New Holland. An agent of Capitalist August Heckscher of Manhattan announced that New Holland Corp. might be dissolved. Six years ago the capitalist's and the corporation's names were news enough to set residents of Hyde County, N. C. agog. The capitalist poured millions into the company; the company set up huge pumping stations which drained the marshy old bed of Lake Matamuskeet for a mammoth "factory-farming" project. Wheat and soybeans were planted in great batches. First year it rained, flooding New Holland. Second year New Holland was a success. Third year brought a...
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