Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-05
BETTER ROADS,
BETTER FARMING
Farmers Institutes In Virgin
ia Discpss and Make Plans
For Better Highways.

Editor The News; In accepting the
courtesy OF a little valuable spacs, the
writer wants TO say, that in the course
of a somewhat extended pilgrimage up
and down, over and through the noun
tains and plains Of old Virginia, and
for more years than he would care to
say, in view Of possible contingencies,
is unable to call to mind in this state,
for the last half century, anything ap-
preaching the awakened interest that
today is apparent to the observer i'm
the primary, the primary Industries OF
the whole state, through the uplifting
OF agricultural conditions, and the con-
struction and reconstruction of pos
sible system of public and intercom-
munal highways.
Accepting this as a truism, we hope
we may be pardoned FIVE very briefly
call attention to one or two OF the
main factors entering into and consti-
y y.
which has stimulated those aggressive
and progressive, efforts and methods
that have, during the less than half
score of years past, so transformed for
the better every important and vital
interest OF the State, but more espec-
tally, that of uplifting and putting into
prosperous condition the somewhat
crude, slip shod and rather proGtless
because antquated system i'm agricul-
tural operations hitherto obtainin &
In this Hurculean task we do Enot
hesitate 10 say that the conception,
initiative and organization. by and
through the patriotic, public spirited
broad-mindcd efforts Of few intelli-
gent, far-seeing men few years ago
in the enterprising, go-ahead city OF
Roanoke, of the State Farmers Insti-
tute" has proved chief factor in this
present day impetus to improved met
hods in farming, with better roads. and
incidentally and in no small measure
To more general and better education.
especially along industrial lines. That
the claims above preferred for the Far
mers' Institute are not chimerical or
over drawn, one has but TO attend the
approaching session of the Institute.
which Is TO meet in the city of Peters
burg, wa, from the 9th TO the 11th OF
August, inclusive. see and learn the ex-
traordinary changes wrought by up TO
date methods in flaming and kindred
industries, to convince the most skep-
tical and severe critic OF our hereto
fore numerically ridiculed and much
derided "Book Farming" of the real
value Of improved up TO date methods
we are glad TO say in closing
this rather crude article, that
at Petersburg on the 9th will be found
n goodly assembly of earnest, intelli-
gent, thoughtful, broad minded men,
intent on making the waste places of
the 'Old Dominion" smile and blossom
as the rose, and erect highways upon
which there shall be no ''ravenous
beast in the shape Of quags, chuck
holes and mountain bouldeTs, which
have for ages unnumbered, made our
quilted and rock stream fields, a delu-
sion and a snare to the Virginia farm
er, and our wretched system his life a
burden. In this great work of Iegen-
Grafton, ouISouthwest has peculiar in
teTcst. Will our people indifferently
lag behind, and Achilles like, sulk in
their tents, and leave to others their
part in this great work of uplifting to
splendid conditions, yet undreamed of
the faithful old mother we love so well
we do not so believe, and as the n &
R'y in it's enlightened and broad pol
icy, has ever extended ready and
helping hand, especially tn. the agri-
cultural interest of the state, all who
desire to attend the Institate will be
allowed a "3 cent round trip rate" and
treated to al free excursion and splen-
did entertainment at Ivor, the Co.'S
experimental farm in Southampton
Co, Va. A. j. TYNES,
Member board directors 9th dist.