The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-11
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The peculiar glory Of the South rom IN
economic point Of view, lies in the variety OK
It's productions. Extending from the temper
ate zone 70 ATTITUDES that are semi-trop'cai IN
their climate. nature has lavished upon the
vast section of country between the fo,o-
mac and the Gulf and the Rio Grande' n Oh
versity of vegetable and mineral wealth uneA-
ampled in any other part Of the globe OF equai
area.
1t is only in recent years that serious
effort has been made TO develop the minerai
resources of the South. SO far as Its Sege-
table resources are concerned, the South Is
still practically an open field awaiting the en-
terprise and skill of men who have the capital
and the sagscity to utilize the innumeraDie
elements Of wealth which il offers
Even NJ the instance of the great staples.
cotton and tobacco. which have 30 long re-
ceived the principal attention Of the South
ern people, it cannot be said that the limit OF
production has been reached. All other
forms of agricultural production are still IN
their infancy but il is one of the most prom
Using indications of the magnificent material
future before the Southern States that the
undeveloped agricultural resources OF this
section are beginning to divert attention
from the exclusive cultivation Of the staples.
The expansion in the trucking interests OF
South is a fact of the greatest Importance anu
significance apart from the addition which IL
is making to the wealth of the Southern peo-
ple. The development of this interest. which
hardly existed q generation ago. has fostered
an experimental spirit in other directions,
which will do much to broaden the basis OF
Southern prosperity.
Already there is observable a strong dis
position in many parts of the South TO ex-
tend every branch of stock raising,
which has rendered remunerative, lands
which had hitherto been q burden
to their owners. There is clearer
recognition Of the growing value Of the tim
Der interest of this section, which is now the
most extensive in the United States. The de-
velopment of this interest is still upon the
threshold. and if properly pressed can be
made to add enormously to the means Of the
owners Of Southern soil.
There is no more encouraging sgn.of the
stimulus which has been given TO the agricui-
tural spirit of the South than the attention
which is now being paid TO the adaptability
of the soil in the northern tier of Southern
States, TO grape culture. Virginia and North
Carolina are leading in this important inter
est, and it is destined to reach proportions IN
the future far greater than is now anticipated.
Albemarle county in Virginia. and Halifax
county in North Carolina, are the pioneers in
the development of this interest, and the
striking success which has attended it so far
augurs well for its vast local extention.
Every form Of fruit culture in the South is
now feeling the same impulse, which would
seem to insure the future supremacy of this
section in this branch of the canning interest.
All the other branches will receive more at
tention as the trucking interests enlarge with
the increasing demand for canned vegetables
both in the Southern and in the Northern
States.