PKI.XE ORCHARD, TWENTY MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA, X. Y. 



Farming THE possibilities of the land lying along the Lehigh Val- 



That 

 Pays 



ley Railroad may be shown by a few typical examples, 

 of well conducted farms. The accompanying photographs, 

 all of which were taken along the line of the road, indicate 

 what conscientious work, aided by science, can accomplish 

 on Eastern soil. A few of the good yields that have 

 become a matter of record may be set down here as indicat- 

 ing what has been accomplished by men already on the 

 ground. 



170 bushels per acre, average production on Sample 

 a 1 3-acre field. Wheat: a farm near Geneva pro- Yields 

 duced 900 bushels on 1 8 acres of land, an average of 

 50 bushels per acre. Oats: lands that two years ago sold 

 for $ 1 8 an acre produced 70 bushels per acre in 1911. 

 Alfalfa hay: the old John Johnson farm, which was 

 tile-drained in 1837, produced 5 tons per acre last year; 

 this hay is of excellent quality and sells for $20 a ton. 

 Potatoes: the growers in the potato belt along the Lehigh 



