. Civil War officers. Confederate . sary to utilize itsnoo acres and to reestablish its agricultural leadership. Major General B. F. Cheatham, retired, is residentsuperintendent. Reared on a southern plantation, the son of abrother officer of Robert E. Lee, he has a keen natural interest inthe plan of reviving plantation life at Stratford. With all theenthusiasm that men give to great hobbies, General Cheathamturned to his task. Already the community acknowledges hisleadership in practical farm methods and the visiting publichas tangible evidence of his vision. Restoring the fertility o
. Civil War officers. Confederate . sary to utilize itsnoo acres and to reestablish its agricultural leadership. Major General B. F. Cheatham, retired, is residentsuperintendent. Reared on a southern plantation, the son of abrother officer of Robert E. Lee, he has a keen natural interest inthe plan of reviving plantation life at Stratford. With all theenthusiasm that men give to great hobbies, General Cheathamturned to his task. Already the community acknowledges hisleadership in practical farm methods and the visiting publichas tangible evidence of his vision. Restoring the fertility of the soil, depleted by years of singlecropping, presented a major problem. Once more a variety ofrotating crops is the rule—corn, wheat, clover, rye and oats. The huge barn of the same hand-made bricks as the house,has been restored; and thoroughbreds again stand in stalls ofhand-hewn timbers put together with wooden pegs. White-faced cattle browse in pastures from which the encroachingforest has been cut back. The American Homi.
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