Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
IN F|FTY-TWO COUNTIES
DEMONSTRATION PAYS
annuai Report OF Officials OF Farm
demonstration Work In Virginia
Shows Splendid Results.
BIGGEST INCREASE IN VALUES
splendid Work OF the Corn Club
BOYS In Various Counties-Grown
FOLKS Too, Make Headwny-al.
ralfa on the Increase.

me annual report Of thu r,rr,
operative demonstration work in vir-
k'h'a lot l3l4r-just published I'm attrac
wv iorhi ny the officials In rh,rr.
'hat they have demonstration,
"seh's III htty-two of the 100 coun,is.
:" sHsihia: mat in 1914 local apen,.
carried on lo,3S0 actual dcmopstr,,,a
with approximately 5000 farmers 80
49, farmers in the State arc h,,.,,
their entire farms. containing ,as.s
acres. worked under the supervisior
OF the county agents.
MS report also shows that aso
FARMERS worked ?,7o6 acres OF cor,,
uhocr demonstration work in all Soc
IONS OF me state. including poor az
"e.i "S rieh SOL, with an average Weld
VI FseVcn and one-half bushels per
acre; that one farmer i'm r,u,no
County produced CAB 2-3 bushels of co..
on hFe acres at a net profit to him -,
| S4o4.sS: that In the Roys' car, r.,
! boys In the following counties rai,ad
over 100 bushels to the aero. FL,
HeorGe. Roanoke. Wise. GrcenesvIII. A
poinatioN, Frederick. Madison. Lee ana
Isle OIL wight. in the following coun-
ies they raised over lea bushels to ~.
acre: Allegheny. l'ittsylvania. Rus..Il
southampton, Orange. Augusta chi.
pepper and Fairfax, and one boy in Hot.
'ouFt county raised 1854 bushel, 70
INC acre and one in Norfolk County
raised l66 1886 bushels to the acr.
INCREASING INTEREST IN
ALFALFA, THE PREMIUM NAV
1t further shows tina, 2sc rarn.-s
raised $500 acres OF alfalfa undo 49,
direction of the county agents ava
maze an average yield OF two and ON.
mar TONS per acre: that during tho fan
u 1917 5j3 additional farmers plan,ed
''V-o more acres: that the hiEhcs, Villa
VI "ii"'ta reported was 1900 nound.
made on one acre Of land from, go
cuttings: that several farmers r.nor,.s
-FOUR or hHe tons to tho acre; tina, 10 Isn
acres OF whcat were grove na
demonstration work in 1914 win
average yield Of EOS bushels m -.
acre; that 3.sj5 acres OF oats 49,.
grown under demonstration work u.,h
an average Weld Of thirty-f four busha,.
TO the acre ""e's
The report SAYS.
space Will no; permit us IN riv.
"''ed Information regarding tobacco
W., o."e. crops In Virginia Regarding
s,och' IL IL sufficient TO say thu,
I'''ate IN such az TO permit us 10
N"Ntic pTdctlcally wifhon,
eos' Tor nine months OF tho wear C,ur
climate further enables us 70 r.d,,o.
the cost of labor because outdoor 49,,
can be carried on TO its full e.,.,, ,or
ABOUT nine months of the ye,- ~.
esS '!me Is spent in feeding and look.
ing AFTER stock and providing fue,
me value OF farm crops in v,-r
Increased llo per cent for the nnr,nd
from 1899 10 1909. while the vain. ~
i"rin crops in the whole United S,,,,
increased but So per cent,
PROFESSOR Jay a Ronsteel 49,,
'ihEuished soil expert Of tho DEM,
'ich' OF Agriculture. says: Among ali
INC TRUCK soils in use or availab ,c .,,o,
,ne Middle Atlantic Coast. tho No-folL
me sandy loan easily occup;cs ~.
p'e'n'eF place both with regard To .,s
'o'"i extent and It's wide rang. -,
poSS'bic products. !, has been form.d
's sedi'nentary deposit, laid dour
'"oer the waters OF more ext.nded
marine occupation and later e,cv.,.d
10 become portion OF the pres.,t
land area