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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
Co OPERATION WILL SOLVE FARMERS PROBLEMS
This Point to be Stressed
ultuaEsts Here in April

million dollars (s6,163, 100000 a
year, much of which they might get
II they controlled theG own systems
Of credit, marketing and buying.
These are the figures OF Professor
John Lee Coulter, expert special agent
for agriculture In the census bureau.
He arrives at his conclusion after
years of study, which have made him
a leading scientific authority in farm
economics.
However, plans are now matured
looking to a cut which from the very
first will amount to hundreds upon
hundreds OF millions OF dollars in the
enormous discrepancy between the
prices the farmer receives for his pro-
duce and the prices which the con-
sumner has TO pay.
These plans are to be taken up at
the Sixteenth Congress for Education
in the South, to be held at Richmond,
Va, April l,5th1Sth; and so epoch
making In their results on Southern
prosperity are they considered to he
that thousands of Southern farmers
and business men will unite In their
consideration with schoolmen. editors
and publicists.
The Common Remedy.
In brief, the common remedy to be
proposed at the conference for most
OF the farmers ills is organization and
cooperation II is proposed that he
market his crops comparatively; buy
his goods in the same manner, and
borrow hts money from cooperative
cerdit societies Such a plan, Ii Is
contended, would harm no one, and
In the long run would benefit all
classes. BY thus adding to the farm
er's income, he will he enabled to
-
on the useful things of life; TO build
better roads. to maintain better
schools. and to make country living
more pleasant ali-round.
This In turn would have the effect
of checking the exodus from farm To
city: and with the increase in the
proportion of country population. will
come in time an increase in the
amount of food raised, together with
a corresponding decrease in the cost
of living. IF the farmer produces more
and spends more, the railroads will
have a larger tonnage TO haul and
consequently larger incomes. both
gross and net The bankers will benz
eft because prosperous farmers have
money to deposit or invest, the manu-
facturer. because the Southern agri-
culturist will furnish more material 10
be worked up into finished gods, and
will consume more: while the bust
ness man will prosper as the farmers
become better and steadier custom
ers.
Experts In every form of co-opera
tion have been called upon TO tell the
conference precisely how to start thi:
movement throughout the South j
c. Caldwell. who Is one OF the grea'
leaders in cooperative enterprise In
this country, viii tell how the agri.
culturists about his home town OF
Lakefield. Mimi, have successful.
managed cooperative store, cream
cry. grain elevator, and bank
A. o. Nelson. of Evea, will describe
the operation of similar enterprises ir
his community. while E NJ. TousieS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
RECORD YEAR IN
SOUTH'N COMMERCE
RICHMOND RANKS FAR DOWN
THE LINE IN EXPORTS;
BETTER IN IMPORTS.

Through Southern ports there fiow-
of more than $1,000. 600. GOO. the bulk
OF which was exports. II was a rec
ord year In the value of exports for
the country and for the South. The
total value of exports of merchandise
from all Southern customs districts In
the twelve months OF 1919 was $685.
sS6.37e, an increase OF $142.73o, 1i5,
or at the rate of 1913 per cent over
1911, while the increase for all the
districts In the rest OF the country
was s1e3.as1.is2. or at the rate of
t1.2 per cent.
one-third of the exports from
Southern districts passed through
Galveston, Tex, which sent abroad
goods to the value of $2s5.sss.2I6.
That sum was more than twice as
much as the value of the merchandise
exports from all the Pacific coast dis
tricts of this country.
Galveston ranked second among
the districts in the value OF exports
and New Orleans ranked third, with
s170.sf6,371. or $3i,29S,662 more
than the value OF all the exports from
the Pacific coast.
Baltimore ranked fourth with $780,
4ss,5S4, or s44,73s.i43 more than San
Francisco.
Savannah. Ga. ranking fifth. ex-
ported to tho value OF sS5.447.4s6, or
ss12.4As.6s2 more than Philadelphia,
and $1a.756,14S more than Boston.
Richmond was far down the line In
exports. but made good showing In
imports.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
HAMP TON ROADS
COAL EXPORTS
NOW THE STARTING POINT FOR
1000, 900 TONS OF BLACK
DIAMONDS.

