The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
OLD VIRGINIA HAY
GOOD AS THE BEST
Nonsense of Going West for
What We Have Right
at Home.
A LECTURE ON HAYMAKlNG
Virginia and North Carolina Are
in the Haynaking Swim.
Why Go Elsewhere?
A LECTURE ON HAYMAKlNG

have had a number OF corn'nunica-
lions on tho subject OF haY. and CO.
pecinlly tho Virrinia variety or hay.
y farmer of AlbcIuorle county has
written good deal on the subject.
and II II ell wcrc to 60 into print II
would make rs much ms Ave columns
OF Tho Tines Dispatch printed mat
ter. ana surely that Is too much space
TO 90 devoted TO one subject In Just
newspaper. \ IIalfax County man
writes nc q pretty strong letter along
tho Same limos. and. while his letter
would not tul.o up quite so much space,
1. !s n littie too lengthy, and would
require II little too much editing bo-
foro being rotten ready for print.
Maybe II would be better To lenvc out
their fuliness. and If cared for at all
summarize them IN ns brief space
possible,
Anyhow. IT may be said IN general
way that the Alnemarlo County man
~ dead right when lac complains that
tho home merchants. that is 10 say.
commission merchants. do not pay
enough attention to the homo product.
Just why these city fellows have cdu-
cntod tho Richmond and other Vir-
10 tho idea that the Western variety
IS bet;nr than tho virginia grown hay
is mystc:y. But thcy have done
Just that thing. and IN the quotations
OF the market. which they send ont 10
their country customers. they actually
iuve tho audncity to quote Indiana
hay' at a. much 81 per ton more
than Virginia hay r. may b. that the
commission morelan; gets moro com
missions FOR tho sale ~ Western hay
than lao does Tor tho sale or tho Vir-
giniG goods. and in that event Il IS
but natural that he should boom thc
western stun for all It IS worth, but
he ought not 10 boom Il for any more
than ii is worth TO the final consumer.
FARMERS .titI: LOOI<INC.
MACK AND WAKING UP
Tho time wt.s when the Virginia
farms gave all of their attention 70
crops that they saw Immediate profits
'n-corn. tobacco, wheat and some
other thing Cnayto. all the more
corn In the days OF the dtstillcry) In
later Gears Virginia farmers have
learned that the one money crop idea
L. u dclus!on ana - snare and that
IN this era OF diversified inrsning we
find the financial salvation OF the pco-
pie.
When tho good folks IN the country
caught OIL 10 this idoa one OF the
Grst questions was: We'll. what about
hnYF The very question and the
tone IN which Il WAS sounded con-
F!"ced the hcnrcr that the Questioner
was seeking for Light. and for the
past Few years, say about six. old N!r-
6inia has been answering the question.
In six years Virginia has become one
OF tho best hay-growing States In the
Union. and the crop that was Gu,
last week. and the additional crop
that Is still being cut. VIII turn
out very big money TO tho growers
OF the grasses
SOME THOUGHTS AS TO
SENSE AND NoNSENSE
In view OF these facts tho facts that
no lands The earth grow better
timothy hay. none grow better clover
ard none can quite reach IL IN the
matter OF alfalfa, cannot see any sense
or reason III the habit the Richmond
and the Lynchburg and tho Dnnville
horse and cattle feeders have OF goinl;
West TO look FOR hay for their stock.
500 no sense and no patriotism what
ever In the action of the Richmond
commission merchants IN making
market quotations which, TO say the
Toast OF them. insinuate that Virginia
hay fe inferior TO other makes. 1 said
l could not sec sense or reason in
tho action Of the Cary Street commits.
sion merchants In proclalminE to the
world that tho Western hay Is better
than tho Virginia grown variety. May
NC ZIG Fc'iSol i!i IL hi Is tndI, having
once fooled the people. they can keep
right along on the same lines and
fool them TO the end. Maybe SO, but
the fact remains, and II Is a. fact
that cannot Toe denied, that Virginia
grows and has for sale every year eek
cept this drought year perhaps) Just
as good hay and as much OF II az any
county. district township or other sub.
division or any state on the top sido
or the earth. Furthermore, any man
In Richmond or any other Virginia
town who has TO go on the market
TO buy hay for his horse or his o. or
his nss or his billy goat. ana relying
on tho deceptive quotations OF the
commission merchants. pays 50 or So n
ton moro for the Western hay than he
Is willing to pay for tho Virginia
variety. simply makes fool of himself
and ought 10 exchange places with his
on. his ass or his billy goat Either
of tho three would know better. and
does know better.
II Is shame and a disgrace that for
the benefit of Il little extra profit
some people viii cry down their own
country 10 the building up Of another
country.
COMING COUNTRY or THE IyDr,rp