The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-18
HANDBOOK D
OLD Dominion.
Captain Morton Issuing Volume
Under Direction Of Depart
inent Of Agriculture.
MAKES A SPLENDID SHOWING
Inducements Offered BY Virginia
to Homc-Seekers Excelled BY
None i'll Union.

None i'll Union.
little volume whose purpose Is to
pave The way for more prosecutions
handbook of Virginia and which is
destined to arouse interest among the
reading public, came out last week bound
in an attractive and appropriate cover,
from tile press of the j. +. Bell Com
spany. so.
"virginia: Information for he Home
seeker and INVESTOR is the title OF tlic
rev publication and is IN large part the
work OF Captain II. C. Morton. Of staun-
ton. being published under the super
vision OF the Virginia Department of
Agriculture and Immigration. Tile con-
tents cover sevcnty-oro pages and are
typographically perfect. Iullpage illus.
trations arc scattered about with a lib
srral hand and make the volume both
readable and attractive. IS
So numerous had become the requests
for information about the; State from other
States and even from foreign countries
that 1t was deemed advisable to issue
hand book telling the facts. The De-
partment of Agriculture, while looking nr-;
ter the publication itself. very wisely
placed the task OF compiling. editing and
amending In the hands OF Captain Nor
ton, who did the work so we'll that al
ready he is the recipient OF thanks for
Ills timely information. Some 5000 of
these pamphlets have been printed, and
in the few days that the book has been
out this number has lwindled considers
ably.
Book Soon to Be Ready.
rho larger and more voluminous hand
book. of which the pamphlet is only tho
forerunner, will be ready for distribu-
tion In a few weeks.
Probably that section OF the compila-
ton which will do the most good is the
serlcs of photographs which alternate
with the reading matter OF the volume.
These have been carefully chosen and
with a view of exploiting the many and
varied resources of the Old Dominion
Views of cattle. lneadow-iand. horses
fruit orchards, prize specimens of1varions
fruits, hay and grain of all ;.inds. poultry.
game, timber and woods. natural water
power and travelling facilities, vegetables,
peanuting. fishing, tobacco, cotton, track
ing and, what is dearest of all to the
hearts of the summer excursfonists the
near access of all parts to che sea-
coast and bathing-all take place in the
running panorama. Tho frontispiece is
/; superb photo of Jefrerson's home at
Monticello, and another when will do
much 10 make the volume success is
the one which tells of the export of
beevcs, and remarks that Virginia Is
the only state where fat cattle are ex-
ported direct from the pasture fields"
Following an interesting introduction OF
IKE pages is an article beaded WHAT
the Governor OF the STATS Says" This
LIS an extract from Goyarnor Swan sons
inaugural and takes up a couple of pages
and puts the matter III able nutshell
form. justifying the remark of the editor
tn;i letter TO The Times Dispatch calling
especial attention to the excerpt from
the inaugural.
The prospectus fulflls its object COM
Dietely and will do much toward dissein-
iiinting broadcast a knowledge Of the
excelencies of Virginia. In Eis letter
The editor states that it is the object Of
the handbook ito present the agricul-
tural and Industrial features Of
The State. together with It's climatic
and Typographical advantages in such
a way as TO show that the State of Tir-
snia. old in its history and hoary in its
traditions. Is exhibiting a new life Of
activity and enterprise, and, turning ller
back upon the past, is setting her face
towards the rising sun, whose advent is
gliding the East with a golden splendor.'a
Attractive Inducements.
In an article headed General Dcscrip-
i tons" he says:
No State in the Union offers more
attractive Inducements. and extends a
more inviting hfid to the llome-secker
than Virginia. In climate, diversity OF
soils. fruits. forests, water supply, min
eral deposits and variety of landscape
including mountain and valley. hill and
dale, she offers advantages that are ln-s
surpassed. Truly did Captain John Smith,
the adventurous and dauntless father OF
Virginia, suggest that Heaven and earth
meyer agreed better TO frame n place for
mans habitation.s.'
virginia Is centrally situated in the
Atlantic tier of States, being midway be-
"eeh Maine and Florida 1t lies between
NC extremes OF heat and cold removed
Hiike from the sultry, protracted summers
nfthe more Southern States, ana the Sc
we're winters and devastating storms and
tcSclones of the. North and Northwest
US limits north and south are the lati-
~ 1ndeS OF thirty-nine degrees twentv-s seven
minutes, and thirty-six degrees. thirty-one
minutes, corresponding to California and
Southern Europe. The area OF the State
IS AZ. 450 square miles, OF which 2.32o are
3saS covered with water. There are an125
square miles, or $3.50 900 acres, of land,
The State is "a littIn larger than Tenncs-
sec, Kentucky Or Ohio. and not quite so
large as Pennsylvania. The extreme
length OF the State along its southern
Sbprder is +4o nileg The extreme width
from North 10 south Is laa miles.
Favorable Conditions.
Favorable conditions are discussed I'M
der the following heads; ~ situation and
Topography. On Climate. ~ Agricutu-
8s i.sl Resources "a Rivers and Water Sup
S1,ly. go Forests, CD Fruits. "a Minerals
land Mining tS1 Commercial Facilities.
aud states that In these several induce
nents Virginia holds place second 10
40 state ain4tlle guon. probably the pre-.
4s5onllucnt place over them ALL
quoting IL letter from the New York
aIas. Sun. in which The Hon. j. Sterling Nor