The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-02
FORMER GOVERNOR
Mann AS FARMER
TELLS OF PLANS OF ALFALFA
LAND COMPANY RECENTLY
CHARTERED.
FARMS ON JAMES RIVER
FIVE THOUSAND ACRES TO BE DE-
yELopED ON ECONOMIC sYs-
TEN BY USE OF sCIEN-
TIFIC METHODS.

Former Governor william Hodges
Mann of Virginia writes to the Man
ufacturers Record
THE Alfalfa Land company. recent
" chartered by the State Corporation
Commission of Virginia. has an au'
thorized capital OF $500. 900, of which
s410. 900 Will be preferred I per cent
took. and sf00. 600 Will be common
stock 1t will own about 5000 acres
of land on James river large por-
ton Of II underlatd with mari. this
value Of which has been proved lay
actual use Its purpose is To develop
and Improve this land upon strictly
business economic system and by the
use of scientific methods Of agricui-
ture.
Mir r. o. Sandy. one Of the best
Judges OF land | know. has, with me
examined this land composed now OF
Some five farms. all well adapted Is
the growth OF alfalfa, hogs. cattle
corn, oats, wheat. peanuts and bright
tobacco One Of tn" farms seems tc
be natural alfalfa land, az We found
X growing luxGriantly, and both Of
us are certain ali Of the land car
easily be made to produce abundant
and profitable crops. With mari In
easy reach Of all the fields, most OF
them having an elevation of from
/ GDlfLH 10 seventy rect oAf kHA lNSN -
To put at least 3,09O acres in alfalfa
and make II do its best.
of course. upon all James river
farms where creeks come into the
river. there are considerable arsas oi
marsh land. covered the year round
with grass good for cattle and hogs
and offering special Inducements &c
the latter Ii liz proposed to cnnnec'
wood and cultivated upland with these
rob, n at i,saS FitrR
crop rotations upon which the nogs
can be turned at the proper time and
50 kept fat and growing the entire yea
with little, II any, grain The meat
raised In this State IL Of fine quality
"a all those who eat Virginia hams
can testify, and because OF its quality
a large dealer offers Chicago and st
Louis prices to our meat producers
with thirty cents per hundred pounds
additional, as that is the freight from
Western points to Richmond. Grad
ttally dairies VIII be started on All OF
these farms which we think can be
made TO pay the expenses of their cul-
,ivation,
The farms will be carefully plated
showing timber, open land, marsh
lands. etc. and under careful and in
teiligent supervision by Il man who
understands the land and The crops
10 which it is best adapted the farms
will be divided iftto fields, which viii
be numbered and crop rotation estab-
lished and a careful account Kept with
each field. Each farm Will be under
the management OF practical sac
cessful farmer familiar with up-to-
date methods. and these VIII he un-
der the careful supervision of one oi
the best, if not the best, farmer in the
State A careful. intelligent system
Will he established and maintained
"In short. the company Is going &c
undertake. the business of farming and
conduct il upon strictly business prin-
ciples. II will see To 1t that every
dollar will he put where II Will O.
100 cents worth OF good: that the
labor employed Will be required =
give the company value fer the wages
paid. as In a factory or other business
that the rotation Of crops shall ne sc
arranged as To improve and develop
the land which we expect To grow
more valuable every year THESE
farms are located on the banks OK tht
river with lines Of railroad not very
far eff, which settles the transporta
ton question in favor of our enter
prise -.
I'VE are going TO succeed. and by