Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-24
OLD DOMINION SHOWING
TREMENDOUS AWAKENING
ITS People Arc Alive to Opportunities
and Are Working With
Enthusiasm.
FARMING is MORE INTENSIVE
Modern Methods of Selling AGri-
cultural Property Results in Great
Increase in Number OF Small
Farm Purchasers.

. increase In NUMBER Oh SIh''
Farm Purchasers.
: There has been a great awahcn ing in
= Virginia. The State which so justly de-
serrcs the appcllation. Mother OF Pres
tder's." is not resting upon its lauTtls
gained in that way alone. Virginia
population IS increasing: It's cities are
Z growing; it's farmers are farming: KS
= inhabitants are working with enthuSi
assn, energy and detcrm;naiion, ana AL
khege good things most naturally have a
tendency TO increase the wealth OF the
State. and as the wealth and populatioi
Ecrsasc. the value Of Nirgin!aS Tca!
estate must increase also.
Sor;hside Virginia, with its thriving
cities towns amt splendid farm land
is showing an awakening that .liclts
the unStnted praise OF every on. who
knows tho section and what il IS doing.
The farm land is producing good crops
and this Is having deeid'd i'nn"i'CI
tow ri bringing about an :ncrca5S in
farm land values quite large nun.
from Northeastern North Carolina. re
al.zng THAI ;hc Southsidc NirEinia
counties offer wonderful OPPORTUNITIES
for.. cultivation OF bright tobacco.
haHa-erN~N--d 10 this section in recent
ySp'1 The Virginia farmers are Searn-
It-r wc.i-5nowu fact ihat prosperity
a6ounds in the sections where briShi
side VII ina i particularly bright.
= show Great Development.
1tidcw 5;5r ard Central Virginia. with
rnth iorS OF dollars .NreUded in the rast
feN years for ne d"yei"nn"nt Of in.;H,iI
GreAtcr Norfolk section suffolk Rch-
ilnorld aEd other cities are showing &c
in. the. sly OF Norfolk. ana most e<
pes lily tho business ana semi business
IpwIo rites: hay" .ncrcastG by leaps and
ooIiHd The p"oplc OF Tidcwai"r Nir-
.tyh /,
'ro.nccd Tor worry about tn" future or
this great section of the State.
southwest N!rG .uia. with its grain,
cattle and tobacco farms, il Keeping
epaGc with the times. Farm land in
TINT section OF the state tx particularly
S:lc,ivc. me farmers ar" producing good
lleroi's ana this section should by II"
'1neans be overlooked IN tn" march
+ofproGrc>s rhe Goa! mines and other
imaa :: ia -contr!buiing factors TO IT'S
,ptd~rcss.
.1c>ciopmrnt in Fruit Industry.
IL. rs not forge; ;hc great Valley
Sand Piedmont sections OF Tho Ola 10
,ntn.cn. Property values III these see
ltiehs have Increased consistently. Tho
faeAai!on OF large corporations 70"
i,he furthcrancc OF the srea, fruit In
cEre..t dcal cf trading IN farm LAND y
cGreci many or these farms h1N'
bro, rh; seemingly nigh prices. nut
WIFE We stop % rons!dsr the fact THAI
Iits1us:s approximately $l0O per acre 10
scIenr land =; ;hts ;tme and the pro
cdueiivi;y of ;hc orchards !, c.i' be-
g,d1ck!! seen ;hat Tho purchasers re-
eli7e the values and are willing 20 pay
Ion then me II, l.nT n4 Srns5 ,h"'5 'a'
y 9h!s Is st'n i"?"ari III Sc!"i.t
Ing hana!ed more int"..v,ntl. t.asl
irSr, belor, Vire,uip farmers nN
nsTs S~neI u u. realization tnat
atiKs; rtqgir. u-ut is 20 i".d thcus.'.N
~
rtHS On, ntt is not ALL In adai''',
to- tnr farmers frcdinp -hom"e!vs
tho ere producinI Euoi money r:'"
tors which they Arc receiving - i..!
optres.
= Popular selling Method.
4 The recent and most popular mctuOe
fpfts Hing suburban property all. !-c'u
&aDt.s Is the subdivision %! such prop
3.rttas into lc,s o: small farm tracts
$adJ,rtisc extensively and sell ~ ay"-
&ion THIS has somewhat rcVulution.HcH
fhe. selling OF such farms a. We'll as
sub ban property ! IL he quick and
fprei table way and mas become very
pom within ihe last ten ears So
4npc :" THAT large corporation, 81.
1At4t p;!c Coast Really 90. was formed
fofa' years ago, COMPRISING compi.t"
Ese!lrs and advertising organization
ia Atlantic Coast Realty Company,
Rt petersburg. Va, and Grrenvillc. y.
f.. ,kaS standardized the selling Of LANDS
%nf suburban. property through their
fnodorn auction method. To begin with,
3hes have an organized fore. OF cX-
t,effonCrd men in their various depart
4nc5,S. such - aGct.onccrs. Held rep
SreSsatItiVes advertising department.
tnRslling blue printing. printing: de-
Sast'nenit' sur,ySy4ys en,FH.l mi. AMI ~
Rriss more THAN TOO trained experts
3ThH tendency ie toward the small farm
6nd. intensive cultivation rather than
4arH- tracts. Following this line there
fprqnS M demand For small ANS
4aeser tnhn arg" hence. the n"ccs-
9it% % sundivd!ng large farms in;o
Ema1l acrcages
I Lsnd sales have been conducted ~
enc Atlantic Coas. Realty Company
fron Pennsylvania 10 Iowcr Flcrida.
Tan West as SanGusky. Ohio < special
feai,re Of their auction service Is the
rar; This enhances tho value Of the
Gaud placing It before a greater NUN
Peri possible owners Small r.tr,n,
Ellot"- more intensive cultivation and.
ErSaa' asset "a the Agricultural s,ai;i.
Sf coo community. such worl ~i,! add
SmE aSufah.E. thr agricultural. dele.-
4 q" ,'llan;;c coas, REALTY Company
PAN ed go sales Tor 40 owners dur-
4nEz D" year 1919. !4i!lS acres or r1r,o
cams bang handled during tho ycara,,i
G,S& @itv lots were sold Three nm.
$1fcd anu siNtE-one farms were sUbdi-
Err" INTO 2;H23 smaller farma Of winch
fher- were l,5,0 single purchasers Tho
3aveE'Gc size OF these farms beror.
$uhr vision. was A0l acres: after sub
21ivzs or. hf;y-one acres
I nusincss over 10000 900.
I Totai sales OF the company during
9fnG. wear amounted 10 Slo.G70.2S"
2iive years ago tho company aid prac-
4ical no business: last year il con
4dug ed = per cent Of III" sales held IN
! H.. are Some facts which provo
Enaf virginia IS going forward rho
So2r ,I,ion OF virginia Ia 1900 was J.
= ff
E,oE3 fl2. an Increase ~ li2 nor c.,,-
3i'Hefr increase n ropu!atiou calls .o-
fdM nnai homes ana places q hus,
1ntSs tNorcSv maxim SPACE more y,ir
2b!e in 1908 Virginia h,,d 3lsT mann
dfactf-'nr cStahl .snmo,lts T,.ie n,,,r
5heE-"aa grown to a.cSj IN 1909 an in.
freHTr Of IS% por cent Tin. canf+at
9inW s'eh in these establishments i,
3l9nt vas slt-.AN:l MhM ann L.- 90