“yakhin” Organizing New Colony in Palestine

The American office of “Yakhin”, a Palestine agricultural contracting co-operative affiliated with the Histadruth, is organizing now a group of planters for a colony under the name of “Heiruth Gimel.”

Two similar groups were organized by “Yakhin” during the years 1931 and 1932, under the names of “Heiruth Aleph” and “Heiruth Beth”. The two groups consist of 85 American Jewish families. The new group will consist of 50 families. The land for the colonies is furnished by the Jewish National Fund in the district of Sharon known under the name of “Wady-Havarit.”

The three settlements are built on the principle of a Moshav. The National Fund supplies each settler with 20 dunams of land, ten of which are planted with citrus fruits and the balance used for mixed farming. The plantation work is done by the “Yakhin” on behalf of the settlers. Each settler is to invest the sum of 563 Pounds, the sum being paid in monthly instalments during a period of six years. In addition to the above sum, the settler has to advance to the National Fund the sum of 120 pounds, which money is used for amelioration work. The Jewish National Fund undertakes to repay this amount at the end of five years. In accordance with the estimate of the “Yakhin”, a sum of 325 pounds will be required for the purpose of building a house and a complete farm equipment.

The “Yakhin” has succeeded in obtaining a contract from the American Achooza Aleph, to plant 800 dunams of orange groves in the new colony known under the name of “Gan Yavne.”