The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-29

IL shown by the fact that the gov
erncr of Michigan teIegraphed the
manager that he had appointed a
commission TO see to IL that hts HtAts
makes a fine showing" Ohio's State
board OF agriculture will also make
splendid exhibit. The Far Western
States are lighting hard to divert inn
migration and money westward.
1t II offfc.ally stated that one Of
the land irrigation companies located
In New York and dealing In far West
ern lands. has since the last land az
position. taken $4,000, 200 of money
out OF New York for some OF their
land properties. This should not be
SO. as II Is fact that today chea per.
lands and just as good are In the
market In the State OF Maryland as
can De found West OF the Missouri
river. II is not generally known. bu,
is a fact. that the New York Central
and Pennsylvania railroads TO-DAY
have their agents located west OF the
MISSISSIPPI Offering special induce
ments to encourage land home seek
ers to come East and occupy chs ap-
err iands that can now be purch sed
In Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska, the Da-
kotas and some of the other banner
States, where lands have incrss ed
from the government price Of $i.a5
to over $3.50 per acre.
Virginia must now look well 10 her
laurels and secure her share OF ne
Bone and Sinew" and intelligent farm
ers as well as her proportion or he
wealth OF Europe and her share Of
Wall Streets gold
Man is land animal We are
well and ha ,@te xx-na
good terms with mother earth The
farmer " no longer joke. He is The
real capitalist"
Gilbert McClung, manager AZ the
New York Land Show" emphasizes
the teaching OF the United States de-
partment OF agriculture. that lands
near the large cities should be culti-
waited to supply their markets with
foodstuffs- This was made the
atrfcai1y apparent at the land show
when II was announced that Scot
land had recently shipped 5000 tons
OF potatoes to New York for its con-
sumption, notwithstanding the tariff
Of twenty-five cents per bushei. There
are thousands of acres OF cheap lands
adjacent to Baltimore and Washing
ton which could supply these markets
with its truck crops, which are now
shipped from a distance at higher
cost. A railroad agent in North Car
DINA recently stated that rs per cent
OF the eggs, butter. poultry. meat and
vegetables consumed In the state
were imported from outside the
State. This question is a serious one
as regards the high cost of living.
Good Roads, Too.
James II. Wilson. secretary Of agri-
culture. in recent speech to a good
road congress in MARYLAND. said that
a Michigan farmer lost $500 net ON
his potatoes because. when the roads
were impassable. he could not rnova
h,s crop IN markef When m. rrud
dried M. EVERYDAY having no,a,oss
to sell, that. like himself. could not
move their crop when prices were
high. gIutted the market and ha was
compelled TO sell at a great loss.
while the roads were impassab,e. the
cold storage houses were supplying
the demand at exhorbitant prices and
foreign shippers were loading their
ships for the American trade atsfs4s'
In Frace. a country that has ex-
pended $4,000. 600. 600 on her high.
delivering farm nroducts 10 tha mar
kets over roads nayirahle for horse
and xasoltne trucks every day in the
year. In America. during thu wet sea.
son. the morse Is idle and when the
roads become passable. the fieIis arc
ready for the piow. bt,, frenuenffv are
neglected whiia tha men that fesd =.
are marketing ti,rrr crops for money
- nav their faxes.
The New YORK Land show makAs
batter and more successful farmera
and offers them new opnortunitias'
Maryland's exhibit there would piant
seed in fertile soil. for New YORK a.
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