Model Farm One of the Sights of Baldwin. 



^^hat Can be Done W^ith Soil of South Alabama. 



J^oley's Model Farm, three miles east of Magnolia Springs, 

 Jl is a perennial agricultural fair for Baldwin County. 



It is a demonstration of two things, first, the possibilities of 

 the climate and soil of Baldwin, and, -second, the uses and 

 advantages of methods which have been brought into the 

 county by the incoming immigrants from the North. It is 

 designed to show the new immigrant what the old immigrant 

 could do when brains and work are mixed in the effort to get 

 the best returns from a good soil and a perfect climate. The 

 circulars that are sent out from the offices of the various Bald- 

 win County land companies in Chicago picture in glowing 

 words the beauty and healthfulness of the climate, the fertil- 

 ity of the soil and the richness of the returns from the truck 

 and vegetable farms. The Model Farm is proof to back the 

 claims of the circulars. 



The prospective land buyer is' brought to the Foley farm 

 and told, "Gaze on this picture. There is sugar cane over there, 

 twenty-five acres of it. We are told that this cane is as fine 

 as any grown in Louisiana. Over here you see five acres of 

 cassava, the rich, new forage plant, a food for man and beast. 

 We raise from four to ten tons of this forage on an acre. 

 It is not grown successfully in any other part of Alabama. 

 You can see for yourself how luxuriant and promising the 

 peach orchards are here. In this land last year Irish potatoes 

 were grown and from the crop of Irish potatoes on two acres 

 we realized $211.44. After the potatoes were grown two other 

 crops were raised on the same land. Take a look over the stock 

 we are raising. Now look over the cow pea hay and get some 

 some idea of the possibilities o"! this section." 



