Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
The Mountain Shcd-tity \ErIculturist
Has Hints 10 OHcr-Dcm0nstru-
ton Agent nnu Iils Work.

! llCnmonu commefclal TOURIST
. writes: when read in Views and
! Near Views about the Blessed Noun
tain shed which shields all this part
OF Virginia from the bliHzards and the
| cold waves that come from the West,
I regarded il as a joke. bu, since then
I have been taking notes. Twice |
have noted the predictions of the
Weather bureau that guaranteed us
very low temperature, coming 10 us
from the West, and I made arrange
n'cnts to test the mountain had theory.
once tho Weather Bureau promised us
10 degrees above zero III Ricnmo nd
and all over Virginia. ON the western
sidr - the Blue Ridge Mountains The
mercury GOT down 10 10 sure enough
On this Side and IN Richmond |. WAS
as low as il could get. This week
40 were told to look for the mercury
{" get down TO Is. My thermom ter.
here n Richmond. recorded no lower
tuau %. although 4 neighbours marked
= have Just heard from the western
sid" OF the Blue Ridge. and, sure
enough. il did so to IS there. am
C"NvInc"d that the blessed Mountain
shed is 4 good and blessed thing, and
emphasizes the fact that here in this
part Of Virginia we enjoy tho finest
climate in all the world"
The moral is: stay in ola Virginia.
y city business man, who il also
am acriculturist. being the owuor Of
a. good farm not a thousand miles from
Richmond. asks that a clipping IN
closed be given publicity here, that it,
may act as hint to his brother city
fnrmcrs. and others as well Tn.
chipping j. AS follows:
Through the Babcock test. dairy
men are abb" 10 tel! just how inuch
milk and hutt-rfar each cow produces
They ar" ihon able to determine hy
comparison with their feed record
costs ana overhead expenses, the profit
or loss made 10y each animal in the
herd one-third Of the cows in the
country do not MAKE a profit. accord
ing 10 the government reports.
WHY not apply The same system to
3 IN" farms % your state" Ry TAX NJ
/ 'Hn hcock test OF each ii"ld tho farmer
! Is able to tell exactly VIVA, profit and
loss Is made each year \ record az
tho profits from year 20 Year Is also
Important. Tn" oXpcnse for fertilizer.
labor, seed ana drainage can nc com
pGtcd over a number az Years Bet
tcr farm management, includes IN" up
building Of the soil just as d.,iryiug in
clUdcs nc upbu!ldMg OF the dairy herd.
/ KNOW! ing "our fields Is as Important
4 as showing YOUR COWS"
NJ [: recent corn show" SAYS am
~ change, prizes amounting - $500
we're given TO exhibitors ana all but
! $+a OF Tho amount was taken BY mcin-
1 h"rs % the boys corn clubs II is well
! known that nearly all, il not entirely
/ all, ~ the boys IN the corn clubs have
H"ne their farming and made their
! records Under the tutclagc Of tho
/ count" Farm demonstration Young ana
| experienced IN farming, they have en-
I tcren contests ana d!stanccd old and
| Inexperienced farmers, for The simple
reason thnt they followed methods
/ whic! we're far better. more practical
Hi.d more productive of results than
! the methods OF the OLD farmers" The
! demonstration agent IL = great institu-
! npn Even the old fogi"s are begin
Ining to appreciate him and 20 love
| hln MAY his shadow never grow
/ less
u IFS probable that the pecan nut
/ III destined TO become tho most i'm
! p"rtant OF all the products Of NUT
/ bearing trees In the United states, in
/ the view of'thc department Of Agrj-
/ culture. Tn. production more than
f tIcblcd between 1882 and 1909. There
+ Is np better land in all the world from
whclk 10 grow inc pecan trc" than
. -ourtside virginia
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