The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15
BETTER FARMING
ALL OVER VIRGINIA

I'LL VVEu 1WU1N0
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many of our farmers. Some dftccn
are on the agents roll 20 assist in yet :
ting started growing this valuable
forage crop
The large area OF low land calls for
assistance in drainage. Much unpro-
ductivc land is rendered tillable by ra-
tional drainage
Other work is thrown IN the agents
way, such as testing milk for butter
rat. caponizinS and testing soils.
The boys corn club. consist!n- of
siHty-four active members. az. right
on the job. Already two instances
have been noticed IN which IN. par
ents are learning lessons one man
rlskcd planting his whole crop lust
IKE his boys because III seemed so
rational"
Another boys crop is beating hts
iatncrs so bad that the latte, said, Il
am gong to tertilizc mine next year"
lie was disbclicver in fertllizins for
corn. OF all the phases OF work falling
under the demonstration agent, the
corn club seems TO have the greatest
possibilities
Down ny the Sen waves.
Carl g. Campbell, demonstrators for
Elizabeth city County. writes as fol-
lows.
me Other day was over to see
some Of the boys at Gcorr). Wythc
school. and was looking over their
home gardens. one boy asked: Are
INC FOX i'm boys beating US any,
He was afraid they would have better
gardens than they at Gcorg. Wythc.
because tho Fpx I'm people are mostly
truck farmers Bu, | was glad to
"ssRre him that tha BOYS OF his neigh
borhood were doing as we'll as any In
the county Thr boy who conducts
the most successful nom" garden viii
be awarded trip TO Washington at
the same time that tho corn club win
ners go so there is a lot OF rivalry
for nonor6. I went TO visit a dairy
farmer a short time ago and found him
busy hauling out manure with q big
threc-horse sprradcr H.. said some OF
his ne!ghbors thought he was spending
lot OF time and money keeping his
soil UP. bu; that he noticed ;hat he
was making q good living while they
were just barely getting along
Ills sons arc in the business with
him, but are planning 10 remodel the
farm and buildings in a year or ,wo
and Install Il different type OF farm
ing. for tho reason that they do not
like the da!ry business. doub; II
they VIII nnd anything else that brings
IN better returns ih;,u tho business
their father bu:lt up does. bu; perhaps
that Is better thar leaving M farm al
together. Another mau a successful
beef feeder, has TUNED farm Of
eighty acres over 10 his son. who is
taking tho course ia agriculture at the
high school
The hoy to the Front.
This boy ha-. boon work!ng on this
farm all year made & hoop one rod in
circumference and measured all the
Aclds of the farm. roar-anged them.
planned diiches and fences. planned out
a rotation, and is upw going 10 work
70 put his plans into cxccu;ion Ills
father has a farm % 20 acres. which
H. manages ,or tn. owner. and on
which n hopes - install. very soon.
n system % tile drainage. mat viii
prevent wator s;aisdiup IN tho fields
for any length OF time He Viii then
DO away with surface bitches as much
as possible. and VIII b. able 10 cut
tho farm UP Into fairly even shaped
and sized folds. The proposed drain
Is completed. but viii increase the
value of tho land about $1,000 per year
so far a g actual value IN Yield OF crops
IS concerned. II is like much OF the
land IN this county. very good in some
places and real loss elsewhere b.
doing away with about 200 acres uf
waste land aud greatly Improving the
remainder, the farm viii bc made one
OF the most prpductiy. in tnc county.
Still another farm. OF about forty
acres. IS beiug run as model for
what can bc done along that line in
the county There is not another
farmer on the lower Peninsula who
can show a good results from any
where near the same amount OF land.
This man goes 70 market In motor
truck, disposcs OF mis- produce. ana is
back home again before some o: his
neighboys reach the market AS a
consequence and because his produce
is well and favorably known. he gets
the cream OF the market. His family
is out for pleasur. drive with him.
with the work all done while many
other farmers are getting straightcned
up after returning from market
He uses overhead irrigation for some
OF his crops is planning complete
system OF thing to remove the sur
plus rainfall more rapidly. and is in
tclliCently replacing in the SOIL what
over his crops remove. The difference
seems 10 be In the man rather than in
the farm. as has been the case almost
everywhere, but il his methods can be
adopted, as am working TO have
thcm adopted. there is no reason WHY
the county OF Elizabeth City canno,
have as good a system of trucking as
there Is IN the state we need sew
oral things here and need them bad
~: adequate tile drainage. green crops
plowed under. better marketing
methods. cooperation for the buying
OF tile fertilizer, machinery. live stock
and seed, and more things TO make the
farm home attractive as we'll rs con-
Venicnt
In AppomnttoN County.
II. q. Anderson. demonstrators for Ap-
pomattoX County. tells some pleasing
stories In the following letter:
In passing through this county to-
day one would hardly recognize it as
the same as of six or seven years ago.
so great has been the development
along agricultural lines. II has been
demonstrated TO the farmer that he
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