The Washington herald., 1910-11-27

country ulSAtltNA l4AAH HAS AIEWn
on the cities. but henceforth the migra-
ton cityward will be less pronounced and
that eountryward viii be more marked,
for to-day the man who secures a good
farm and operates it intelligently and in
dustriously can afford all city convent
ences. He can have his telephone, hot
and cold water. gas and automobile. and
Is in as close touch with the world and
the worlds work and events as his city
brother To he sure. there are those who
have been born and reared in the cities
and who can never be content 70 live on
farm, and this class is so large that
the growth Of farming will never serious
ly impair the growth OF cities.
This modern migration from cities to
rural districts In the various States is a
good thing for every center of popula-
tion. The more cattle is raised and the
larger the annual farm crops are the less
likelihood there is OF further increase In
the cost OF food to the city man.
And while this movement c0untryward
keeps on growing II should be remem-
bered that the farming districts OF Mary
land and Virginia are not being over
looked. The scientific education Of tillers
of the soil is helping these sections and
is making larger crop production possi-
BILE. In Virginia numberless associations
for the promotion OF apple culture have
been formed. These associations have
done and are doing a great work, not
only by helping the apple producer 10 in
crease his crop, but by exhibits in many
cities finding a greater outlet for his
product
Virginia Offers Field.
These men are content with their lot in
life. They are accustomed TO their meth
DDS OF farming, accustomed TO the eli
mate hereabout. and are content to re-
main where they are. And so il IS with
many city people who want TO buy
farms. They viii buy only In States
where climatic conditions are much as
they are in the city from which they
come They buy small farm, till Il in
telligently and in time place themselves
in an independent position. The Depart
ment OF Agriculture. through its Farm
Industry Bureau, is helping these people
II has shown conclusively that in the
States mentioned soil fertility and pro-
ductiveness can be maintained at the
highest standard and that much Of the
so-called worked-out land can be made
/ highly productive at comparatively small
expense
be achieved through soil tillage in the
newer sections be largely and widely ex-
plotted. Since peqAle are tending toward
farming the emit situation should be
laid before them I'D as far as possible
the advantages of.every State should be
disclosed, for by such means will every
body know which State meets his ideas
as 10 where he would like 20 live and
what he desires TO grow. For complete
| information on all points pertaining 10
product. SOIL climate, and locations the
various railroads have for distribution
Illustrated booklets and circulars thct t2ll
everything that can be told. These rail-
roads have opened up all the newer
farming areas Of the continent and have
made a study of them as q matter of
business, for the more the States through
which these roads pass are developed the
more traffic the roads will handle.
south to the Fore.
The Southern States. owing TO the ex-
eelience Of the railroads passing through
them. have been coming into their own
again OF late years, and are being Guilt
waited with even greater success than in
the days before the war. Northern peo-
pie are migrating Southwark In large
numbers and are buying farms IN Vir-
ginia. Texas, Florida. and. IN fact all
the States south OF Mason and DixOn's
line, and thousands OF the old Southern
plantations are being made 20 bloom as
never before. Georsia's peach orchards
are famed the world over. as are Flor
idas orange and grapefruit groves. and
in these States, as in all others OF the
South, the growing of garden truck is
on an enormous and constantly increas-
ing scale
Thus is. the problem OF food supply be-
ing solvsd. II Is not a difficult problem
It rests on the old economic axiom Of
r'supply and demand" and as our city
population continues in ever-increasing
ratio, so gradually the, farm population
basis