The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22

an nd joining county Il i am pre- pared 10
say tina lie does not give this section the
credit deserves & ~ w
1t may he news to Mr., Wing and to- the
readers of Tho Gaze tie, but we Il nd ~
careful 8perusal #or the United States iea u
Book for 1902 that this same land sth rat
MIR. Wing would havesth he rea ders Of The
Gazette believe would not produce ~ thont$
grent, help, farmed with one horse or 3 g r.
OK, by Ftl$S colored farm Ell, brings 81 9 the
farmer on al ten-y ear A vera SO ~ gren ter
return per- acre than his home State
Ohio. We find from the Same source
that Ohio. on u tell-yen Il vera &c, y as Sa
farm value OF ST. go per acre of whe y, 1
corn, oats, hay and potatoes while I tiles
State o f Virginia has an nSerage value
of $72.SS forth same time We also IND
TINT 5wilie Ohio receives s10.s2 for al, a ere
Of hay on a. ten-year average e, VA irg MA
receives $12.4S for the same time, and while
Ohio$must {bef satisfied with s31.42 for an
acre Of potatoes on a ten year average y
Virginia receives So, per a Gre for the
same time. We also find 4S thu h!lef
Kansas produces the most Wnca t o. any
State In the United States. IT raises an i
acre of wheatSio on g ten-y ear average ~
for s67S, while Virg ini,l ceives 81 80. FL
I'VE find from / lie same source that Iowa
isSthe banner corn State OF this count ry,s5
and yet produces an lore Of corn on g.
ten-yaars average for sS.16, While Virginia
for the$& same ten years receives -. 3D.
We find that in 1909 Wisconsin won from
New y orlS the honor or being tho banner
potato State Of sthe UnlonS and yet Isl
compelled to be satisfied Will, SIS. % for an
acre oflpotatocs on ~ tel1-yca II g Yaras SCI,
while Virginia received $3.50 for the
same period. Mr.. Wing says that this is
not the8place for a man to 30 who wants
tosnnd things done by the Almighty, and
who Is ignorant OF. soil Simproye
What more would YOU ask d OF tho VI Al
ymighty Than he has done for Vlrginla?
Plenty of soft spring water In such lun-s
dance that II is impossible TO- enclose
twenty acres wltllout It closing q spi'lng$
or a spring branch; IN fine climate with
lust enough, winter to supply Ice needed
ngo ftempernturc no warmer tlnntthe a
upper Mississippi Valley; an abundance
Of timber and last, but mot least With
a soil that, tarmed with a onc-hprsn ploWf
or&ox Gas u great deal of 1t ISL brlngSstoB
Its tiller more return than any Middle
OF. Western State? ~. 3 & Il.
Why does not the Virginia farmer raise
wheat, corn hay and potatoes II he re-
ceives more money per aero for raising
these crops than the banner States TINT
raise them? Because lie has something
ptlltT-l ~ '''S''' VIE eNN YIN
Year Book for 1902, Il nv era ges 100 pounds
per acre al cents per pound, ring
Ing 10 It's srower s5a, y, every
average acre of ~ tobacco paying for
six ~ to eight acres Of land. aG-
cordns to Wings prices, Why tobacco
barns Instead of sheep barns ? Because
they find tobacco Is less care and wor-
ny "a thing the Southern farmer .llvoldsl
than stock; because The colored man will
tend tobacco, but not sheep. hence MI
energy goes to tho one crop which NIL
flinpoyerlEh any country | know mon in
8Virginiil who ara wealthy, hat had moth
Ing At The close OF the war; who mazda
1t al,3ralsing tobacco, but While they raised
tobacco, they also raised all the feed for
their stock ana families and had grain
TO sell. i know OF q farm bought by one
of these men In an adjoining county Ia
ApptnattnS, With 4 good nlne-room brick
sh1lse and other buildings und overheard
him tell Dr, NJ, Miller Mlllersburg, O..
That y one crop of tobacco and pasture
fromftliat farm for one year paid forlt
Why do they not al grow rich? ne-
CAUSE Southern farmers families are not
all Ike That 8of Nh. Newcombe. workers
from the mother and ia ther to the SMALL
est child. Why do the farmers OF Qhio,1
indiana, illinois, Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas
and Missouri grow rich ia lsng3 corn. cat
tie nnd hogs. when tho farmers IN the
New England IS TAI es do not yet, accord
ing to the Year Hot'lS for 1909 page SO, !
raise 81 bushels move corn 70 II he mere
than the \ former States? @ tlle ten " ear
aYegage syiel n of corn fox these estern
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