The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-25
Reapers Chatter Heard III Al
Parts of State and Yield - 81
Heavy.
ACREAGE INCREASING IA
STEADILY EVERY YEAH
Reports Show That More Of th6
Grain Was Plated Last Fall
Than in Previous
Years. sssa

I Virginia farmers are now harves4t0l
a staple crop estimated to be wOsxn*
approximately $4,000. 900
Throughout the State the clafter q
the reaper has been heard durlM
The past two weeks. and couutIe
men have been busy with scytJ11
moving down the million Of sknI1&S
or wheat sown last Iaa. by July 1H#
practically all the wheat In yirktnfa
wiIl have been harvested ana et049&2#
away to be sold when the cerex1 z
nuCtuating on the market at ffuSX
sllo to $3.50 "A bushel
commissioner of A1ricu1fx15if
kolner, who has travelled througfl &1I
parts of the State during the -
several weeks with farmers insft4n51
trains and making Inspections, ae
saturday that the wheat outlook fSf
the present year was the best ne hnX|
seen In many years. The mild WtnfS
killed but little IL any OF the W6eXSz3
sown. and when the frosts OF snrln &
and the rains of last week came f1&S
stalks and heads were too far advanc~a
ed TO be injured.
Little or None Lost. 2$
Mr.. koiner said he had recefy8HX
practically no reports OF uanaes, tala
( the wheat crop and that 1t woui&
average ninety-five per cent. or more
I of a perfect crop this year Ti31z
growth of straw had been pfenttfutHs
ne said, and the heads are well nfiea1@
with plump kernels. there being fnrvss
and In some instances four grains 9x1
the mash and sometimes fifteArsS
nashes to the head. III
~ looks like banner year fox8
wheat, said Mr.. koiner. ..Fsronn I'll
parts of the State. particularly tIX9
valley. Piedmont and Southwest
glnia, where the farmers mahA II
4 ciaity of wheat have seexk
wheat growing this spring THAI T.
numoer OF Years The yield e4&S
be particularly sieavy too III
STATISTICAL bureau of the dapartnn9N
or agric ulture IRE wheat Condition, f2e|
all the states Us estimated from = pAssSs
icet crop or one hundred per cent. ~
believe our crop this year viii rs1TFs
close TO 100 per cent. for we have
been lowering around ninety-ftye fo&s
the past several years ssS
ne expression good as old W1sUn&a
in the mill which means thar 0fT
wheat In the mill is an ideal OF Vide
mas caused farmers in Virginia ID aIRS
hualiy increase their acreage ia 49,
staple cereal. In addition to THU tI7#
department of agriculture and r1lISsa
bsohally have given wheat rafnS12s
every possible assistance In incfoani2
Inc fertility OF the soil and increanf1 =
the Yield per acre The average W.T. 4
per acre In wheat Is increasing s91I5S2
~ In the State. 1t is now about tW6fN Y
bushels to the acre. If the farrn3s Y
continue rotating crops and nnSff27
back the soil for some OF rhe nfrAs ~ II
tney take from IT. believe that e yR177
ue only Few years before We rHf&1S
twenty-five and thirty bushels IL f21
acre as the farmers OF England nf1 L
denmark do. In some especially fSSs5
TIE parts OF Virginia 10 bushels G1z
wheat has been raised to the acre d1,nS
ing good seasons. but this a AxFsSl ;2E3
tionai. Ii will not be exceuttua
long, however Ii the modern neth n.y. y
OF intensified farming and recipro1
farming is continued" ri 25s7$s
Worth Many Millions Ssss5
statistics compiled by Chief Stu y
.asIan victor II. olmsted. Of the 61S
partment OF agriculture IN WAnhfs7S8a
ton. and furnished Commfsn1 ni Y
koiner show that in 1908 the WITT Il
farmers had 7s0.00 acres plantsa y II
wheat and they yielded s.011.oH
pushels Of the grain. This n,
brought $s,sS1,000 to the farmers r =
.he state. Last year the acrease Y
10000. The yield. however. r.
lighter by $4,000 bushels becaun1 r 4
the bad season, but the farmers prn1l72s
ca by the wrath of the Clements 3Hi1s
they sold their crop for $IO.17E. III NJ
or an increase of sf,Is4.000 over n &
previous years crop. s%
Mr.. Olmsted further states that N sS38
wheat condition in Virginia last ~ Y
was sS per cent. OF perfect. a. aarilSa y
~ Tor 1908. and SIS per cent. ~
average Tor the State. which Il ~ a~ 4
on many years OF wheat raising sHNzS nh
FROM reports Mr. KoinAr han a
eeiFeo thus Tar in the hRrye1<
season Tor wheat, the crop Il alYn& Il
surprising that Of last year ana
extensions are being made VirS1
wheat growers will NOT only NJ S5'7
70 supply the state Hour mtlIa
nave many thousands of btfsa4 ~ 1 2f2
/ sell on the mark ct. They expect as1ssf
price for II too The figure now 017S
- about s1.l0 or s115 4 buShcr
the heavy frosts and SHOWS ~ nj
western wheat producing ST. 77
Ing the late spri-,g greatly dfnni1f
this years yield in the terrft6&2
competition with the South. andI
money VII be paid for the cereal
result. e ID 33:ss${|
Kotnefr Asszsss.
Commissioners Koiner. realfxinI1
! Importance OF wheat rafsiYfR f&S
ginia, and tn. thousaiiCs 81 fS1
engaged IN, this line OF aar31
loses no opportunity to put bSfxI
agricutnrists the best ff1fnS
procurable on wheat raising
dition to writing extensively oSa
/ In his last annual report. Wrf
got permission from Waldo mi
wheat Authority. to Una DI
latter's most exhaustive artic19
raising Of the cereal Sa4
! Mr. Brown says IN pArf IS
article: 9s3N;2|
In many respects wheat
be the most important crDp n
ers grow. Its importanee n x0
/ following facts: @ 6f335
n. u Ii crop which a111
mands the cash, and N al1G
mand. In speaking N ~
common expFesston W1fn