Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-18
VIEWS AND NEAR-VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
IImr tn Wake Huttcr-iarmcra In
Need Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
Good Roads.

VA investigation bi the unucfiN1nS
causes of The higher level of butter
with the YEAR before. has been made
hy the New Yurk chamber Of Com
WcrcC. The chief reason WAS found TO
hc tn" increase in exports Of butter
last year of more than l0.o0o.0oo pounds
as compared with tn" figures for The
previous year. The average price Of
l9l5 was %0.t0 cents per pound. and
In tho fulluwiug year $40 cents
The change OF tn" United states
from butter exporting country is re-
i'cCtcd in the governments dairy trade
figures. For the fiscal year ending
with the first haif Of 1911 The Imports
az butter exceeded the exports by
i.0o0. GOO pounds. the next year the cX-
ports exceeded the imports by 5000
occ pounds, and for the last govern
mental year the excess of exports was
I2,5oo,uuo pounds.
.Ill or the signs Indicate that this
Siud az thing IS going 10 keep up in
dciiuiiclN. and they admoniSh us that
we cHu't have too many COWS o, make
too murh butter i'm Virginia. Now is
the time 10 push The dairy and cream
cry business.
IN rcpll to an inquiry The Federal
.Fr,d" commission was created 10y an
acct OF Congress PASSED IN september.
l"il. Tile purpose "f the commission.
ass provided 10y the act. Is - proven;
unfair methods OF competition IN COM
morc". II - authorized - issue or
d'rs. aft"r q hearing. requiring ccs-
~atiur of alleged Violations. I, also
rs empowered 1" iwNcStIi;a;c trade cont
'I;iuns with foreign countries and re-
BORT 10 t"ncrc~S With such rccommcm-
dHti"ns AIS ii may dccm advisable.
y Chesterfield County farmer writes
tn Views AND Near Views: u sec in
IN" rin,cs- Dispatch ;hn; many OF the
soldiers returning from tho Mexican
border arc finding their former places
'u ;h" business world filled and thus
nuuy Of them are out OF employment
i'oasr su@Eos, :" ;hcm that this is u
iluc time - return TO the soil. The
fa'm"rs al want to make big crops
This Year, the biggest they have ever
wHdc. because ;hoy know thcrc is
money tn farming. hui their greatest
dr-N back is the ,ack of farm help. All
ih. boys can 'ini good paying and
hgalthful work on the farms" Very
f-W o. tho boys have lost their jobs
Many oC thcm came from the farm 10
80 90 tho border, ana they have gone
back H better shape "a make ii big
ceop ihan before.
Aaothcr farmer writes that scarcity
or vegetables and other things tina,
grow uM he farms. reported to be so
serious I'M the cities and towns Of Vir-
sii'a. is not due to the scarcity Of
Those things M tho country. bu, 10
the j1.p"ssihility Of getting them to
town hovnus" of tile horrible roads
after the much rain and the generally
bad wiut"r. This may bc true. and if
$50. ih"r" IS ..ssun in it. Let's make
more good roads this spring and sum-
MGR
'nu fFuu= as IL is called is
u"t fnrmiW- without moisture. but is
;n mcth"d hy which the naturs rain
f#.I IS yoms'"vcd i'm the soil. soils arc
"nrichcd md drou=ht-rcsiStant plants
ar" developed with the object Of say
in., tine moisture. pry farming prac-
iirv develops tho ties; farmers on
Garth.
~i".n 'uo advent az dyusm.ie. ;oc
sur&"N. spraying chemicals ana tho
pruning knife it IS NOW possible 20
"rtns mpny Of Those old trees that are
not TO" Tar gone back into profitable
fruitin%. Tr ID.