The increased shipment of Ameri-
can coal to foreign ports has been a
feature of the past years business.
and in the record thereof the ports
on Hampton Roads are conspicuous
for gain in tonnage handled. OFF,
no less than z,coo.coc TONS were sent
abroad or supplied to foreign steam
ers at Norfolk and Newport News.
Details of the distribution appear
below, and while, OF course, these fig
ures are still quite small as compared
with the foreign trade at Cardiff. the
comparison with the figures of Ave or
ten years ago is striking. In 1907 the
exports at Norfolk aggregated only
saa,IT7 tons and bunker tonnage
27S,110. total OF 977.277. while at
Newport News the figures were 692.-
$50 tons export, 2i9.S75 tons bunker,
making the total for both ports L.
SSs.S34 tons.
Further hack, in 1904. the showing
was as follows. Norfolk, bunker, 253,-
a33 tons; export. 100000 tons: New
port News, bunker. 125.o2a tons. ex-
port, some. The bunker business. IL
viii be noted. was greater than the
exports. particularly at Newport
News. where the indefinite word
some probably had reference to a
very small amount. and 1t Is safe to
say the total business OF the two ports
In the way OF foreign-bound coal did
not aggregate 100000 tons. Surely
the growth In the intervening time in
dicates that, despite a late start and
relatively unimportant additions year
by year compared with our total out
-
United States is gradually achieving a
robust condition, with excellent pros
poets for the futurc.--Coal Trade
Journal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

with that of the rural schools.
believe that this' may advantageously
be done and that the policy should be
pursued of making the rural schools
as helpful as possible for the boys
who are to remain on the farm Sue
cessful as has been our American
public school system, ! believe that
we are just beginning to recognize
and to remedy its greatest defect
that of failure to make any attempt
SO TO differentiate education as best
to fit the young people in each COM
munity for the opportunities that may
be open to them. While, for more
than a generation. some Efforts to-
ward higher agricultural education
have been made in practically ALI of
the States, II is only within recent
years that any serious efforts have
been made to introduce any form of
special agricultural education in the
common schools of rural communi-
ties and, practically speaking. very
little has We. been accomplished in
that direction. Among the hopeful
signs of the times, in my opinion,
are the movement for the establish
ment of agricultural high schools
and the attention that is being given
to the problem of introducing dis
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
WILL DEVELOP
VIRGINIA LAND

Bailey Bros. Luray. Va. write to
the Manufacturers Record a. follows:
This firm has purchased $40 acres
land eight miles north OF Luray, Va.
and in Page county. within two
miles OF railroad. This land has
about 100000 feet hardwood and
pine timber on It. and just at present
we do not expect TO begin operation.
but will In tho next few months. We
are not yet In position to give out
plans OF how we shall move this
timber. Or IL we shall have to pur-
chase any additional machinery. The
land IL the finest fruit land In the
as well az about 1000 peach trees
which are bearing. This land will be
developed into fruit land
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

Mrs Ella Wood Dean. author and
horsewoman. Is posing for her tomb
stone.
Mrs. Deans tombstone win be en-
hlematic and not religious. II lie an
incident In movement started by
her TO place the tombstone industry In
the hands of artists instead OF quarry
workers,
1t is the purpose to change the
graveyard into museum Of art.
are now the chief forms or decora-
tions are to be replaced w statues
and statuettes.
The graveyard should inspire peo-
Pile with the Idea OF the beauty OF
eternity and the hereafter" said Mrs.
Dean. My tombstone. Of which am
dearly fond. representa- the figure
carved out Of solid bronze ana Is fac-
ting the heavens Folks will not weep
when they SEQ my Tombstone. They
will rejoice." York asan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10TH, 10 A. Nj.
How to Organize and Conduct CO.
operative Marketing Associations.

