The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
FARMERS OF STATE
At MODEL FARM
Great Interest Aroused by
Visit to N. & w. Expert
ment Station
COLLIES BEING RAISED
TO PROTECT HOMES
Well Bred Pups Sent Out to
Take Places of Worthless
Mongrels-- To Exhibit at
All Fairs in Two States

Especial to The Richmond Yirginian.)
IVOR. VA, August 25.--lt Is now
some six years since the ground
was broken for the establishment Of
the Norfolk and Western Railway
experimental form at this place
During this period experiments
have been conducted with great
many crops that We're comparatively
new to that section. ana many OF
them have been grown With SUCCESS
sufficient To warrant their more wide
distribution throughout this Iidewa-
Ter section.
II would require too much space
to go into detail regarding the plant
Ing, cuitiVating and harvesting OF all
these crops. but in brief 1t can say
taat they have found il profitable and
practical TO raise potatoes, strawber-
ries. rutabagas. mangels, turnlps,
eantaloupes, watermelons and numer-
GUS other crops for shipment TO near
by markets An excellent quality OF
timothy and clover hay has been
grown at tho rate OF ton and one
half to two IONS per acre. Corn has
shown yield as high as siSty-tiNo
bushels, and one crop or teosintc net
ted a yield u some twenty tons eg
green fodder To the acre. Special
attention has been paid 10 the rear
ing of collie dogs. MIR. LaBauns aud
the farm manager realize that the
South Is already handicapped by
thousands OF mcngrel dogs that are
of little usss u anyone and or great
detriment TO The farmers largely on
account OF their habit OF molesting
stock. These collies are all bred
from thoroughbred stock registered in
the American Kennel Club. and sold
at prices that just about pay for the
COS, of raising. Some twenty-five to
forty puppies are sold each year. and
everyone 81 them is benefit anti
protection To tho farmer, his family
and his stock. instead Of menace,
as is So frequently the case with
worthless dogs.
Live stock on the Farm.
Dairy cattle. hogs, poultry, etc,
have been raised successfully and sold
in nearby markets at attractive prices.
On two separate occasions the State
Farmers Institute has been enter
tanned at THO farm. A luncheon, at
tractlve amusements and interesting
demonstrations have been furnished
for entertainment OF tho guests, and
the farmers who attended have been
lavish in their praise and congratu-
lation on the work accomplished.
The railroad ia spending consider
able money and deyoiiDg the time or
trusted employees to work OF this char
acter because Ii believes that there
by II is contributing TO the substan-
tial development OF Southern agri-
culture and that this developmen emit WIZ
eventually mean q largely increased
traffic that the railroad will be call
ed upon To handle.
The Norfolk and Western Halfway
Company viii make extensive -exhip-
It's at all al, the. TALKS la th@' NtrsiaaSaA
and North Carolina circuits this com
ing fall Mr.. LaBaume and his as
sistant, Or Il. A. Schubert. who has
charge OF these exhibits, are now
preparing material and milling II
in attractive shape. SO that they VIII
have an exhibit this year that Will be
q credit to the road and 10 the ter
: ritory in which the products were
grown. Perhaps no other railroad In
the South or in the entire country
is more active or more intensely in
teresfed in the development OF the
territory tributary To its lines than
the Norfolk and Western.
Interesting the HomeSeker.
very attractive magazine Ia pub
lished four times year in issues OF
$4,000 each and sent out into every
State In the Union 10 parties who
inouire regarding Southern Develop
ments Of the railroad company in
hundreds of periodicals which II car
ries this publicity in. Mr. Laiaume
advises that during the height OF tho
season these letters OF inquiry VIII
average from $50 to $50 per day. and
on a single train which left Colarss-
hus and Cincinnati the first Tuesday
in August over zoe homeseekers came
down to look over Virginia farm lands
with. the object OF purchasing ana set
Ting thereon, IL they could lind some
thing To suit their requirements This
ia the character OF effective publicity
work that is bringing hundreds or
newcomers into the South every year
and the railroads that are engaged
In this work should receive the hearty
cooperation OF every individual and
organization in their territory and
help along this movement that means
so much for ultimate prosperity or
the entire South.