The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11
VIRGINIA the Best State to Live In


missioner OF Agriculture.
East 400 produced more than S50OO00 in alfalfa
hay crop last year, one farm
MINERALS
Virginia presents probably the most promising field for
investment in its resources OF almost every known
commercial mineral product Building stone OF all kinds
slate soapstone claws of all kinds COAL coke iron, lead
zinc pyrtes, copper manganese, salt marble, asbestos
and gold Cheap fuel timber water in abundance trans
portaon facilities are the best and climatic conditions
are such that outdoor work be carried the year
around Hampton Roads last year shipped more coal
than any port in the world Mineral lands offered at
reasonable prices and every facility offered induce
capital to undertake the development OF these products
No State produces greater variety of mineral waters
contains such number OF medicinal springs, situated in
delightful climate offering ideal locations Tor summer ana
health resorts of which world famous.
FORESTS.
The forests OF Virginia abound in an unusual variety Of
woods especially the valuable harlwoods valuable IN
modern construction. In these forests found every
wood known in Southern soils except the sub lropca!
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES,
In respect to ready the markets for the products
of her soil of her factories and her inexaustbe beds OF
coal and other minerals we'll respect facility OF
purchase from the world without Virginia avoraby
situated Eleven trunk lines the State and with
their numerous branches and connections place every
section the State in communication with every principal
port and city in the country
The lines OF steamboats, that ply the navieabe streams
of Eastern Virginia afford commercial communication Tor
large of the State with the markets OF this country
and Europe. Norfolk and Newport News ports that
maintain communication with foreign markets by means
OF sea going vessels while extensive is kept
up along the Atlantic Seaboard The harbor of Hampton
Roads is the largest the deepest and the safest the
Atlantic This port the centre OF
population than New York. Chicago is by direct
line to Hampton Roads than it is to New York City,
VIRGINIA, THE BEST STATE TO LIVE IN
No State in the Union offers attractive inducements
or extends inviting hand TO the homeseeker and
investor than Virginia In climate diversity OF soils fruits
forests. supply, mineral deposits, and variety OF
landscape including mountain and valley, hill and dale,
She offers advantages that unsurpassed
The sun never lumined beautiful country, the
powman turned kinder SOIL and the
shook the hand of more hospitable people
Virginia centrally located the Atlantic tier OF
States being midway between Maine and Florida 1T lies
between the of cold and heat removed alike from
the sutry protractcd OF the Southern States
and the and devastating and cyclones
OF the North and West The average annual temperature
of the State is So degrees The number Of murky foggy
DAYS is very small and conversely the number OF sunny
DAYS is very large The United States Weather Bureau
gives as the number of fair and clear days Tor Hampton
Roads 258S while for Boston 237 Along the Blue Ridge
Mountains there is belt Of country from 1000 to $500
feet above the sea level in which the humidity exceedingly
small less than any section East OF the Rocky Mountains
in which the number Of bright sunny days is very large
This region has but little dew at night owing to its low
humidity and is very beneficial to the people OF weak lungs
Virginia today the richest State in the South except