Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-06-29
FUNDS FOR farm WORK
Gov. Mann Asks Supervisors to
Set Apart Money
FOR DEMONSTRATION WORK
Under Direction of State Board of
Agriculture

the State communication wherein
he calls on these bodies to make
suitable appropriations in order to
further the demonstration work |
done under the direction OF the
United Agricultural Board:
In his letter the executive directs |
attention to the following, which |
was adopted at the recent meeting !
OF the United Agricultural Board.
Resolved, That it is the sense
of this meeting that the boards of
supervisors OF each of the several
counties OF the State be requested
to appropriate a sum equal to $50
for each 1000 population, TO be used
in the county in which the appro-
priation is made, under the direc-
ton of the United Agricultural
Board, for demonstration work.
Governor Mann next recites the
passage OF the act creating the new
board, which is composed of the
chief executive and Superintendent
Of Public Instruction. representing
the State Board of Education: the
Commissioner of Agriculture and
two members OF the Board OF Agri-
culture, representing the State,
Beard OF Agriculture; the president
of the Virginia Agricultural College
and Polytechnic Institute, one men,
Der of the board of that institution
and the director Of the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Blacksburg,
representing the Virginia Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College and
Polytechnic Institute at Blackburg.
and the general director and Vir-
ginia director OF the demonstration
work of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, representing
that department.
Co-Ordinates the Agencies
The act establishing the board, "
says the letter, requires it TO CO.
ordinate all the agencies of the
, State for the advancement of ag-
, riculture, formulate rules for their
/ conduct to the end that there shall
| be no duplication of work and that
all shall work together in harmony
= for the best interest of this great
' industry. The average yield of
corn in Virginia last year was about
twenty-three bushels to the acre, but
demonstration work showed as high
:, as 1913 bushels to the acre, and
the experimental-crops under the
direction of the United States de-
pa, tment showed results nearly
. doubling the average yield. Ar
average yield of fifty bushels o
corn to the acre is practicable i
scientific and up-to-date method:
are used, and if this production i:
. reached Virginia will. raise annually
over 100, 900, 900 bushels of ccrn in
= stead of 100000, which wa'
about the last crop.
b "Up-to-date methods, which hay,
S done so much for corn, are applica
IS BILE to all other crops. Farmer
Ie who have doubled their crops c
le corn will not be satisfied until al
* other crops show the same increase
al and it is believed that if the farm
r. ers of the State will cooperate wit
q the United Agricultural Board i
N it's efforts to advance the great ae
r. ricultural interests the results ca
1t hardly be estimated.
n with this brief statement of th
ne contemplated work. of the Unite
Agricultural Board, I venture
w ask you to set apart sum equal
OF $40 for every 1000 inhabitants.
he be used in your county in demon
er stration work; that is. in shown
OF your people by crops actually pr
ny duced what your land can do.
US THE money appropriated will r
g. main with your treasurer until it
mt needed to pay for work in yo'
he county, and we expect. whenev
IN. possible, to supplement it wi
ng funds from other sources, and in !
,ix case will it be used except for del
lie onstration work in your own cOu
ze. ty. This work has been alrea'
mt carr;ed on In twentv-nino CON N ii