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10TH. 10 A Nj.
How to Organize and Conduct Co
operative Marketing Associations.
I. What caused US to get together:
at Hickory. North Carolina, w. ].
Shuford: on the Eastern Shore, A. j.
McMath at Svea, in Minnesota, A. Q.
Nelson: in the Shenandoah Valley.
Clarence ". Moomaw. and others.
three minutes each.
II. How 10 organize and conduct CO.
operative selling associations: t1l
number of mem bers: ca amount
ton and bylaws: t4) officers and
manager, with salaries and duties: t64
how the business is managed
I. An esg-seIffng association such
as can be organized in any
neighborhood. w. +. Shuford.
An illustration: The Farmers
Corporation at Dassel. Mimi,
E NJ Tousiey.
2. An association for selling straw
berries. small fruits. or vege-
tables. l.. C. Corbett, r. O. San
dy. Fred Mutchier.
3, An association for selling pota-
toes, how organized and con-
Quoted. including storage and
warehousing. A. j. McMath
4. An association for selling apples,
Clarence W. Moomaw.
s. How we organized and how we
are managing an association
for selling live stock. A. O.
Nelson.
III. The cooperative creamery for
making ard selling butter how or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
NEWPORT NEWS
LINES TO MERGE

IT is proposed. to merge under one
management the Newport News and
Old Point Railway and Electric com
pany. the Citizens Railway. Light
and Power Company of Newport News
and the Newport News Gas company.
Application for permission to accom-
plish the merger has been made to
the city council OF Newport News,
Va, by J. N. Shannahan, general
manager of the companies. and the
proposition has been favorabiy re-
ported by committee Of that body.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

reads OF the success OF poor boys from
the farm who have gone to the clty.
Much of the periodical literature OF
the day tends to give him an exag-
gerated idea Of the profits of city
occupations and the pleasures OF CITY
life. Perhaps some of his own ac-
quaintances have gone to cities and
towns and have employment at what
seem to him, with only the most vague
ideas OF living expenses in such COM
munites, to be almost princely wages
Is 1t surprising that he embraces the
first chance to follow them? If he is
successful, the story of his rise to
wealth and position will be an incen-
tive for future country boys to follow
him from the farm. The stories OF
the failures are not so widely told.
The remedy for this IS obvious. 1t
is to be found In giving the boy per-
sonal interest in the work that he
does on the farm He need not neces-
sariiy be paid wages In cash. but be-
lieve that every boy on tho farm, as
soon as he is old enough TO be OF sub
stantiaI help. should be given, in the
absence of wages In cash. an equitable
interest in what he has helped TO pro-
duce. and that the same principle
should be followed with the girls of
the family who help with the house
work. with the garden, the dairy, and
the poultry.
The farmer may think he could not
afford TO adopt this plan i believe
Their are few farms in the United
States on which 1t would not be pro-
fi,ahle TO the farmer, through stimu-
iating the interest of the boy and IN
creasing his efficiency, The American
boy is almost invariably amitious- Give
him definite object to work for and
he VIII accomplish wonders. He is
usually progressive. II the farmer Is
Il. AZ raA Lea nm
his whole farm he may let his boy
try them out on an acre or two. What
the results may be has been illustrated
by the achievements of the boys corn
clubs.
The Raising OF Farmers.
" When the late DIR. Seaman A,
Knapp, whose memory the American
people cannot too highly honor. in
stituted the organization of these
clubs he created what | believe viii
be q most effective fundamentally
for checking the movement OF boys
from the farm. AS / have said on a
previous occasion. the most important
work being done by these clubs is
not the growing OF corn, but the
raSsifYg- af farmers. The ffcy ~flo goes
into one Of these clubs and follows
the methods which are advised by the
demonstration of the agricultural de-
partment or agricultural college. or
the field agent Of railway depart
ment of farm Improvement work, and
who succeeds In growing as much
corn on a single acre as his father
grows on from two TO four or even
Ave acres, ts "a convert TO scientific
farming He has learned that farm
Ing can be made profitable. He will
want IN apply the same progressive
methods To larger areas and 10 other
crops He becomes an opnusist- and.
especially If he is permitted TO have
q fair interest In what he helps to
produce, i believe that the lure OF
the city will seldom be strong
enough to draw him from the farm.
The work of the boys corn clubs
Is. in some localities. co-ordinated
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
Proverh. Of Exyptians.

