. Civil War officers. Confederate . ts are also carried on inthe interest of improving community cropsand livestock. Thirty varieties of corn hybrids fromOhio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ten-nessee are being tested over a period of sev-eral years as to their adaptability to North-eastern Virginia. Stratfords pure bred Poland-China pigsare sold for breeding purposes at reasonableprices throughout neighboring counties,thus helping to raise local standards. A small herd of registered Hereford cattleis grazed on woodland pastures in summerand profitably consumes corn fodder andother rough for
. Civil War officers. Confederate . ts are also carried on inthe interest of improving community cropsand livestock. Thirty varieties of corn hybrids fromOhio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ten-nessee are being tested over a period of sev-eral years as to their adaptability to North-eastern Virginia. Stratfords pure bred Poland-China pigsare sold for breeding purposes at reasonableprices throughout neighboring counties,thus helping to raise local standards. A small herd of registered Hereford cattleis grazed on woodland pastures in summerand profitably consumes corn fodder andother rough forage in winter. Excess calvesare sold locally to improve beef quality. Good husbandry is everywhere are harvested by combine, savinglabor and waste incident to stationarythreshers. Granary is rat proofed, and corncrib provided with special siding to permitventilation and exclude rains. As in the time of the Lees, high-bredhorses are Stratfords boast. The race horse,Time OWar, grandson of Man OWar,was a Stratford » FINANCING STRATFORD J± JYLessage from the Jxobert ±L,. l^ee JVLeniorial ± ounaation. Inc. To assure the future of this historic home and plan-tation is the guiding purpose of the Robert E. LeeMemorial Foundation. National in scope, the organi-zation aims to establish Stratford in the hearts cf thepeople as a place to be visited and supported. Resultsof its activities may be seen at Stratford today. The Foundation takes pride in what has been ac-complished since its organization in 1929. Stratfordis debt free; progress has been made in its restoration anddevelopment; the public may visit Stratford everyday in the year but Christmas. The pay as you go policy which has lent confi-dence to the administration of its affairs in the past willbe continued. Up to this time all restoration has been done with funds contributed for the specific expenses are being met by receipts at Strat-ford—admission fees of visitors and the sale of
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