The addition of this amount to the value of our real estate is not to be despised. Further. it is absolutely necessary that we obtain some means of supplying our constantly increasing populatibn with food and employment. and there is no better method than by increasing the area of the farm lands. Our forefathers had no need of draining swamp lands. for the West with all Its prospects lay open to them. but this westward tide. increased by thousands of immigrants. is now returning. and North Carolina must receive her share. If well cultivated. 100 acres of the reclaimed swamp land will support a family. thus we may easily provide for 25.000 homes. Most of this land. and especially the marine marshes. is well adapted to truck farming on account of its fertility and its proximity to markets.
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