In his book just published by the
Scribners, Walled Mysteries Of Egypt"
s. H. Leeder given an interesting list
OF proverbs with which the Egyptians
enrich their conversation. Here are
a few examples:
Don't ask any man about his ORR
gin: you can read Ii In his face"
nIf you censure your friend for every
fault he commits there will come n
time when YOU win have no friend to
censure."
.'If you spend all your time collect
Ing money for fear of poverty you are
practicing poverty"
'sHe who is standing on the shore
may as well be spent swimmer"
Man Ii often an enemy to things
of which he is i'll informed"
.sKnowledge without practice is
like bow without q string"
The next best thing to belief in
God is to sympathize with people -
New York Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH, $50 A. VI.
1. Cooperation among farmers; Ex-
perfences, stories of struggle and

AIRfL NTH, $3.50 A. vi.
Cooperation among farmers: Ex-
perfences, stories of struggle and
growth.
/. What we are doing in Catawba
county, N. c., w. ], Shuford
2. The farmers movement on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia to
market their products and the
results, A. J. McMath !.
8. The PAST, present, and future of
cooperative selling among
Virginia fruit-growers, Clarence
w Moomaw.
T. What cooperation Is doing and
what 1t has done for the FARM
ers OF Woodford county, KY,
#. NJ Mckee.
s. The beginning and the growth OF
the cooperative farmer-enter-
prises at Svea, Minnesota. A. O.
Nelson
8. The struggle at Lakeheid, be-
ginning with efforts to market
grain and continuing through
the organization of various CO.
operative enterprises, j: C.
Caldwell.
FRIDAY. APRIL 18TH, $3.50 A. NJ.
III. Effects of cooperation upon the
individual farmer and upon the
Continued on Third Page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
RENEWED ACTIVITY
IN FAR WEST END
PROPERTY NOTABLE
Constant Inquiries for Acreage
Which Is Getting Scarce
and High
FEW GOOD DEALS IN
BUSINESS PROPERTY
Some Centrally Located Rea
Estate Changes Hands at
Good Figures---The
Week Quiet

Renewed activity in inquiries for
far West End acreage and continued
manifestation of a live interest in
business property were striking fea-
lures of the past week in real es-
tate circles, and though the period
fCon+fnuad IN Third payel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09
WEEKS ITINERARY
OF FARM SPECIAL

The farm institute special which
began a tour over the Chesapeake and
Ohio system Thursday, finished the
week yesterday at Warminster, and
tomorrow morning will begin the Sec
ond week at Big Island. with Com
missioner Koiner and the other ex-
perts of the department In charge.
The following is the schedule for the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

will be arranged for the benefit OF
those wishing TO go more into detail
than can be done in the general meet
ings
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05

measures of shorts, one measure of
beef scrap, one measure of oil meal
and Cne-half measure of sharp sand.
| give them a small quantity of this
food twice daily and allow them free
range. l do not allow my geese to
hatch their own eggs, because they
are SO clumsy that they break them,
besides l wish to keep them laying all
the time
Though more geese were raised last
year than ever before, yet the markets
are not oversupplied, and the demand
is growing all the time. Geese mature
very rapidly and attain an enormous
size.
The young are hardy and easy to
raise. After they are five days old
they should be left to find their own
feed on the range and require no care
except shelter during severe rain
storms and at night until feathered
out. They live to be very old. Some
breeders report them living and doing
well at twenty years of age. Another
important fact about them is that they
are not susceptible to disease, this in
contrast to most poultry.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
MILLIONAIRE BELIEVES HE
WENT TO Esprit LAND

Freed from the slender thread that
links life before with life after death,
Alonzo Thompson, 81, millionaire, real
estate operator, philanthropist, writer
and spiritualist, believes he has risen
10 penetrate the vague realms of the
supernatural, and to return bearing,
like Peter Grimm, a message to those
who will listen.
From a sick bed in the Holden
Apartments, where for almost two
weeks he has lain at the point of
death, Thompson says his spirit, tran
Scendant over the limitations of earth,
has explored the infinite to touch
hands with those who have gone be-
fore, to listen to their call to join
them, to talk to them, to visit strange
places in their company, yet to return,
because tasks for hi myremain I'm.
performed.
In an atmosphere scintillating with
arridescent hues of beautiful colors,
Thompson declares his spirit has en-
countered the spirit of his father, the
spirits of his first and second wives,
and the spirits of friends long dead,
lin reunion, while phyicians battled
at his bedside to make stronger the
thread which threatens at every min
ute to break forever
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
GIRLS! THicKEN AND
HEAUTfFY YOUR HAIR
Rrinc Rack its Lustre. Gloss, Charm
and Get Rid of Dandruff.

