Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Potato Flour Willis Wanted In Virgin
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government experts have shown tina
potato flour runs per cent higher II
food value than wheat Hour. 1t i.
not substitute for wheat flour, bu,
valuable supplement to it. 1t prob.
ably always Will command q hirbc,
pence; Three or four potato hour mills
IN eastern virginia would pay an,
would he good thing for the potato
growers OF all of this section.
There are about $50 forms of no.
dents inhabitinI the United States. ant
the annual loss they cause in food
100000. Great is the loss in Virginia
caused by rats, ground mice and the
IKE, and no systematic general cfror,
has eyer been put forth for their de-
made public tells the story of how
more than 100000 acres of govern
OF prairie dogs by poisoning. One man
poisoned approximately 1000 prairie
dogs IN n single day on 320-acre field
in Northern Arizona, 1,64l OF the ami
mails being counted in the open, while
the rest died in their holes. The total
expense sof this tcn-hour campaign
s sS.4s. crop despoilers amounted to
1t is more, than probable that the
cheap method used in Arizona on the
prairie dogs would clean out all of
Down in Mississippi they have had
IN orIhaiu iiaht.hS week, ana.
cess. Twenty-Five carloads OF fruit
trees were ordered for distribution
and planting in the early part of this
month. Great interest was awakened
In fruit growing and all of the TWEEN
;y-iiNc carloads of young trees were
taken and the most of them planted
before now been stuck In the ground.
Every variety of fruit and nut that
f IN be Town II Di he S;ntS Was
Week" was hut the first step in Mis-
sissippis permanent plans for greater
iruit ana nut growing and greater
food production. and the horticultural
experts EXPECT that at least 1000 or
chards will he planted before they
get through with the campaign At
that ut least one good-sized orchard
is set out in every supervisors dis
trict of each of Tho eiShty-two coun-
ties of the State. This is Il hint worth
considcrati ton in Virginia.
y novel movement for development
and although plans arc not complete.
an outline of them is possible The
Idea is TO form an investment and de-
velopmcnt corporation with Liberty
bond owners AS the chief stockholders.
the money invested being the interest
on the bonds. II is said that when
they wind up bond buying with the
total OF fully S30,0Oo,OO0 of these
securities. and it is remarked that the
earning capacity Of this amount would
be sufficient 10 finance a corporation
OF considerable size. allowance being
made, of course for bond owners who
may sell their bonds
The Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
has taken hold Of the matter and a
committee from that body is workin L
on the scheme. However. they Will
not limit the stock subscriptions Ia
holders of Liberty bonds, but bonds
are 10 be the foundation OF the source
from which mcr!torious enterprises
lacking enough capital should be able
to obtain il on locating IN that city.
Richmond and other Virginia towns
where Liberty bonds arc as thick as
hops are not above taking hints from
far away Oklahoma.