The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
VIRGINIA. EEPSON
MADISON SQUARE
Old Dominion Apples and Vir-
GINA Tobacco Features of
Southern Railway Exhibit.

The American Land and Irrigation
Exposition is going on at Madison
Square Garden. in New York, and from
all accounts 1t Is a pretty big thing.
There arc displays OF farm, garden
and orchard products from every part
OF the United States and Canada. There
may be a number OF exhibitors from
Virginia, probably there arc, but so
far as at present advised the Southern
Hallway system which is making n
general exhibit OF the products Of
the various Southern States through
which IT runs. seems to be doing the
only honors for Virginia.
According to a special correspondent
OF the Manufacturers Record, who has
been to the show. there is no exhibit
from IL part OF the country that en-
cells the ono the Southern Railway has
at great expense reparcd ano put on.
Virginia Apples in the Swim.
The company's booth is sixty feet
long, and In ii. tastcfuily and attrac.
lively arranged, arc samples OF South
ern products Gom all of the territory
traversed by the road.
There are exhibits of cotton. toba eco.
the grains. grasses and forage crops.
suGarcane and all kinds OF garden
truck, and an unusually fine fruit dis
play. The walls are covered by a
large map OF the South. sheavcs OF
grain and grasses, a score o5...lnpgG
"1j"sYeG"Yn1tTgraphg of typical South
ern farm. field n orchard views.
There are a ~half-dozen tables OF the
southern apples, mostly from Virginia
orchards, which Will convince all who
see them that the Virginia apple-grow-
ing districts are surpassed by none.
Special literature has been prepared
for circulation at the exposition tell
ing of the southeastern States. and es-
pecially of their farm lands and pro-
ducts. AS a souvenir there is a beau
tiful album of twelve views.
Illustrated Lectures.
Each day an illustrated lecture on
the Southeast is delivered by NJ. a.
Hays. of the land and industrial de-
partment of the Southern Railway.
For this lecture $50 new colored slides
have been made. The lecture covers
the industries, the agricultural
resources and developments, the scenic
attractions, the resort centres of
the southeastern States. give char
acteristics OF Southern life and tells
about the wide variety of opportuni-
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various topics taken up from day to
day arc scenes and descriptions of the
attractive cities and towns and sec
lions travellers may sec In a journey
through the Piedmont. mountain and
cost districts; where the Northern peo-
pie go in winter to rest and play, the
great summer resort regions OF the
South; farms and farming In the old
and new South: where the largest
yields of corn are made: the wealth
of grasses and forage plants. the al
falfa districts; how the cheapest beef
and pork are produced: the building
up of the dairy industry; the story of
the apple and peach districts in Vir-
ginia; why the fruit from the
North and West are coming South to
secure cheap orchard lands; the cot
ton industry from the planting to the
weaving: what the cotton crop means
to the planter and to the South: the
great tobacco districts; the Boys Corn
Clubs. and success of Northern farm
ers in the South.
Mr.. Hays is a good lecturer, and
surely he has a grand theme.