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PAGE &IX U-, r *• » t ■ • / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. • ■— / THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927 T » A Trip To MacRae’s Settlements Written for The Ch rani tie by Dan Ravenel Methods agriculture almost un believably profitable, numerous min iature and one large farm so well kept as to look like gardens on some multi-millionaire’s estate, rural homes comparable in beauty and taste wi^h those to be found on some city sub division, and friendly, smiling Hol- landeis, optimistic and happy, were some of the things shown represen tatives of the Clinton Commercial club last Wednesday at Castle Hayne colony near .Wilmington, North Caro lina, by Rugh MacRae, founder and guiding genius of the South’s 'irst successful land settlement project. Move vetch, crimson clover, alfalfa The trip to Wilmington was made 1 r.: J npemose clover was planted. The by the Commercial club rerresen a-JvisCors were informed that the owner tives at the invitation of Mr. MacRae j is rreducing eggs at a cost of 2 cents following an address on land settle-.a d zen by means of this pasture. I i tation similar to that practiced at “In vert hiel.” j . The Clintonians left Wilmington at 5:20 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and jdrove to Florence where they spent the night. The next morning they , moyed 4>n to Columbi^, and there had The county agricultural agent inform- * conference with the the Laurens del ed this correspondent before the tour egation on ordering an election to de- of inspection began that the Holland- ode the question of a $500,000 bond er cleared $15,000 from his farm of ^ county roads. They arrived less than 20 acres last year. . in CUnt * n at 5 o c]ock Thursday Driving through the colony, the. *ft* rao o n * a ^ Clinton party was given a good gen-! Conclusions eral ’idea of how the land, approxi- ’ Before starting on the inspection mately 600 acres in extent, lies and of .“"w. Mr. MacRae told the Clinton rep- how it is cultivated by skilled inten- resentatives that he would endeavor methods. A stop was made at to ^ following by means of farm where on cne acre an all- ‘ th « results accomplished at Castle Hayne colony: 1. That some change has tq be nujde in Southern agriculture. sive cne farm year poultry’ pasture of burr clover, yellow annual melilotus, white bienni al me)'lotus, black medic, alsike, white ment which he delivered in Clinton The party, which included D. W, A Neville, president of the club, J. F. Tor the colony as a whole, this cor- . 'undent was informed, the average n -nings per familly are approximate- Jacobs, Sr., president of the Clinton • 'v $10,000 a year. This money is not Calhoun Highway pnd Booster asso-j being placed in more land^ as ten to ciation, B. H. Boyd, C. W. Stone, Da vid Pitts, G. >F. Buford, Dr. Frank Kpllers, Hayne B. Workman, J. H. Buyce, Dr. Jack H. Young and R. G. Smith left Clinton last Tuesday morn ing in motor cars and drove the Cal houn highway into Wilmington. A stop was made at Cheraw to pick up R. E. Hanna, president of the Cal houn Highway association and L. A. Kerr, secretary of the Cheraw Ki- 20 acres is as much as one farmer can ] 2. That this can be done by exact demonstration. 3. That the quick dwayrTo do this Is to bring in experts who have had the benefit of several hundred years ex perience in their respective lines. 4. That these experts must be peo ple who instinctively love the soil and prefer agriculture to any other call ing. 5. That these skilled intensive farm- profitably work .under the systems.® 1 * rannotjthunve under southern con- employed, but it is being invested in * tions «» 1 ®* s the >' established in* communities where their interests car be looked after, and are looked after, until they become established and ac customed to the country, and develop their own system of agriculture and co-operation which is adapted to this country. 6. That these people, under the stocks, bonds, etc. Most of the farmers at Castle Hayne are Hollanders, although there are members of other nationalities also, including Danes, Italians, and Poles. Each, however, is a specialist in the particular phases of agricul ture engaged in. and possessed of the wanis club, who continued with the accumulated lore passed down from conditions, are prosperous ami Clinton representatives on the tour of father to son. inspection made of Mr. MacRae’s set tlement, while Dan Ravenel of this “Invershiel* happy. T. That they exercise a beneficial , • influence on the native farmers, and fitv nnrl Mr David Horton managing- ^ ( a tr ip the way for them to city and Me David Horton, ma a^. »g • to a j 400 acre plantation, “Inver- o success throue-h diversifica- editor of The State, joined the party shifl » 15 miles J rth of Wilmington.’”