. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . MRS. JUDIA JACKSON OUR FIRST LAND CLUB. G44 HISTORY OF AEMICAN NEGRO each case this has been done most satisfactorily and have in all instances taken shares with these men and object was to own land, to put the home on a higher basis,to farm intelligently and to found a training school. Fifteen years ago I discovered that in a church full of peopleonly one man owned his own home. The people lived on rentedfarms. This of course meant a practical shifting of familieseach year. The
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . MRS. JUDIA JACKSON OUR FIRST LAND CLUB. G44 HISTORY OF AEMICAN NEGRO each case this has been done most satisfactorily and have in all instances taken shares with these men and object was to own land, to put the home on a higher basis,to farm intelligently and to found a training school. Fifteen years ago I discovered that in a church full of peopleonly one man owned his own home. The people lived on rentedfarms. This of course meant a practical shifting of familieseach year. There had been no improvement over the old farm-ing methods. Cotton was the principal product and this wascultivated so poorly that the average man considered a fine cropmade if he came out each year clear of all debt. There had beenno special effort made to produce the things at home that wereyearly consumed. The families were improperly nourishedboth for a lack of proper food stuff and for want of direction asto the preparation of food material. The people were waitingfor some directing hand. In the church
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