The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-11
WANT TEST FARM
IN EVERY COUNTY
State Board of Agriculture Has
Ambitious Scheme for Ex-
perimental Work.
CAR TO ADVERTISE STATE
lanes Bellwood Presents His
Exhibit, and 1t Is to Be Taken
Everywhere.
CAR TO ADVERTISE STATE

Test farms in every county In Vir-
ginia is the program OF the state
Board Of Agriculture. planned at the
; meeting held yesterday morning at the
Capitol This ambitious scheme Will
be put into operation at fast as the
work can be organized and the means
AT the disposal Of the board may per-
NIT.
IL is unnecessary to say that tho
board has no idea OF naVins
extensive farms owned by the state In
each county. TOR that would ihVove ~
enormous outlay. But II was oeheseo
that by a plan Of moving from one To-
cality to another. and renting land. tho
BENEFITS Of experimental farming may
be carried into every community In
the Commonwealth.
Committee II Named.
To carry the scheme into enect' tho
board appointed a committee composed
Of Berkeley d. Adams. n. W. Mock.
Frank Lindsay and w. W. sproul TO
inouire into suitable locations for tho
establishment Of test farms. II will
be the duty of this committee to select
places and to rent land.
For the purposes Of the board. some-
thing like twenty-five or thirty acres
will De sufficient. This can be rented
for a small sum. Pains Will be taken
to have the land, as far as possloie.
typical of the county. SO that the neeos
OF the locality may be studied. VI
course. cotton will not be experimental
with in Wise. nor will tobacco be tried
in Clarke The work will be appro-
phase to the location
May Be Dsne CheaDly.
Supervision will be in the hands OF
the experts Of the Virginia Agricui-
tural Experiment Station at biacks-
burg. Labor will not cost a great deal
Altogether, the scheme Is not expected
to involve large amounts OF money
After a few years in a county. II
will be taken that the entire popula-
ton will have had an opportunity 10
learn what the experiment farm has TO
teach, and the land will be surrender
ed to its owner. Then another coun-
" will be sought. BY establishing
series Of such tests tracts In dinerent
sections. the entire State may be COW
cred in a reasonable number OF years
As a matter OF fact. the board mem
bers who have vision believe the work
will grow so that this time may como
earlier than might ordinarily be ex-
pected-
Advertise State Everywhese.
Commissioner Koiner had another
proposition before the board which
was unanimously agreed to. and wnicn
was contaminated before sunset IL
was that an effort be made to secure
possession Of the splendid farm ex-
hibit Of James Bellwood, OF Chester
field County. for the purpose of adver-
Using the state and her possibilities
This advertisement Is TO be taken
throughout the West II the funds can
he secured L, will I'LL a car, and then
some of 1t will be left outside 1t Is
intended to astonish the people Of the
West with the possibilities OF ono farm
in virginia, as all corners to the State
Fair have been astonished- IL the
money can be had. the car wi!i De
taken from place TO place, LEAVING
literature about this State in It's wake
Besides. the car Will De attacheo 10
farmers institute trains in this State.
| and sent from place to place. All this
will entail some expense. but the
! state Board of Agriculture hs2Ssves the
LEGISLATURE will help
Mr.. Beloved Consents.
The board took hold OF the idea en-
! Enthusiastically The first proposition
was to get the exhibit which belongs
/ 10 Mr.. Bellwood. committee was
| appointed to see him at once. com
| oosed of Commissioner George w.
Koiner. Berkeley .. Adams. W. W..
I sprou! and Frank Lindsay. They
! hunted up that enterprising farmer.
! and ADVANCED the proposition He ex-
pressed himself as hattered At the de-
! sire to advertise his work throughout
! the Union, and turned over his exhibit
| TO the committee on the spot. to do
! with as II Wills.
incidentally Mr.. Bellwood said that
he hoped it would be an incentive to
| others to do as he has done. Coming
! TO virginia an i'll man, with hope
tagging, he u now hale and hearty
and has made q fortune 70 boot
( The board agreed to meet In NOT
] folk next month. There the com
/! ,,it.ee on test farms will be expected
/ 70 report on tho first location. which
! Is TO be somewhere on the Eastern
F.. shore. where q station will De e.
! ,abiishod to work with the truck ex-
1 periment station already located near
! Norfolk. Accomac and Northampton
I counties have already shipped 1.soo'-
l 600 barrels OF potatoes this season.
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