^ * diversify fchich Mr. MacRae farms himself., £ That their value is appreciated Formerlly a worn ^ out cotton farm by people of the region where they with the land so impoverished that settle—merchants, bankers, and the it was unprofitable to plant at all. in Wilmington. First Observations Escorted by Mr. MacRae and three members of his staff, the Clintonians began their tour early Wednesday morning. The first observations were of the large number of small well-kept truck farms and farm houses which lined the nine miles of roadway lead ing from Wilmington to Castle Hayne. The visitors were told that no longer than 15 years ago, these lands, worn out from continual planting of cotton, were virtually abandoned, and that the region, now teeming with agricultural activity, was depopulated and deso late. The first stop was made at the farms of two Hollanders who have moved out of the colony to a point •nearer Wilmington. One, with ’ 20 acres of land, is developing a nursery, although he also grows truck, bulbs, and feed, while his neighbor on ten acres is using his land for truck and bulbs. ■‘Invershiel” is now a modern fiairy farm operated on a paying basis. Be fore it began to pay, however, Mr. MacRae spent $150,000 in various ex periments. Now he is eager to have others benefit from his expensively professional classes. > 9. That they add very materially to the economic welfare of the section in which they settle. 10. That they become good Ameri can citizens. Mr. MacRae also announced that he gained knowledge and he keeps “In- had drawn five other conclusions versheil” as a place where anyone in terested in better agriculture may come and study. Of the 1,400 acres, approximately TOO iie planted in feed crops which are fed to a dairy herd of 140 grade and pure bred Guernseys. The culti vable land is kept constantly planted ; in feed crops other than the so-called “regional stapes.” No cotton, corn, tobacco or peanuts are grown on “In- wkich he felt the visitors would agree with at the end of the day. These, he said, are: 1. That the plan of group settle ment provides conditions which are favorable to the success of the farm family. 2. That the farm families in a typi cal group settlement are successful and happy. , 3. That the influence of such a suc- ' ershiel. The plan or operation con- : o^ssful group is beneficial to the gen- templates keeping the land producing: era j section in which it is located— something ail the time, while increas- to the economic welfare of the section. N 4. That expert farmers forming a certain percentage of the membership of a rural community become, through ing each year both its fertility and An impressive feature of both farms! productivity and keeping labor steadi- was the actual diversification being} ly employed at a fair return. The practiced. Despite what the ordinary, general object is to raise three crops, southern farmer would regard as an two of which must be legumes, from their example, an inspiration to 0U1- acreage too. small to support life at every cultivated acre each year. all. these Hollanders had their tracts I Profitable Farming divided into acre plats, on each of . which was a different sort of crop. , In brief Mr MacRae s plan of year Fifteen different varieties of bulbs r » u, ' d profitable farming on a Urge 1 rtlortt fit inn 1 c 00 • are grown, the most common being, !s as tulips, jonquils, hyacinths, gladioli. I ^ In September. October or the and narcissuc. One of the Hollanders ^ P art of November sow wnh was found gathering jbnquils from an * 6 ™” 1 r >^. | or °* ts ’ ® , i th « i r bur clover. acre plat for shipment to northern ! an " ual , mel ‘ lolus or bl *: k . markets. He explained that this was!, 2 After harvesting this small gram a new enterprise on that particular ; L e f? rae cro P in and f of ** piece of ground, and that he would foljowmg^ year, immediately plow the aot begin taking bulbs from it until next year. But the sale of the flow ers, he added, strictly a side line to 5. That properly planned farm com- muntiies provide social advantages not possible to the isolated farmer, and thereby supply an element which is the bulb production, would net hinv. $1,300 this year. New Bulb Farm From what Mr. MacRae referred to as detached farms, the visitors were taken to Castle Hayne and shown first a new section which is being cleared and converted into a bulb farm. A Hollander who has under taken this work, is regarded by Mr. MacRae as the most