Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-12

be provided by the state. ana hav.
made provision tor this Ia the
budget.
The best method OF improving
farm standards Is by training Ia,
young mon who go to Hack sDur"
AND In our school system wh.T
agriculture should hc taught. Thcr,
they viii soon learn the d!ncrcnr,
between a pure bred and Il scrub
ana to appreciate the difference IL
rront 'hat comes TO nim who feed.
the good rather than the poor typ,
Of cattle.
III tho last budget recommended
that the conTic; limc-erindng hour,!
10 authorized To establish another
imc-Erindinr plant. The Leg lslature
failed To adoct my rccomn cndatiou.
am renewing the suggestion and
have made provision for an appr"prin
tion. therefore. In the budget
Need Application OF Lime.
We should encourage the sw.ctcu
Ing of the acid soils. The greater
part Of our land needs the application
or lime. upon which the growth ~
!eEuminouS crops must hc prrdicaicd
1t seems strange 10 hear "a vice
president Of great National Bank Ia
Ncw York city Worrying about tho
farmer. Hear whu, this great nna0-
'i'l - 'lt lhI' ll'!s ~ '''.'. Vt
about the same amount If wealth iu
1921 as during l3i9-l920. as measured
by quantity. but when they Cnrnr go
offer u in trade they were able 10 re-
aiizc = price which bought ;hcm only
about half as many goods The mar
kcts arc nil affected. industries arc
running light and millions or per rs
arc out OF work becaus. the IA, +
has been unable 20 continue bU!
on tn" previous scale"
We arc all az one mind. ! am 81,
that whatever aids tn" farmer IN this
economic crisis hcncdts thu State.
Need of Country DOCTORS.
There is dive need for physicians IN
the rural districts Tho cost al ncdi-
cal education has risen Ia roCcn:
years l.. leaps and hounds and the
period OF instruction and rigidi;y of
requirements have greatly Increased
TO- those Who would enter tho modt.
cal protrssipn.
Wc can't lower tho srnudori or "a
uca'!ou. but we cen holp The student.
recommend tina; Il sum ~ twenty
thousand (s20.oGoJ dollars he Uipro-
print.d for the establishments 90 d.
scholarship fund. similar 20 whit il
known as the state Cadctship at the
V. NJ L." with the pledge on :hp par,
o. the beneficiary that he or she viii
practice for :. pcglod Of not less than
five years after graiuntion. IN 4
rural section OF the district. from
which he or shG is appointed. Eapc
Cially should care be had that these
appointments be made upou c0Upo'i-
tive examinations In order that lu"rl'.
rathc" than Influence shall S"crr'
placement
II We ar" To mako rural ~" more
attractive" "" must hav" Tia" IN" IN
nmencr ANA service OF more country
doctors.
Penal Institutions.
y now administered the pcn!-
tertiary. State favri. unI "a Ear as
possible tho state convict road
camps nov constitute t, rrodcrn
prison system IT has been the de-
alareG policy nf the state for NUN
Der OF years % do away with the
oonvls contract system, and Will!
this has not entirely boon abolished
marked strides have been made IN
this direction. The ancient idea tina;
4 prison Is solely intended FOR pun
iAhment has more md more given
way In Virginia 70 tho recognition o:
the fact that tho convict IS a moral
and economic liability Of The state
ami that every "ndoavur should l..
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'ieS we're .n''""'' ever Fe'aH"h ~
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Va OF
HnmEnit, Demands Empioyment.
humanity aS we'll rs economy re-,
quircs that convicts he given chi
ploymcnt. Large numbers OF then
arc employed on the roads and som,
Of them at the lime plants and at tn.
Catawba Sauator!um, "a well. O.
course. as at tho state farm Ther.
is. however. a steadily incrcasIn.