The frequeHt'Critici^ra'Ol'tke farm .has been that a man of small means could not go and do like- 

 wise. That is an unfaiV an^ unlust'critids'ih* We have accomplished in one year what a man may 

 take several in doing; there is nothing from the simple five-roomed portable house to the 5,000 gallon 

 tank that a man in moderate circumstances cannot have, and if his means warrant he may have much 

 more than the Experimental Station possesses. 



In proving that this land could raise 3S0 varieties of plant growth, the income from crops was 

 materially cut down because this meant small plots of a variety. It has paid Long Island in giving it 

 an agricultural impetus already beneficial. It will show a man who is launching in this new business 

 just how much produce of each certain type was raised on a given space; it has paved the way for him, 

 made some of his mistakes for him against which he will guard, and given him the encouragement the 

 beginner sorely needs. Giving to the public these proofs of the land's fertility in two County Fairs has 

 materially reduced the Farm's income, for the greater part of the force was for three weeks taken from 

 regular operations that the showing might be as complete and attractive as possible. 



It has been said, "Oh, of course the Railroad hauls everything free of charge for its own Farm. 

 How can you tell what it would cost an outsider?" The Farm has paid freight and express on all its 

 products, both to and from the Farm and knows just what it would cost another man to do the same 

 thing. It has lived the "simple life" as far as was possible with the educational work it was created to 

 accomplish. All supplies were as cheap as true economy would permit, for nothing is cheap that does 

 not wear well. 



In brief, the Farm stands to-day on its first birthday where many men would place it in ten years 

 or even a lifetime. That others may do likewise, or even exceed the resulcs in the same brief space of 

 time, goes without saying; that is .simply a matter of personal equation. 



EDITH LORING FULLERTON 



September Tth, 1906 



"Peace and Plenty" 



Long Island Railroad Co.'s 



E.xperimental Station No. 1 



Wading River, Long Island 



