Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
FINDS KENT FARMING PAYS

FINDS KENT FARMING PAYS
Arley b. Magee of Dover, Has Made
Money from Apples on "Reed Farm"
Men in some states have struck
gold dust, oil, good health and good
fortune and amassed fortunes. There
is one man in Kent county who has
property, big cash deposits, who
owns Little Heaven" south of Do
yer, who cleared $4,000 from his ap-
pie crop in 1927. Whose health is
much improved and now has started
to reap a harvest by the sale of thous-
ands of nice, fat broilers and who
leaves his 10 woffice daily at o'clock,
visits his farms and comes back to his
office each morning much refreshed
He is Arley B. Magee, a former
Mayor of Dover, leading member of
the Kent county bar, chairman of the
Advisory Council of the Marketing
Bureau Of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association Mr.. Magee is also
chairman Of the agricultural commit
tee of the State Bankers Association.
He has divided five adjoining farms
from a tract of $50 acres which lie
along the DUPONT Boulevard. In or
der to comply with the new state law
governing the shipment of apples in
carriers clearly branded he purchased
separator, the only one in the state,
and in that way the various sizes
were culled and then each package
carried the guarantee that if the fruit
were not up to the standard the
money would be refunded.
Norman Holiday has 49 acres, the
greater part Of which is in apples.
Clinton Culver has 55 acres in his
farm of which 35 are in apples and
20 acres cleared land. He has ten
milch cows and rs hogs, as well as
3 100 broilers.
This is the place known as Little
Heaven" and is well worth a visit
and an hour or two to inspect the or
chard AS the visitor drives along
the apples trees he finds all trees in
line no matter which way he looks.
The ground is rich and perfectly
level
From the chicken houses the far
mer hauls manure daily and basket
full is placed around each tree
In this orchard are some apple
trees that are IS years old and last
season each tree gave a splendid re-
turn of fruit, surprising many trees
throughout the state not half their
age
Several varieties are grown by this
enterprising gentleman farmer. At
the Culver homestead are a cluster of
new buildings newly painted so that
''Little Heaven" attracts attention
from passersby.
The 3,100 broilers are comfortably
housed and the first 500 went out last
week. The chicks weigh 2 Ia pounds
each and the price in New York is
As cents a pound. He buys the young
chicks at 20 cents each when they are
two weeks old and are over the ser
ious period.
He lost only 25 chicks out of the
3,10O he put in the houses. As each
shipment goes out he will put in 500
young chicks to take the place of the
ones SIlppeu. III ILLS way MI. Nd
gee creates an endless chain reaching
from the hatchery to the bank and
painting a regular gold mine in Kent
county.
Culver, on this farm, has $50 hens
which at present are producing eggs
when the price is a paying one. The
ten cows are all fresh and, being
tested stock, the milk goes to the
dairy every day as the big truck
comes along and collects the milk off
the platform where it has been
placed.
The hogs are nearly ready for the
Dover butchers and they are a divi-
dend yielding stock which boosts the
bank account.
Electric lights are used throughout
all the farm houses and outbuldings.
The house has hot and cold water and