any man starting out in^asipipla'syay would faXanch out when he prospered, so now the farms are branch- 

 ing out. A nJaniiF^'Ipl'^deB, pI)te,toIdis^er^ ind grain drill have been added to each station, more help 

 for the increai?ed* acreage at^v^o? 2,* and now a homestead, a real farm cottage is to go up on the home- 

 stead plot for our occupancy. Xo. 2 will require most of our time, but No. 1 can be reached easily 

 and quickly from it. 



The selling problem is being solved, the farms are gaining their market just as any business enter- 

 prise would have to gain its market. Customers come to our doors, hotels, restaurants and clubs ask 

 for our produce and commission men vie with each other to secure our goods. Witness, an extract 

 from a letter just received from Waterman & Co., New York City: 



"We have received the various sliipments which you have made to us, and we congratulate you 

 upon the very fine results you are getting. The goods are certainly the finest to be seen in this market 

 and we only wish we could procure this kind of produce for our entire business." 



A small canner will be in operation at No. 2 ne.xt year to put into another form any surplus the farm 

 may yield. Our tomatoes are all carefully sorted ; nd packed in four-quart baskets, six baskets to the 

 crate. No misshapen or dead ripe fruit is allowed to go into these packages; the consequence is there 

 remains a large quantity of perfectly good food which must go to waste unless canned or made into 

 catsup. Corn, beans, peas, beets, etc., can be saved in the same way. 



Often a large picking of berries is necessary (in order to keep the vines producing) on Saturday. 

 It is not wise to ship this fruit on ^londay, but it's especially good to go into preserves, jams, and jellies. 



I cannot close without a further allusion to the "Agronomist." At this writmg it reaches a cir- 

 culation of 7,500 and is gratis to anvone desiring it, who writes to the office at Medford, Long Island, 

 N. Y. 



May we be pardoned for quoting from a letter received lately from the editor of the "Railroad 

 Age Gazette." We are proud of our leaflet as anyone should be proud of success. 



"I think the 'Agronomist' is the brightest publication that comes to this office. I find it regularly 

 on my desk and it mesmerizes me. I can't indulge in the luxury of any other business in comfort until 

 I have read it through. It ought to be an effective agent in promoting your pioneering scheme." 



Space is cutting me short, and "the half is not yet told." Each year of each farm constitutes a 

 volume in itself. I trust you have gained some idea of the development of the work, that you realize 

 the soil, by constantly returning humus alone to it, is growing richer and more productive each year, 

 that the farms are adding new vegetables and fruits as profitable crops to our Island neighbors (and in 

 fact to all the world) by our numerous experiments, that the farms stand in fact for "Peace, Plenty" 

 and "Prosperity." 



Tlu' "Hinl P.iitli" ;it Ni 



