The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-27
VIRGINIA

Compiled from United States census reports
with the compliments Of w. H. Manss V. P. &
G. NJ Southern Settlement and Development
Organization.
Do You Know
That the total population of the State OF Fir-
sinia is 2.o6ts12 an increase in ten years of
i1.2 per cent"
Urban population 47s52s. rural population,
1.5s5,0s3: rural increase. 81 per cent
That the land area Of the State of Virginia
Is 25.767eS0 acres?~
That the amount OF land in farms is $50
o5S acres. showing a decrease in ten years OF
IL per cent?
That the amount of land cultivated is 1855
900 acres?
That the ,erage value Of land per acre is
s2o.24; increase in ten years of 90 per
cent?
That the average net return per is
1881?
That the percentage Of return taeD compared
with average value per is 75.6 per cent
That the value of domestic animals is ST.
S2,s43.oo?
That cereals decrease Of 1913 per cent
whereas the W. shows an increase of $50
per cent?
That the amount Of acres cultivated for cereal
crops is 2,s4i,114?
That the percentage of farms operated by
owners is 7o,; per cent an increase in ten
years of 40 per cent?
That the percentage of farms operated by
tenants is 2s.5 per cent decrease in ten years
of AZ per cent?
That the remaining farms operated by man
ayers is 00.a per cent a decrease of 0o.e per
cent?
That the percentage of farms mortgaged is
Is per cent an increase OF ID per cent in ten
years?
That the average debt per farm shows a de-
crease of 32.2 per cent?
That the average value per farm for agri-
cultural implements is $500. or s2.s per cent
increase?
That the average value per farm for live
stock is 407. 90 or 1872 per cent increase?
That the average expenditure per farm for
labor is s15s.0o or totals $13354 1900 ar in
crease of I'LL per cent?
That the average expenditure per farm for
fertilizer Ia $3.50. or totals s3,25i, 600 90 an
increase of $50 per cent?
That one-third OF ali farmers purchase feed
for farm, Or total $3.50. $4,000"
That three-fifths Of farmers purchase fe-ti-
lizers?
and board?
That the land area OF the State OF Virginia
is 25.T6T680 acres?
That the number OF acres cultivated and
and producing crops Is s,256.000.
leaving uncuitivated I,5Il,sSe acres,
allowing for pasturoge. 100000 acres,
there remains unused ...19.51l.eso acres
allowing for hits, swamps. e.5s51l4 acres
Unused acreage for farmers s,e2656S acres
That by dividing these into farms OF so
acre units there would be in the State of Sir-
GINA 124, 0S2 more farms?
That there could thus be added to Virginias
population 62o,410 people?
That ex-Secretary Wilson is quoted saying
that farmer is worth sl,5Oo00 per anpum
10 the nation and that this basis he Is worth
that amount to the Slater
That 124.0s. farmers added to the State
would mean increased wealth of s1Ss,123.-
0"00 per annum?
That $1Ss1.3. 10000 is interest at per cent
on $500. 050, 10000?
That If $18G123.00 10000 annually added
to the wealth of the State of Virginia that this
would additional per capita for vir-
ginia of s6s.40?
That by assuming there five persons to a
family, e-fifth Of the total population as
heads of families. this would mean an average
wealth to each family of the State OF Virginia
Of S34T.00? And again. assuming that one per-
son out of every family Of five In New York
is the wage-earner. and that the average wage
in New York Is S565.Uo, by adding s34700 as
the average wealth to each Virginia family it
would mean that the wealth so added Is only
s21soo less than the average annual wage
earned by tho wage-earners of the city OF New
York. without any particular individual effort
save Statewide campaign to locate l24.082
farmers on Virginia's unused acreage?