The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-29
Governor MAKES
ADDRESS Al I Al FAIR !
Compliments soutl1side Counties
on High Ordersof
Exhibit.
AWARDS Avn A';l .[,ls or CORN PRIZES III s
Street Committee Gives Out
Contract for Paving
Sidewalks.
Times-Dlspatch Bureau.
1903 North sycamore Street

1903 Eortl, sycamore Street.
Petersburg, Va, October rs.
The attendance at the Southside Nir-
ginla Agricultural EXHIBIT to-day was
equally as large, II not larger. than
that OF yesterday. There were a grea,
many more country people in the city
to-day than yesterday. and their feel 4
ing was ono OF pride In the splendid
showing made by the southsidc coun-
ties In all the varied products OF the
farm.
An interesting feature of the attend-
ance yesterday and to-day was the
presence Of 800 white school children
first. and of an equal number OF colored
children to-day.
Governor William Hodges Mann came
over to-day, and ut 1890 o'clock deiv-
cred a brief address, Tho Governor
complimented the high order of the ex-
tibit mad spoke of the wonderful pro-
gross made In farming In the past few
years 1t was hs ambition 10 see the
q agricultural products OF Virginia dou-f
bled during his administration, and he
believed this result would he accom-
plishcd II the farmers OF the state
i would abandon the old and adopt the
new methods of farming. which arc
showing such remarkable results. The
4 hope lies In large measure in the boys
Of the farms, who arc being taught IN
demonstration work and who arc re-
porting such splendid success II all
the farmers would take hold OF this.
work the crop production woiild ba
doubled, and Virginia would soon take
the place 10 which she Is entitled. of
first In the Union
Governor Mann spoke at some disad-
vantage on account OF the noise around
z him.
Gntn In Corn Yield.
-Four ycnrs ago the denomination
was started among the boy farmers in.
Virginia. The highest yield reported
Tor the first year under this method was
sixty bushels per acre. the second
wear the highest yield was eighty
bushels. and this year the highest Yield
was &tss bushcis. r. q. Sandy. who
furnished these facts. said That next
year would show a yield OF zoo. THESE
fgures show remarkable gain each
year with the limit OF corn production
per acre not yet reached.
Corn Prizes Awarded.
I,rris Oigcrs, OF Sutheriand's. Din
widdic county, aged sixteen years. car
RED off the first prize for tho largest
Yield of corn per acre. So bushsis.
Arthur BcIiwood, of Chesterfield. Was
given second prize, his yield being lho
bushels. John Jenkins. of Sottoway.
received third prize for OF 80
busheis, and NJ. Il. peShaz 20, of Dtnwid,
die. received fourth prize for TO bush
els. and W.. P. Prosise. OF Dfnwiddie.
received a ribbon for l03 bushels.
There we're many exhibits OF corn By
farmers from fields yielding around 100
bushels per acre.
Other prizes were az follows:
Mems Class.
Yellow corn, best ten cars-First
prize. James Bellwood, Chesterfield;
second. w. Il. Webb. Dinwfddic: third,
James ~ Beck, pinwiddie, fourth.
White oak Stock Farm.
White corn. best ten cars--Firs6
James Bellwood, Chesterfeld; second.
Frank White, Blackstone: third. S, =.
wynne. Dinwiddie; fourth ii. l. Hood.
Crewe.
Boys Class. Ii
s White corn County class, best ton
ears F'irst prize. J. w. .Matthe VS.. IT.
I.awrenccville; second. Thomas Ford:
third. CARROLL Riyes: fourth. Eustace
Cinnn-all of Dinwiddie.
Prizes were also awarded to indi-
yidual farmers for each of tho counties
showing the best ten-ear exhibits Of
corn. There were four Of these prizes
10 each county.
f, Namoztne District, D1nWldd1e county,
"a had q number Of boy corn exhibitors
Who received Erizes
The Judges have been busy all day
Il In awarding prizes in the various de-
partrnents This work has been a dif-
ficult.and a delicate one.
Paving Contract Awarded.
THE street Committee met last night
d and opened proposals for the construc-
ton of 10000 yards, more or less, OF
cement sidewalk pavemen ] he re were
only three bidders for the work. al
petersburg firms. The contract was
awarded to the Coleman Construction
Company as the lowest bidder. ts$1Vi
persyard. Sf 3 Il
The city is carrying on extensive
y but gradual street Improvement ,4 to be
continued year year until the Streets
4 and idewalks are put in nut Tern con.
dillon, s3533 IS s5s s5s g.
Report Of Deaths and Births.
I The report of the Health DEPART
ment FOR the month ending October gB
shows. a total of siXty-tive deathssin
the city as against forty seven for the
corresponding month of last year
whites, 27;Icolored, 3 s. 4 Il.
OF the decedents seven We're undel
the age of one month, and ten etweeu
the ages Of one and five years, and only
one. over ell nty years
s}ss4a3,r There were ten deaths during the
4 month OF stuberculosis, three sof diph-
N liberia, 81 tw o Of typhoid fever and -four
ss by accident. T. ~ g. 81 sl
The, report shows "a total Of fly.
II.