13 G THE ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY. 



sell the lands about Boiling to industrious and thrifty new- 

 comers. A strawberry farm and a truck farm have been 

 pitched to show the investigators what can be done on the 

 yellow pine lands. 



"What we have here," said Mr. Lee, "is a demonstration. 

 We want to show the man who comes down in South Alabama 

 just what can be done on these lands. While we know what 

 we tell him about these lands is true, he does not know it. 

 AVe propose to show him. through his own personal inspection, 

 that we have as fine, if not a finer, truck farming country than 

 lie can find anywhere. And to do this we are growing the 

 truck. 



"We are, moreover, keeping a close record on every bit of 

 work and every cent of expense put in our demonstrations'. 

 The books are open for his inspection. When we get to talking 

 figures, costs, expenses and returns we propose to show him 

 just what each acre-has cost us in money and work." 



Mr. Lee has had experience in real estate dealings in Bir- 

 mingham and Sh.effield, and is therefore conversant with what 

 is necessary for the conduct of the business of selling land. 

 In selling the South Alabama lands, they are a little particular 

 as to who the purchasers shall be. 



THE ROLLING DEMONSTRATION. 



""S'ou see," s?id Mr. Lee, "we are not looking for any and 

 evervbodv. \A'e don't want a man to come down here who 

 made a failure in his old home. Naturally we do not want a 

 pauper, a man whom we or the community will have to carry. 

 When a man has lived to 40 or 50 years of age and farmed 

 since he was a bov, and is not able to pay for his land or pay 

 to establish himself in a new country, we think he is a poor 

 sort of immigrant. 



"Nor are we advertising that a man can live here without 

 working. We do make the claim that a man can get equal or 

 greater return for his labor in this section than in almost any 

 other section of the country. We are prepared to show that 

 from labor and brains on the lands here, with the excellent 

 conditions that surround him, the intelligent and industrious 

 man can do much better than make a living on a truck farm 

 where the soil and climate are so suitable and where his mar- 

 kets are so easy of access. 



