Show farmhouses IN A GROUP the european system of agricultural life to t ise be tried in 1 georgia georgi an agitation has been going on in georgia to establish village farming anda and a meeting will be called bonal aion at floyd springs in fla floyd d county in taz state to organize a stoel stock co company t establish establish this ni al upon a tract covering twenty five square miles of good rolling roll ingland land in inthe the trad is a stream the water power of which it is proposed to use on the hills are large orchards and the creek bottom furnishes a large proportion of rich land this movement is the result of discussion by the local crebs the first suggestion was made in the home tribune in december and more recent ly the subject has been followed up by dr 11 C white of the state university through a series of articles in the atlanta constitution the make this change ne cesary are deep seated d and far reaching for year yean 1 felonious assaults have been on the increase e in the south and it has hai ha i come t to the pass that prudent men dislike to leave their families unprotected on isolated farms while they LJ re S at some som e distance away at work H ic c I 1 ff cf wi is the deri derx dernik ik 1011 1 n I 1 i i 1 ing irmi from lim present yatin oi 01 intuni ciani t overa wide are the iaea is to substitute extensive farming barinin lar inin and sell the surplus landan equally ca ia is the lack jsck of social facilities i on widely sep abated farms ere all pj p the cintr months when ahei iho r nt are often very bad on n 1 tract of twenty miles square th re would be one hunts hui ureA re a aal hi h I disty is ct ms s of one hundred acress acre each and ti a diany families situated at a village villa Y le ir in ili zb benter of the tract where they v woul ou I have i ave all the advantages of urban lile hie with schools churches a post of office filee stores etc and at the same ii time me no i to man would be further than two miles fron from his farm and could easily reach it in in twenty five minutes minn tes thus all t the be monotony of rural life would be avoided while practically all of its freedom fredom would be retained this system has been urged by gov northen dr white the rome tribune and a number of prominent men mem similar movements are in process of formation in other parts of the state and from what can be seen this new phase of rural life is likely to extend throughout the southern states it will have a great effect upon crops and it is likely to curtan curtail the production of cotton and increase grain growing fruit growing and a variety of ag horticultural industries it is part of the floyd county scheme to establish a canning factory for the preservation of the fruit raised |