Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14
FIRM LAND AND VALUES;
u HOLDINGS IN THE SOUTH
Interesting Facts Concerning Farm
Values in Southern States-in-
- creasing Every Day.
WORTHY OF STUDY
Increases in Farm Values and How
a They Come .hbout-Comparatire
IS Statements From Reliable Sources.
s Much Information In Short Space.


= ny e"'e's i''''' "'''F' CIV
6 inB points for the building M III TINS
& country OF a system or systems Of rural
credits b.n,,i,c ,Lo .o.,6a.ior must bc
49,
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this or that plan must turn upon the
4 possibilities revealed In existing facts
fial, a., - a., ,, % r,,cb
i"e'S anu 'he more COMPREHENSIVE '"'
better will lac the Judgment As the
various ,,oycuonts soon, IN have thcir
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iacts ABOUT iahd hoIdinES III 'hh' sec
ton may be of interest as suggesting
the line Of Investigation TINT should bo
.
ioi'o" Z" '''o'e ANY serious "'''i'p' -
made to cryst"Iiize wishes or theories
into definite propositions
w,,r ,ho i,,roauc,o,.,. ,,,a
(, o1or,,factn-ors, Dccord nrorrads 10 ,tye
i some n;rb.y ;n,ercs.;n, f,rts ,hopt
: farm v,l,,es and ra,,n land holdings t.,
/ ,no So,tn ,annrti,,r 20 go, n,m.os ONO
tween ,oon ,nI toio ,ho vnlmn ,r all
earn, oro,or,ias land huilniuys i'm,
! nlc,ncp,. a,,I ,,,,,,,tnorr ,nn i'm s,ocis
Z incrn,s,h rrn,,, e. neS o-s oco -, an
: az, ss,1-c ,, Ia. 200 ,sc Ola ,,n,I
a ,h5 ,,r ~. g., .h c,,,,h ,rI t., ,nn
rest Of no conr,r, rr,,, go 600 ono
m saooln,se ~, h,. s,dss, oc,- 10
,r ~, ,ho r.,o r a. 49, .o,. rae
,ate. or iucrc,.o u.crn crnn,or ror ror,,,
lands alone In ,hr Sn,,tb ,bo inrrr,.o
In yal,,c wae rro,,, "a Y2o 4r1 IL" 20 g.
3a- sloo or nr ~. 3. la 81 ,as c,noI 70
1nss mar ,n,,. .rd fr,,, &c 60. 80 {. "a
tn sc,,aS ystS-o mr. h,. Il, ga Sos 800
-,nu,l IA ~, NOR cnr, in ~ 90, ,r ,hn
conrtrv
-. mn. ,Ib,t I,u a., Sb,,. a., ,-,,,.
n ~, :" ;,,,
race -, ,,,n.; i., 49,, -
IL ,ho ,..I,, r rrr i,,,, Ii -,
suocndo hoc,us, ~ .a,,,, i'r &c =;
,Atruc,ions IN o,on, nf ,,,o ,n,,,,, g.
.rInssinc,tion n r,rr va. ,,,d 49,, nr
s-.,nro or 80 ,,,,,i ,t.i,,.,t
sS,crasn ~ ~ ~ ''' ~, w
sin,, .,;rac,I, ,,,,a, 49,,
tnmortea,o.o. {, h.et. Co. ,,,,t, ,,
ting 1ruro. &C ~ 4ho ,,,.,,a ~ '.n
3ors nf CO.., ~ -; ,'', III, w.
- In 1900 of tho to,.,l or oSa5 40 r,,,
Generators I'm tho sour, q,.,r a. :.
isner cont u.orc ,.n,,. -, w. w ~"
.iFbc ,o+,I ,,r,,,,, ;,ai 81. :
sat thn r,tc M IA ,or 80, 49,, "
rof whom s,fI-5 -, ,a,,, a. '" 49,,
cent were tcn,n,e thoi, ,,,,,,t 49,,
Increased s0n.Olo, or at the rate Of ." Q
sper cent In tho roo, or - a,, 80
Sincreosc in ,ha ,umn., ~ ,a. 'm5
Eheen nj "a r.tc loo. ,Lo, ,r, 80
H,roasc in Tho total nn,,,,,or nt Nv ~
iators. the total number inrrea.ins rro,,,
@,s41.7So TO ooo757l ~. h,. iEs-s. n,
sto GA per cent. and the number of Zen.
Eants from III 10 IA -3o5o -, w.. o.
1902. canal ia as nor cor. " - -
I Hearing In mimi ,,,o o,,o,,o.,
Ito n con,narison of orro,ro =, '.'uuS a.
$500 and 1910 i, nnnoars ,h, III,
srhere was an nnnnron, " M
"a go -bI ,cros In 49," - ease OF
sfar,ns IN ,ha 49,, 'e 10" -, southern
aaron In i,lnroyol mic
something more than "a non oon a,a
.thc increase In farm areo IN ~ ~,
Tho country was 471se a05 ~, ~, ~,
ratio of 1oc no. a, w az 'i!'
area ooer,.od Ia, ~, ,i''i ehSc III
ESQ acrcs mr. ~ ,bn 49,, l''ov''
in con,n,r,son u.,.n w. 80 PEI, cent
a77.S47 acres or az ~ 49, 30 81 .,
-. 49, VI d. INC Ta'" or 1871 per
faynr ne NJ S,,., ne showing IN
An onsro,iors - . 49, 'n.s ,n"tler or ten
ntot. f,,,. 800 ~. 10 ~ - '"a"s cd with
isI,,. -, s's I''icanoe' "hen tn"
s,nno-,, e. ~ iH"'S ana OF all farm
farm land IN ia So, IN I"pI IN"
q" VIZ Houth operated by
Ehn,,, o,a '"u H..ae OF SL"so.oS7 III.
49, OILY t1HG OF me total value OF all
aucH anus ~ mat section. In ten year.
~, $50, " me tenant Operated LANDS
re- 60 80, e. s"r.s'U", 90. Or by ia'5
cent 10 St'4SS.S'@.osS. whiic tho "a q
increase IN the valu" Of all farm
HhnS IN INC Soui'l vas only 1868 nor
I2',.' anu "'h""nirt.'n III o3, 81 BIS Tic
increase IN rate tenant operations I'm
Inc rest or the country was not much
less than that IL the south the actual
increase OF Sa.slo,617.oa7 having bocn
ooual 10 lIl.' per cent: while the in
crease IN the value ~ all farm lands in
the rest OF the country. a,nonptln, ~
l,S1S,soS,Ga2. was IT rate % liz
per cent.
INCREASES IN THE
SuITII AxD WHY
As TO the value Of All ror-, ,rrn
erty. the increase In that opers,nd -,
tenants was ut the rate 81 1862 ,,or
cent. compared with tho ra.c Of fa- ~
cent for al farm property I'm tho coo.r
parcd with Tho ra,c ~ ~ ,,a I'm
country
inc apparent I"crcaS" In farm, ncrn,p.
~ III" South was ia spite OF an, r,,...a-,