t this fIun ~
that lie State in co-opcrttlpn witt the
Federal Government reoaGn some Of the
thousands Of aercs Of 3 s mp land ~ the
State and I'll The iaud 10 iho sol'licrs np
ensy terms
Professor G11ulLa.n ~ his adaa IS
said ~ part II Is the popular of'Hlon
that tFc best Hay 10 md thr returning
| soldet Is ~ settle him upon tho Iand
| la" satisfactory results attending tic
| settltHncnt fjId Development of fhe Hcst
| bv the eX-Fetorans 0f the CIVIL N3r fits
not been forgotten Many If the re-
turning soldiers have co0o FROM tho
| farm aud wish 70 continue agricultural
| pursuits HIHic other. r,all5mg lor tie
ttst inc tlc advantage u oftaopf i'.c
| through fhcr c1nlt' 'ait frId eeSerie iet s
will nevcr ro bocl - t,a hofi nr aH.ec
/ Inc problem al p1telne these men ap
land nov 9 far Gite II from tha -
| lsGl Jhcfe i no n1re tiIlflc tnd free
for enirv he government eanuot glvc
to cvery returning .o.her r homestead
| on fettlle all Nhlfc Il s. tr.t tha' -"
| haee 80 #pll3on acres n nnafr.ropr
land u 'hau half nf baf tHauu' c.tu
| he cultivated undrf any condition he
arcH fi1t efu IT. turned into trft ~
elldea tI1 land capaill. ot lrrlr3fr,n.
swamp land tHat can t drHned and
eti over ian.l4 9lta oil worth ~oeItuuug
tceorelhp - ~ceretor1 fanc tteta ~
! II million acres If and e far rrt .sn
i ~ fhe pIl lie }ousalH ne.rts - na..tsu
acres II recialuahe amup iaaas. u.d iIc
t and private aanor.b'r thor. an
/ atirianec ii puhlt fand I4r egets
soldier Nha inE,ii Nant to e4eutt i farn
/ However. bfiarc nv 1ri 4rd ,arup
Ianig eln ! uadc aval4Hir flr hna9os
> tremendous daount III cn9iHcers-g Z
! WORK ui d ncc.s=ary itas r.eiamat +
work ctp Ia done aanna4ienlI fa
/ et'feleutls afir On larIr zcaie j af.
! pInn proposed f II Eli s thc Federal
+ Government undertake fho-n projects.
/ providing The money fer III improve
1nent ni ctrrYng ont tHe Hor. mt
/ that tlo te- il phIfh he ande rs
redeemed str to a-.unc IFe II ra. 81
tilfty fer re ,v.F'ng fa2 Hon;
L i not proposed - Hse he land d
tho ex-soieIicr / be spensc If providing
homes lor III vho would appl} would
EIIf tito country HI 1.fa faaus billions
~omo enc asks. !a aat 81 f,nrerf-
Hrnf H. nvo hes. lands r.o a- zre
free IaHd- u the ..teis ai fbr td
Nnr Is haf fist t,ueerautst. gals III
8 -.
III blieing 4 .lufu4 aq - i. .a- fal sore
t.raeflcails athot.t rauuHor.at suiuc.
although fraIuaf4 lsda tI,n govern
menf eaaatfet hettef appnrf4at. Bv
tbs plln he .aIine tIa lIrr4a 3f pared
for production. acreselble % markets.
provided alth buildings, nachine and
livestock tan rea.liir hc ti...t
fke government cannot 3r tcsc
farm homes free 81 hargr cost
would be prnhibitive
III, Federal Government would 20
operate with the State IN extending cresiIt
for the urcbn-e and Improvement of he
land. Ills making possible i low rate of
interest and long period tor repayment
4 tie prnrlpa! s. make this method
af land holding succce-fli It seems adj
vlsable that tie farmers opcrat. r.
community init in tha praduetI and
s.
he returning soldiers -eeu4 well fitted
for a cooperative enterprise d fhi~ klnl
iheir HI" .fr army 4nd ar discipline
fneIdent hereto iia- gwen her1 raining
ief festut-WorA and ia 9u.hag together
for common cause / h. .A--yIfIJrr~ re
Young win more 81 les . .5ufuon
viewpoint winch "ouIJ -aeeg tbc forming
ol a eoutuuntt project
he question j. NH his Gtah work
In Australia he goEefHHleut ass eo-
operated aIsh III 4aruat far -eHeta Yeats
IN developing nea .and Duag H. pa-5
year the state ai (sllfornia aa- luier-
taken the establishment il ~Hch IN enter
prise Fbr Sfatt bought IL. land. 'excled
tbe soil jug The rrlgafiou djtehe-, 4 III
bulid the lesf~s 4nd farm buildings upon
request ~ state ttu the work WGeh /
cheaper than eae individual In ku~-
traIia il w.l> found that u saving oi 20 |
per cent was iaaae IN constructing lie /
farm building over the individual under |
taking The settler : required 10 pay +
down five per cent at he eu9t nj the I
land and 10 per cent q tie ee>t III Iae +
buildings The remaining payments may /
be nade over perlud u 20 wears or I
more With interest II TIVE per eeaf T
Each farmer !, l~ked 70 Keep 1 definite /
breed Of stock cooperate With his neigh /
bors IL buying and selling and in the
ownership ef expensive equipment This +
plau might nell ht- adopted for returning
the eS-soldIer 70 the land L is clear /
that ~ cannot damp Tim down ON The +
public domain without gapltal or rretlu /
Each III lvidu3l state u.Eht properly /
undertake small project along this line /
Delaware for example has thousands of /
acres of swamp and brush land now /
unprodnttive that might BE- redeemed |
The State IN cooperation with he Fed I
eIal Government could huN hose lands, +
clear them and cut the NECESSARY drainage
taualS and sell the liolnents 10 the I
soldier ou eaS, terms \ project IF his F
kind would prov . valuable social and
economic experiment IS applied 10 agri-
culture and would undoubtedly solve !.
SoInc Of the many problems ii marketing /
which is nov one of the weak poInts .
IN business OF farming
Il Is clear 70 every student il a4r-
culture that existing conditions on the I
farm prevent the development Of healthy +
normal community life In placing the /
returned soldier on the land under some
such system as described above uigbt +
prove To be the beginning of marked /
advance III agriculture development of !
the country in every phase Of its existence I
DELAWARE CHARTERS.