52 THIS ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY. 



BEAUTIFUL PIECE) OF SCENERY. 



The farm is' a beautiful piece of scenery, even in December. 

 There is not so much difference down here in the appearance of 

 things in May and in December. The s'ugar cane crop is being- 

 liarvested and this to the Southern man indicates more than 

 anything "^Ise that the year on the farm is drawing to a close. 

 There is a winter garden in front of the farm house all rich 

 and green. It is confirmation of the statement made by the 

 immigrants that they have vegetables all the year around. 

 The garden is flourishing now with cabbages, turnips and multi- 

 plying ojiions'. The house, a modern two-story cottage, sits 

 in a grove of trees. Behind the house are the big barns, the 

 extensive yards which accommodate eight fine mules and two 

 horses that do the work on the farm. A herd of cattle is there 

 feeding eagerly on a pile of casava roots. Dr. Foley has not 

 yet introduced fine blooded cattle in Baldwin County, although 

 it is announced that it is his purpose to do s'o. 



The cattle on the farm now are of the hardy piney woods 

 breed which has been identified with Baldwin County for 

 years and years. The immense barn is now packed and 

 jammed with tons of alfalfa and cow pea hay, although the 

 crop has been gathered for several months. What has been 

 used in feeding the stock has hardly made an impression upon 

 the big store of forage. 



The farm has produced more forage than the stock on it can 

 possibly have use for. The surplus store will be used to help 

 out the immigrants who come to Baldwin County to make 

 a fresh start with nothing ahead. 



Behind the spacious barnyard are the naturally rich and 

 the heavily fertilized acres' which produced the crops of pota- 

 toes. Sweet and Irish, and the string beans and velvet beans. 

 The land has been stripped of the remains of these crops and 

 turned over for an early start in a few weeks on the crop for 

 next year. 



SUGARCANE FIELD. 



The sugarcane field of twenty-one acres is an imposing sight. 

 The field contains three varieties, the purple, or red cane, the 

 green cane and the Japanese cane. The Japanese cane was 