expert bulb grower in America, a man whose fath er, grandfather, and great-grandfath ers for several generations back were bulb growers in Holland essential to the farm family. contentment of the — ' 'V \ It is A that the users of "Standard” v Gasoline _ outnumber die users of any*^ other brand ~ more than two to one Renew Your Health = by Ary physician will tell you that “Perfect Purification of '.he System fields and plant or sow soy beans and stover hay. 3. As soon as the soy beans can be is Nature's Foundation of Perfect harvested during the months of Sep- j Health.” Why not rid yourself of tember or October, disk the land and chronic ailments that are undermin- again sow small grain with burr do- us ^ poor vitality? Purify your en- ver, annual melillotu* or black medic. ^ , b y taking a thorough 4. Maintain the quality of seed oats of CaloUbs,-cnce or twice a . . • 1 , , week for several weeks—and see how *nd rye by growing only seed from — Coker’s- pedigreed varieties. 5. Prepare the land carefully for each crop, using sufficient lime and acid phosphate to insure good yields. Also take special care in proper in- noculation of fields on which certain legumes are sown for the first time. 6. Increase soil fertility by (a) plowing under one legume crop one-third of the fields each year; (b) Nature rewards you with health. Calotaba are the greatest of all system purifiers. Get a family pack age, containing full directions. Only 35 cts. At any drug store. (Adv.) Despite his knowledge, however, Mr. 1 spreading manure from the dairy MacRae explained, this man did not J feeding lots during January and Feb- at once launch into bulb growing on iniary . on one-third of the fields; (c) arriving at Castle Hayne. Instead, I fertililzing with acid phosphate or he secured employment with another j ground phosphate rock approximately one-third of the area under culltiva- tion each year; (d) spreading marl every third year on fields from which legumes are regularly harvested. 7. Maintain a supply of dependable labor by paying good wages and by _ employing one-half of the number of laborers required on a salary payable i farmer growing truck, and for two years worked with him as a hired hand in order to become familiar with rainfall and temperature conditions of the Wilmington section. “That man,” Mr. MacRae observed, “will be worth a million dollars to this section. Bulb growing to him is not work at all; it is something which semi-monthly. Estimate that every, he would rather do than anything $2 paid out in wages should! show up 1 e ^ se - ’ later in $5 market value of products. • Adorned with tulips which the Hoi- g. Market all hay, stover and co lander had gathered and presented to ail*** through the dairy or through each, the members of the party pro- feeding to beef cattle. STATIONERY C *’ ft Big Special Offer! One 50c Package of Wickford Cloth Finish Paper and Two 25c packages of Envelopes, All For 75c From “Invershiel” the party of vis itors was taken to a nursery devel- ceeded to a central point in the set obtained of a majority of the 45 farms i by a Hollander "ov«* a jinod of in the colony. } 12 years just outside of Willmmgton. j Unusual Success jHis annual profits are reputed to be', A visit was paid to a Hollander who * * n neighborhood of $25,000 a y has been particularly successful even J now » *»d he like the others was for this colony of successful farmers, j in making a start by Mr. Eight years ago, he appeared in Wii-: ®*®- I Aaother Dairy mington with $200 which he bsd.'Xav-1 ed from his wages as a laundry work-1 The last point visited was a dairy. er in Newtek, N. J. To his request] operated by a Hollander who ten years j for a farm, members of Mr. MacKae’sjago could not pay his steamship farej. organization' were at first inclined to*to America. Mr. MacRae brought say “No” because of his fimifed cap-[him over because he wanted a dairy 1 -f ' ital, but they finally acceded and help-! man and assisted him in making a a / Not Just Beauty Well-dressed women prefer full-fashioned No- Mend Silk Stockings both for their smartness and long wear. More strands to every thread. All modish colors. Each pair fully guaranteed. i J. A. BAILEY Merchant. An Extraordinary Offer $1.00 Per 75c DON’T MISS IT ed him start. Today he is not only worth $75,000, but he is president of a .cooperative association extending from Virginia into South -Carolina, and is koked upon in Wilmingtoq start. Today, the Hollander is sulk ing 104 Holsteins and Guernseys and is worth $100,000 despite the fact thg(t until Die past year, he has bought all . r __ his feed. 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