Identifier: lureoflandhistor00full (find matches)
Title: The lure of the land; the history of a market-garden and dairy plot developed within eight months upon Long island's idle territory
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Fullerton, Edith Loring, 1876-1931
Subjects: Long island railroad company. Experiment station, Wading River, N.Y. (from old catalog) Long island railroad company. Experiment station, Medford, N.Y. (from old catalog) Agriculture
Publisher: (New York?) Long island railroad company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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of land and went to prepare it for Spring work, while Mike moved his entirefamily to No. 1 to remain for the rest of the winter. A Western visitor gave us a feeling of satisfaction. There arrived in the after-noon a gentleman from Indiana, a total stranger, who said he had heard of theStation and would like, with our permission, to look over it. Mr. Micklejohn, for the Farmer was still pretty lame, made him welcomeand escorted him on a tour of inspection. Well, said our visitor, Ill tell you, Mr. Fullerton, Ive been travelingfor a year and a half to find just the place I want for a farm. I started in Texasand I have been to every State Experimental Station in the Union and this beatsanything I have ever seen. It is the most practical, the best looking and the mosteducational of any, and I dont see how you have done it in a year. Its the soil, Old Man, (all Westerners call each other Old Man, it seems togive them great satisfaction) soil and climate, you cant beat it! said the Farmer.
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Come down in the cellar and see what we have, and he showed him the nowfamous cellar wall giving the strata of the earths construction. This suits me, he said, my weary search is over. But there is somethingmore here than soil in which to grow vegetables, your island is one of the mostbeautiful places I have ever seen, the unexpected views and beauty spots make ita continual surprise. Why, those lakes just to the south of you are gems, and theeyes of man have hardly rested upon them, I suppose. Right you are, and there are 200,000 acres of this virgin soil lying idle justwaiting for a helping hand to give New York its fresh food. Well, Ill make a prophecy, it wont be many years before there is preciouslittle of it lying idle, and I, for one, am going in to help you. I want a good bigfarm and Im going to buy it next week, he said. By the way, I hear you haveanother Station at Medford, what do you think of that section, soils pretty light,isnt it? Lighter than this, replied the Senior P

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