Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth CenturyEdson, Milan C. (Milan Chappel)
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Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth Century
Edson, Milan C. (Milan Chappel)
Agriculture, Cooperative; Cooperation; Utopias
After the first success, the class in farm chemistry, in search of
another prize, returned with renewed vigor, to attack the tallow clay.
In working over the formidable heap of tailings, which had accumulated
from the soap-stone experiments, the second prize was quickly found. It
proved even more important than the first! This mass of rejected clay
was found to be exceedingly rich in aluminum. Better still! It was just
in the proper condition, to be most cheaply and easily extracted! It was
a great find! The class members were crowned with laurels! Of course,
they were jubilant. But they were not puffed up with pride! That, was
not their style!
During the fifth year of the reign of the co-operative farm at Solaris,
the following mining industries, were added to its resources. Valuable
mines of mica, lead and zinc, were opened and successfully worked.
Electric car lines, connected these mines with the freight depot at
Solaris Station. There, the lead and zinc, high grade ores, found a
ready market at good prices. The mica was prepared for use at Solaris.
It was then sold at a fine profit, in connection with orders for
soap-stone.
For two years, the canning factory, had furnished another avenue for
profitably marketing large crops of sweet-corn, green peas, asparagus,
tomatoes, peaches, and many kinds of perishable fruits and berries.
The demand for Solaris Vegetable Concentrates, and for Solaris Mixture
Concentrates, has more than doubled. The same is true of the Solaris
breakfast foods, and of the material for delicious breakfast dishes,
prepared from mixtures of parched, sweet, and pop-corn.
The vineyards and the quince, peach, plum and cherry orchards, have
reached the stage of full bearing. Improved methods, careful culture and
the constant use of better chemical agents, for the destruction of
insect enemies, have made the heavy crops of fruits from these vineyards
and orchards, even more desirable and more salable than ever before. The
farm income from grapes and quinces alone amounting to over one hundred
thousand dollars per annum.
The quantity of jellies, jams, preserves and marmalades, made from small
fruits, has more than doubled. The excellence of quality, and
established reputation for absolute purity, has rapidly increased the
demand for them at fancy prices.
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