Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-17
v|RC|N|A'S WINNINGS
At PANAMA EXPOSITION
Bellwood Farm Capture Gold and
Silver Medals and Ribbons
BEST CORN, HAY AND WHEAT
Idea That Old Dominion's Lands Are
Worn Ont Refuted-Wins Highest
Honors in Competition With Mid
die West and Northern States.

An idea prevails In some parts of,
the country that the lands OF Virginia
producing much that is valuable. Some
years ago, when all OF the South was
villifed, slandered and abused by the
people of certain sections of tho coun-
generally believed in those sections.
that the South was not only poverty
stricken. but had no come back" either
in it's people or its lands. 1t was said
that the lands had been cultivated in
n way calculated to destroy their fer
tility ever since the days of the early
colonists, and that there was but little
left in the way Of products except
broom sedEe and pinctags.
The people of Virginia and OF all
the South knew better. but they made
no effort. to contradict these stories,
for they cared but little what other
people thought OF them, of their
methods or OF their lands: but in re-
cent years there has come a change
over the spirit of their dreams, and,
through the agricultural departments
of the various States OF the South,
through the press and through the
activities OF land agents, the people
of the whole country have been get
ting valua BILE information about South
ern affairs in general and Southern
lands in Observation-Disclosures that
has opened the eyes of a great many OF
them, so far as the productiveness Of
he soil is concerned.
FALIA CIEs THAT HAVE BEEN
EFFECTIVELY REFUTED
Thus 1t happens that many Northern
and Western people have found that.
with the advantage of climate and long
seasons taken into consideration with
the productiveness of the lands of Nir-
gnia and the come back" In those
that may have been overworked under
the antebellum system of farming,
they can make more and better grain,
hay and other things in Virginia soil
than they can In that OF any Northern
| or Western State. Many men from the
North and the West have acted upon
their new found information and
bought lands and settled in Virginia,
Almost without exception. they are
! proving for themselves the fallacy OF
the talk that Virginia lands are worn
out; irredccmable and worthless
But all Of the people of States to
the north and west OF us have not
been Informed. Many Of them have
had their eyes opened this year at the
Panama Exposition held In San Fran
cisco. Virginia had little exhibit OF
farm products out there. Yes. it was
small hut II was great, and there Is
abundant evidence that no agricultural
exhibit on the grounds attracted more
,attcntion or received more praise thar
did that from Virginia.
The Virginia exhibit NAV truthfullv
be called the Virginia Bellwood Farm
| exhibit, for the greater part of the
products which brought away the
medals and the blue ribbons were
! grown on the famous farm OF Jarnes
Beliwood & Sons. which farm Is In
Chesterfield County within seven miles
OF Richmond. Every farm in Chester
field County and every one In Virginia
as for that matter can he made to do
as well as the Bellwood farm, hut II
Just so happens that the products ey.
hibited in Frisco We're mainly from
that particular place.
| MEDALS WON OVER
STRONGEST or COMPETITORS
Competing for the medals. the hon