The Coolidge examiner., 1937-09-23
r. A. Faul, Cool
Farmer, To
Manage The
Enterprise

The 1000 acre ReSettlement PrO-
ject four milen east of Coolidge
is ready to begin active operation
on October 1st, under the name of
Casa Grande Valley COOPERATIVE
Farms, Inc, and, will be under the
direct management of Mr. R. A.
Faul. successful local farmer who
now resides on his own $50 acre
farm two miles east of Coolidge.
Mr.. Faul will reside on the Pro-
ject and leave the management and
operation of his home farm, to bis
son, A. ]. (Jimmy) Faul.
This project is of more than local
interest and it's progress will be
watched with interest by people
everywhere. Sixty-one modern
small homes have been built, each
one connected with electric lines
and natural gas service, each one
is furnished with substantial furni-
ture according to the needs of each
family.
There is a fine community build
ing. with a hall for meetings ard
social affairs, with kitchan fully
equipped, modern sewing rooms,
and rest rooms There is a large
modern dairy barn with cooling
equipment for dairy products. The
dairy herd will consist of $50 Hol-
stein milch cows, and the dairy
herd will likely average 250, as all
heifer calves will be kept on tie
place.
Modern hog houses have been
built to care for an average of
forty brood sows. Hogs raised will
be fed out for the market with feed
raised on the farm. There are
large sheds for sheep, and it is in
tended to keep an average of 500
breeding ewes on the farm.
The poultry department is an i'm
portant one, and poultry houses
have been built to care for an
average of 1000 laying hens and
1000 turkeys.
It is planned to feed out 1000
steers each year, in the large var Is
and feed lots on the farm, as soon
as feed can be produced on the
premises. Each department of pro-
duction will be placed in charge OF
men especially fitted to handle the
work.
Grounds will be Handicapped and
streets graded, and there will be
a community garden, to supply the
needs of the sixty homes. No CO.
operator may keep his own cows
or poultry, but dairy and poultry
products and meats, will be suprli-
ed to each one at actual cost, from
the farm herd and flocks.
According to Mr. Faul, the whole
project has been turned over by the
Resettlement Administration, to the
Casa Grande Valley Cooperative
Farms, Inc, together with cash
enough to pay all costs of opera
tion for the first year. The corpcr-
alton is to repay the government
over a period of forty years, at an
interest rate of 8 per cent, the cost
is based on its present appraised
value, not on the actual cost of the
project, as much of the work was
done by WPA labor.
Hundreds of applications for
these homes have been received 1T
the State office in Phoenix, and are
being graded into classes A, B, and
C, after thorough investigation IF
each applicant Selections will be
made of those in Class A only, and
an agreement made for a term Of
one year. The successful applicant
will pay to the corporation a small
payment for the use of his
home. Each member will work on
the farm, under direction and as
signment by the management, and
will receive the basic going waSe
in the community for the class of
work he does. Rough labor, accord
ingly, will be rGiG $500 to $3.50
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