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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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/ THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From “Invershiel” the party of vis
itors was taken to a nursery devel-
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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-: ®*®-
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mington with $200 which he bsd.'Xav-1
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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 '
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