The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-20
SPENT MILLIONS
FOR new FAR|N
Governor Receives Report of
Commissioner of lmmigra-
tion-More Funds Needed Il
--
COMPARATIVE VALUES
OF VIRGINIA CROPS
State Still Has Ten Million Acres
Of Idle Land-How Adver-
Using Campaign Was
Conducted.
Showing that $4,000 900 was n


vested in Virginia farms last year.
and advocating larger approprta~
ton in order that the advantages Oh
the State may be more extensively 3D.
vertised among western home-s0et~
ers, The annual report OF Commit
soner George w. koiner. of the 6taf6S
department Of immigration, was re-5
ceived by Governor Mann Tuesdas
morning. NJ "
The report indicates the thorou9NS
manner in which the resources On
virginia have been ADVERTISED
throughout the West and in Canadn
although the available appropriation
for that purpose was only s1O.oO0.
a very small amount when COMPARED
with appropriations made for sirntlnE
purposes by other states IN
since the depression about eigJ@|
Teen months ago In the manufnct1iin.s
Ing business the report reads. when
the laborers who had previously left
the farms and sought employment llEs
THESE factories, returned to tbs fafu1
IN the country. the demand tor fexrn
labor has greatly increased. M
work since that time has bean dirort.
ea more to securing people who have:
some money TO buy land In howaVa1ss
small quantity. as well as buyern III
large farms" Ts'sS
With his object in view, Commits
sioner koiner then points out how
ne mas advertised as extensively -
ms FUNDS would permit in the NORTH
Great Britain. 7S
Many replies were received. the y
port shows. and in answer hundrndms
OF personal letters we're mailed. r.
sloes sending out hand books tiiustrnf.a
ing every city and county In the Staf1 N
many OF these handbooks were ~
sent TO Canada. Scotland and Iraland.
~nere the people seemed to take ccynss
siaerable interest in the adyantnselIIr
eHered ny Virginia. the inmtgrn11u5Y
oooks showing that many OF tbs Fnosa
psoaperous Of the new citizsnn X IN
State were brought over BY thu Edes.s SfssI
ment from those placed. ~ ss
Much Land Etiu Itfeo.
virginia now has ten million arv,saf
OF idie land. every acre OF which. fll,oS
report declares. could be utilized for
FARMING purposes. and * properly x,,l-a
tivated would give rich returns a.
the money invested. 81
Farming lands In the West tf.nH:
now sell for from 800 per acre -
sioo, the report states. do not nfvw
Ins yieio produced by virgintA las.d
which can be purchased for ona-fonrt7s
of those sums. and as soon = fIss@
TACT is shown to the Western hoisnS-
seeker Virginia with have tho1na1llT1
OF new citizens constantly POURING ri
from other States. ssE
Commissioners Koiner appends I 60 60
Die showing the comparative value ~
Tour crops raised In vtrrfnfa ara -
nse otner States. These fgurens &C.
that on an acre Of Virginia larxi fl3sssS
value OF the yield was In practtrss i7sS1
every case more than IN the otA
states. and these other STATES niIIIa
among those rated az the lcancvI -
agricultural products. u
An acre OF Virginia land will $3.50
a corn crop worth $1s.4s, the rcneiIIs'E
SHOWS The value from an acwsss ~
Illinois is $1S.0l: in Missouri. slK.HS1s
IN Nebraska, $is.T7: In Iowa 1I0s 1Sas
virginia soil will produce hay ~ tf9S
rate OF 1894 per acre. In IlIinoin s9iS2
value per acre n $12.65; In Mlssoti1& 4
{l0,so; in Nebraska, s7.6s; III IoNn \
1853; Michigan. 1920. a
Potatoes IN Virginia can be prodaq6
at the rate of $63-37 an acre: TIfnnfS
land VIII produce this crop at the rStM
OF 1888 per acre: Missouri. ok4108s
Nebraska, s4sso; Iowa. 34s: Michir1.ss'
S41.76. 80 \
Oats in Virginia are worth SIe.bo
acre; in Illinois. 3lo.S1: In Masnui1a7 U
1856; in Nebraska. SS.eb: IA loV.
slo.2l: in Michigan. 1907. al
Great Increase In Values.
Mr.. Koiner then points out that ~
$4,000 appropriated by the last 0enS
eral Assembly for immigrattpn
done more to increase the price 0f 6a
lands htan any money the State
ever spent. and a more liberal arHll ri
priatton for wider and more extonn1s
advertising and distribution or liter&a
ture win stimulate higher values -
Virginia property.
The report closes with 3 1lnancf
statement. showing how the fun3n ~ III
propriated by the Legislators r.
been expended. The largest pGxx
the $4,000 was spent for atlvof<
in domestic and foreign paposnS
s02.92 going for this purpose.
Foreign agents were paid on
pense and commission accounts mnHS
$1,000. The board bills OF imu1t~
cost about $500. while the printtnn
distribution of hand-hooks and oS
general literature cost silghtly IN
$4,000. Other miscellaneous
complete the S10,000---the amount
propriatsd. sSs
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