This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... of small fruit-raising in the South during the next decade if proper measures are taken to secure and maintain contentedly the settlement of Italians on tracts available for this purpose. This has been conclusively demonstrated by the advance of Independence and like plantations, for no particular advantages were ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... of small fruit-raising in the South during the next decade if proper measures are taken to secure and maintain contentedly the settlement of Italians on tracts available for this purpose. This has been conclusively demonstrated by the advance of Independence and like plantations, for no particular advantages were offered for the assistance of the Italian settlers. On the contrary, Inspector Rossi reports that several tracts in Independence had been abandoned by the American farmers because they were too marshy and subject to floods. The keen-judging Italians bought these tracts at low prices and made them highly productive by drainage ditches, finally cutting a discharging canal three miles in length which is annually cleaned out. Almost all the Italian settlers are Sicilians from Palermo, and their good conduct and success is a signal attestation of the character and adaptive faculty which so many Southern Italians are showing in this country in the face of existing prejudice. "Every one of these families," as Signor Rossi records, "after paying all expenses, saved every year a few hundred dollars, which they deposited in the local American banks, sending a part of it to Italy. The material well-being of all could not possibly be greater." In other highly important branches of agricultural industry in this country Italian immigrants have already made very notable advances also, not only in the results as yet attained, but in assurance for the future. To the extension and perfection of grape and olive growing particularly, they have made contributions of unquestionable importance. A noteworthy success in this line, as well as in truck farming, has been attained by the Italian colony at Vineland, N. J., and its subsequent extensions to t...
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Reprinted edition of 1970 (reissue of 1905 edition). 268pp. Very good, light discoloration on endpapers caused by glue used by the publisher to glue end papers to the cover, two extremely small stains on the fore edge. (loc 922/1)
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Good. No Jacket. 268pp. Illus. Indexed. Dark green cloth cover with gilt lettering on backstrip. Cover waterstained front and rear. Top of backstrip also waterstained and slightly frayed. Slight wear to corners. Interior is very good; pages are clean and tightly bound. Hinges re-inforced with rice paper tape. (loc 920/1)
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Good. No Jacket. 268pp. Illus. Indexed. Dark red cloth cover with gilt lettering on backstrip. Top and bottom of backstrip are frayed. Slight wear to corners. Interior is very good; pages are clean and tightly bound. Former owner signature on front endpaper. From the Library of The Lawrenceville School-no library stampings, only stickers on interior of front and back covers. (loc 920/1)
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