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Mr. J. A. Lattin, formerly of Farmingdale… (1911)

I should have a yield of 300 bushels of potatoes per acre this season, as I consider the second season of cultivation should produce a much larger yield than the first season. Based upon last season's figures and experience I should realize around $800 per acre from this one ten-acre tract from the product above mentioned. Besides I shall continue to increase my citrus fruit groves and plant vegetables between the trees.
West McKinley is rapidly building up and the land in West McKinley is the best I have seen on the island. Mrs. Lattin and my family enjoy life in West McKinley very much.
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Mr. J. A. Lattin, formerly of Farmingdale… (1911)

There are now three saw-mills operating in West McKinley, and they am unable to supply the demand for lumber as fast as required for house construction purposes.
I began planting in October of last year, and planted something almost continuously up to the middle of April. I had a yield of about 200 bushels of Irish potatoes per acre from planting, and sold them on the ground at four to five cents per pound, amounting to $2.50 per bushel. I grew all kinds of vegetables, including strawberries, watermelon, muskmelon, etc. I also grew sorghum cane, kaffa corn and broom corn.
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