Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-22
INSTRUCTIVE TALKS
ON PRACTICAL SUBJECTS
Commissioner Of Agriculture kolner.
o. A. Brodie, of U. s. Department
Of Agriculture, and Others Speak
at Agricultural session--visitors
Want other Meetings.

More than three hundred farmers
from all sections of the Virginia Pc
ninsuls and the counties across James
riyes from this city attended the first
agricultural session of the Chamber
nj CoDmerce at the Bell theater yes
yesterday anu listened to Interesting
and instructive addresses by repre-
senta.ives CT ths United States ana
Virginia departments OF agriculture.
the Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute and others. The farmers
were 50 well pleased with the SEES
sicn that after II was over they urged
the officers OF tie Chamber OF Com
meTce 10 mold ouch meetings every
six months.
While the majority Of the visitors
came from warwick. York and FL "a
beth City courties, about a hundiel
farmers from other counties were
present. About forty of these cane
from the section around ToanO, some
!ifty miles from this city. and othets
came from Isle of Wight and Surrey
counties. When the meeting ended.
the farmers from distance were Dasy
until train or boat time doing their
Christmas shopping. When the viai
tors frcm Toano reached the Cheat
peake 4 Ohio depot to board the train
for home they were loaded down
with bundles of all shapes, kinds ana
sizes and other visitors also bought
much stuff before leaving fer home.
Chamber Officers Pleased.
President w. Lee Powell, DIR. Car
ence Porter Jones and Captain J.
b. Stuart who made practically alt
Of the arrangements for the meeting
are more than we'll pleased with the
success of the venture and they are
now strong supporters OF semi-annuai
agricultural ssa IONS. IEey believe
that it brings tie people CT this city
and the farmers Of tue surrounding
country into closer relationship,
both in social and business way and
that both the fasme~s and :he city
will profit by this relationship.
When President W. Lee Powell call
cd the agricultural Sc ssion toys the,
few minutes after 10 O'clock, the bell
theater was WILL filled with citizens
tor of the Trinity Lutheran church.
to rof the Trtn,,v Lutheran churcn,
offered prayer AMI F.esldent Powell
made a brief speech OF welcome 70
the visitors. Re assured them thai
the people OF this chy feel deep
interest in their ne;shtcrs. the lar
mers and truckers, ard desire to got
into a closer relationship with them
He also spoke c: me interest which
this city has in agriculture and more
especially in the development Of the
farm lands in mi; Immediate vicini'y.
Welcome for Noiner.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
George W. koirsr was given a rous-
ing welcome waeI RESENTED TO mo
audience and he 1, sronded with one
of the nest Interogtirr talks Of Its
kind ever deliv-f.si here At the out
set he said a few words about The
farming industry in the State at
large. declaring that the industry Is
rapidly developing. the increase OF The
products OF the past Few years being
500 600 900. The present output OF the
Virginia farms is s2le. 00o.O 00. he SAID.
but this is less than half OF what the
state is capable OF producing
Turning bis attention to TidewaIer
Virginia. Mr.. KCiner declared that the
time is not far distant when the fasm
lands Of this section will be worth
more than those in any other section
Of the state The lands here are
as good as those found anywhere.
while the farmer Of this section en-
Joys the advantage of closer prox-
Unity 10 the Eastern markets and
cheaper BY water than any
where else In the United States
and that people from all
all over this country as we'll a. many
from Canada and England are migrsf-
ing to Virginia and buying big farms
he also showed that many farmers
frcm the West have moved 10 Virginia
in recent years.
As an Illustration of VIA; can b
eoat Win fiIAthia lenet de Dr.tiNH-
I'd the case 81 a farmer Who cane
here from another state. purchased a
farm and. after three pears prepare
ton. sored Il N alfalfa This year
the crc7 from three hundred acres
yielded him s1s0c0.
Grow Anything Here.
Any crop except tropical products
can b grown IN Virginia declared
Mr. KSiner We have every advar-
tszs ever the people 81 the West
CLirs amouE these T. or proximity
r. the msTkefz What ~ heed e "a
improve our coil and CIR m<troo'
snt lhsn ~ Ne World kn0~ wnai
we've 20. There are treive niIlicr
scrss Of vacant lands II Virginia tbr