. Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama ... e farmers and truck-gardeners to come to our county, perhaps abit of information in regard to the fertilityof our soils may be useful to you. I amcultivating a forty acre farm, three milesfrom Ensley, which brings me an income of$1, a year, besides making a living fortwo other families, who work for me onhalf shares. We raise all kinds of vegetablesand have two acres in strawberries. Per-haps you will think I exaggerate, when Itell you that I sold this spring $ worth of strawberries from one-quarter of an acre,and my land is no better
. Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama ... e farmers and truck-gardeners to come to our county, perhaps abit of information in regard to the fertilityof our soils may be useful to you. I amcultivating a forty acre farm, three milesfrom Ensley, which brings me an income of$1, a year, besides making a living fortwo other families, who work for me onhalf shares. We raise all kinds of vegetablesand have two acres in strawberries. Per-haps you will think I exaggerate, when Itell you that I sold this spring $ worth of strawberries from one-quarter of an acre,and my land is no better than most of thelands in Jefferson County. There is notrouble for any man who has grit and un-derstands farming and gardening to makemoney here. We have the lands and theclimate and the market—a combinationwhich cannot be found in any other region—and if once the people in the North willrealize these great advantages, they willflock down here as fast as the railroads cancarry them. Yours for success, W. L. RICKLES. rom a Lierman Gard ener. FRITZ BOCK A Picture of Mr. Bocks Farm will be Foundon Another , Ala., July 16th, S. Hechinger, Secretary, Birmingham, Sir:— I immigrated to this country from Germanythree and a half years ago, and after livingin New Jersey for a little while, I came tothe Birmingham District, in the fall of had only a few dollars left when I arrivedhere, not enough to begin anything withand although I am a professional gardener,I first worked in coal mines and succeededin saving about $300 from my wages in thecourse of 18 months. In April of this yearI leased a five acre truck farm about twomiles from the center of the city for whichI pay $ a month rent, including thehouse. The land on this place had beencultivated before, but was in a sadly neglectedcondition. It responded nevertheless veryquickly to the proper handling—thoroughplowing and a plentiful supply of manure—and in June, scarcely two months afte
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