Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
COAL EXCEEDS FOUR HUNDRED MILLION TONS

gi"rln t500.000.0o0 bushels) was
furnished for overseas export.
The number OF farms Increased IL
per cent. The average size OF the
farm increased. The average acreage
per farm under cultivation Increased.
Tho production or wheat. corn, cot
ton. cattle. and hogs increased from
IS to 70 per cent Farm property
rose In these twenty years from 500
900. 90 o0O to $4,000. 100000 These
arc tho nigh marks that show tho
grcnt resources built into Americas
chief underlying industry.
Meantime. the social aspects of the
farm have vastly changed for tho
better: 40 per cent of farms today
have telephones. The easy access TO
town life regardless OF weather.
through the hard surfaced road. the
spread OF information through IN.
village motion picture, and tho i'm
proved newspapers and Journals
that reach the farm more easily be-
cause OF better roads-ali those. to-
Scther with the mental alcrtncss
which must accompany the mechani-
zation OF industry. have distinctly
raised tho level Of capacity in both
farm operator and farm cmploye.
Fnlsn Economic Doctrines.
Tho emphasis ahould he laid there
fore. on the fallncy OF assuming that
farm prosperity Is not restored until
the rrc-war relation OF farm prod.
get prices IN the commodity indcy
scale is resumed. These economies
ana the moro ready marketing have
changed this relation. However fair
ar however desirable II may he ,hat
the ola relation in tho commodity
seal" bo restored. II Is neither az.
curatn nor wise to picture the farm
in statr of depression until that
relation or ten years ago Is re-
sumcd.
Tho Nrst hand evidence Of this In
'h" c'clf revival nc substantial pros
pcri'y evident IN tho vrnIn areas NJ
tho West today-tnc restored hu,ir-
20 wcr 81 the farm as shown Nv ir,,
niemcnt business, lumber and ma.
| t"rlaI business. ana the mail-ordcr
mouse Throughout tho grain country
IL Is time I" assume a different no,c
IN discussing the agricultural posi-
ton ~ this country. fnr there is In
the future everything OF nromlsc
In the last TWO ycars, science and
research have affiliated with prac.
,'chl INDUSTRY as never before
! Nnowni IN" s"crcts % organic clrm-
| i'trv arc being disclosed alrnoE, doy
! Nv day Science applied 10 agrlcul-
'Drhi Invention. science .nrlicd 4,
| sou treatment and seed s"Iection.
| science applied To the facilities or
! transportation and markotiug-all OF
/ ,h"S" are euro 10 write themselves
! year by year into the service OF ar
I rl"ulturc. III" same as to all Indus
! Try, and this service means ever
| increasing economies and large pro
/ huctinn.
! Long before Russia. utterly nros
! 'r'," today, can hop" to resume i,q
| Mace IN the worlds supply OF over
| seas grain. the cvcr-inCrcaylng non.
| n'atI"n ~ the world and IN. ever
| increasing standard Of living Of tho
| world extending now to tho millions
! or the orient, VIII provide the IN.
rrehsing market which will caro- for
/ increasing surplus production I'm
! America There may be occasional
] rcccsSions IN that line Of rroErrss
! nut the native r"Sonrcefulnrss ana
| adapiahility 81 the American grow
| or VIII extract from trade. AZ home
/ and abroad. the same advanced
! measure Of profitable operation
! which has built the American in
! dustry ~ agriculture into ono cf
great aud sound prosperity.
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