To be possessed of head of heavy
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, uffy,
wavy and free from dandruff is mere
1y matter OF using little Dander-
inc.
1t is easy and inexpensive to have
nice, soft hair, and lots of it. Just
get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine now-all drug stores recon-
mend it-apply a little as directed
and within ten minutes tire will be
an appearance of abundance; fresh
ness, fiuffiness and an incompatible
gloss and lustre, and try as you will
YOU cannot find trace of dandruff OF
falling hair; but your real surprice
will be after about two weeks use
when you will see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes-but really new
hair-sprouting out all over your
shcalp-Danderine is, we believe, the
only sure hair grower; destroyer OF
dandruff and cure for itchy scalp, and
it never fails to stop falling hair al
once.
IF you want to prove how pretty
and soft your hair really is, moisten
a cloth with a. little Dandreine and
carefully draw it through your hair
taking one small strand at a time
Your hair will be soft, glossy and
beautiful in just a few moments
delightful surprise awaits everyone
who tries this. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
THE BOREDOM OF WRITING.

Does the literary man live the lives
of his characters ?Does he get to know
them as real people and does he love
10 take them on new adventures?
Perhaps some writer's do, but not
". w. Jacobs, a widely-known English
novelist. Both the serious and hui
morous stories of Mr. Jacobs have
hosts of readers in Europe and Ameri-
ca.
Il don't prefer writing serious tales
10 humorous Ones" he says, be
cause, as matter of fact, hate work
of any description, whatsoever My
humorous characters haven't reused a
laughed in me in ten years, and i am
quite certain they never will again.
AT the same time, not a single one of
of the characters in my more seri-
Gus work has been able to awaken in
me the slightest start of horror. All
that concerns me are the checks they
bring me and, in consequence, the adj
ditionaf number of idle hours / can
allow myself.
/. There is, am afraid, lot of non
sense talked about the average liter
AIRY man and his work. An author
must live his characters, many people
contend AS a. matter of fact to be a
good craftsman is all that is requir-
ed, and the writer's happiness con
sists of two things: First,g sendin
the finished article and knowing that
ct is a winner; and, second, making
use of the check it brings"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
HOW YOUNG CHICKS ARE FED
Wisconsin Expert Gives Method En-
pIoyed at the University In Car
ing for Little Fellows.

For the first 10 to IA days, we
feed the chicks at the university
farm little commercial chick feed,
which is thrown into a fairly deep
litetr of hay chaff three or four times
day." writes Prof. ]. G.. Halpin of
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in reply to a
question regarding the feeding of
young chicks.
In the middle of the forenoon and
the afternoon" says Professor Halpin,
I'VE feed a little mash made up of
equal parts Of coarse ground corn,
wheat bran. wheat middlings, and
rolled oats. Once a day we mix
raw egg in with this mash, one egg
for about each go chicks. AS they
get older, We gradually increase the
amount OF raw egg, adding enough
water or, better still, milk to keep
the mash from being sticky and soy
gy. AS fast as they learn to eat it.,
We mix more and more wheat and
cracked corn into the chick feed. so
that by the time they are three
weeks old they are eating cracked
corn and wheat entirely. From the
start We give access to dry mash
made up at first like the wet mash, ex-
cept that the rolled oats is omitted
after the second week.
Fine sand on the brooder floor.
covered with short cut Alfalfa hay,
is ideal Ground bone in little hop
pers, so the chicks can help them
selves, is also good. A few drops Of
potassium permangnate stock solu-
ton, just enough to turn the water
red. or just enough Zenoleum to turn
the water whitish, may be put into
the drinking water"