The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

| Wetof. Iuo valu0 OF NnO CV1s Sutpus
| 10 1918 was $1,000. 900.
The mountains OF the State are
covered yet with dense forests. -
we'll u sections near the coast.
There n q great variety OF woods.
both hard and soft. The lumber out.
put has Increased from 270.00O,000
feet in 1870 to 1,sso.ooo.oo0 feet IN
1911.
The spirit or better farming u
spreading over the State. The state
Department OF Agriculture ana I'M
migration IN doing everything with
In It's means to encourage and assist
the farmer by the distribution Of
100000 bulletins and a yearbook
during tho past year an dthe holding
Of numerous farmers institutes In
tho 100 counties Of the State. 1t pays
the state to do this. GOO farmers are
the best assets a state can have and
they are more than this-they are
the great conservative force in the
life OF our nation; they are the en-
during hope for the perpetuity o.
our American institutions: and the
happiness Of mankind depends upon
Wsuccessful agriculture everywhere.
This spirit Of better farming II
spreading over the Southern coun-
try. There n no end to this work
Who has yet ascertained the limit
in the producing capacity Of an acre
of fertile soft?
Potomac and stretching along the
Seaboard to the Rio Grande river
The cheapest lands in the Unite state
are there; the greatest possibilities
are there; the kindest soil II there:
the most salubrious climate Is there;
the sun never illumined fairer land;
the plowman never turned q kinder
soil; the stranger never clasped the
hand OF a more hospitable people.
The lands in the South are selling
for less than their true value. No
kountry in the world ogerv such easy
opportunities to the man with energy
ana small capital to own his own
home and be an independent and
prosperous citizen.
That wonderful publication lately
issued by the Manufactures Record
|of Baltimore Thirty Years Of South
ern Upbuilding'' gives a complete his
tory OF Southern prosperity and
should be studied by every 11an who
works and think.
What is Good Farming?
Tho Southern soil must be farmed
not as our fathers did with the idea
,As
. ISL 10 ~ III 80
nun " shc $50 ~. .'a a 'ne ~ u.u -
.s e. " a s a.. .e,s -
'."" ~ .. - ~.
tne Ia1m' Dy Ho"hs tnes
nitrogen-gathering plants, which
grow In the South like weeds by the
wayside. we can take the nitrogen
from the air and put 1t in the soil
much cheaper than the fertilizer fac
tory' inns pan wiz a.so 'nnio , ms
pnys,cal conoie'on oA TUG son. aoso.D
the ralh1a!i, pre.en. efosion anu
suii'es' anu noiu ia 1No so,' 80.
moisture 'ha. 70 essen, LII " saom
maximum crops' anu tIiis use"ynns
sese,aple mater Iorns huuI aeIu
10 olssoNe the premium Supply oi
potash ana phospnoric Ac,u INA. ma
tune mas put III piaotaAy an ol
SOILS enough 10 ieeu the peorie
long as the creator OF TINS Werto an
tends 10 anow inc Worio 70 eAs.
Ihoer such system OIL asIioui
present popuation OF the ohi.ed
states. IL mas been stated tnat the
solar energy available IN growing
crops Is I.1oo horsepower per acre
through the growing season OF the
year. nature mas Lurnisneo In Aunh-
and :, Ia the mover Of this knowl-
90. tha. +ha ,arn,sr ean acnuira ana
trv ont and practice for his own bet
Torment ana success
Opnortunities In Virginia.
The un-to-date farmer IL gradually
haoon,inr more thril,ed with the lure
~ ~. lava Tho Iova of oo,ntrv iife
t.n ,n..;r,,, nnr.u,,,,is. fnr
anu .no LISP. op H. IS 49,
g. -. S.,,a ~ ~ ,..,.. ~
Iarher' 10 oenclns ms ehels'es 20
secure more acnieVehents ni lme
highest value. Ihere are eisht mi
hon OF idie acres IN virginia tnat
are susceptible OF nign Improvement
The farm lands have doubled In value
during the past decade, and they Will
double again within another ten years