The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07

one hundred and twenty million
bushels. and of oats. one hundred and
fifty million bushels: and the value OF
the live stock is estimated at around
two billion dollars
Moved to the South.
The corn cribs and meat houses of
the AEest are being moved TO the
farms of the South, where they be-
long. In 1915 more than fifty per
cent OF the increase in the grain crops
OF the United States was in the South,
the increase this year being fourteen
per cent over last year. and this Is
convincing proof that the South is
advancing in the diversifcation OF
her agriculture. There Is moro room
and promise for future development
in agriculture in the South than in
other sections of our country Some
of us may not realize the magnitude
ot this countrys wealth. While the
Cnied States covers only six per cent
of the earth's area and contains only
about five per cent of the earth
population official records show. as
given by Mr.. Oliver J. Sands, SUI
dent Of economies. that the United
States produces
10 per cent of all the corn grown n
20 per cent of all the cotton grown In
the world
% per cent Of all the wheat grown In
the world
70 per cent of all the oil produced.
- per cent of all the copper pro-
duCed.
43 per cent of all the pig iron pro-
duced.
81 per cent of all the gold produced.
26 per cent of all the silver produced.
The reputed wealth of the United
States is now 219 billions Of dollars,
thlrty-three per cent of the wealth
Of the civilized world. The comp
troller of the currency stated In an
address before a bankers association
last fall that the bank deposits of the
United States had increased more
than a billion dollars per year for
the past fifteen years.
Crop Divcrsif1catiou.
While the South will always he the
king in cotton production. her great
est future in agriculture will be in
the development Of diversificaton in
Crops--in growing greater grain and
forage crops. more live stock and
trucks The fruit orchards OF the
South are among the most profitable
sources of income. many commercial
orchards and groves are Yielding or
tunes in season. Trucks are In
creasing by leaps. Ono county in Viz
dollars in truck crops. One State In
the South is the only one in the Cni-
ted States that exports beef cattle
direct from the blue grass pastures
Nirginia's greatest Governor is the
largest exporter IN America of beef
cattle direct from the blue grass pas
lures. The assistance the southern
farmer will receive from the Federal
Land Bank will lead to the estah-
lishment Of numerous diaries in :he
South. which Is a most inviting field
to develop where the land Is reason
able In price and most susceptible to
the highest Improvement, growing all
the grains and forage crops that are
useful in this line of business.
The continued prosperity ard pow
CT OF this country depends very large
ly upon the farmer, He is the Gre
ator of all our new wealth. except
the miner, and is each year pouring
into the channels of trade about ten
billions Of dollars of new we 9TH. a
wealth that never existed Before.
which he digs from Mother Earth,
and In the usual processes of busi-
ness 1t gives a stimulation to every
departm ent of industrial ACTIVITY, from
Wall Street to the nod carrier.
The outlook today in the South
presents the most inviting fed known
to man. The sun never illumined a
more beautiful country, the plowmnn
never turned kinder soil, and the
stranger never shook the hand of a
more hospitabie people. For saiubri-
ty of climate and an enchanting fu-
ture, the South excels them all.