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A GREAT SALE OF
SMALLER FARMS
Famous Brunswick County Plan- j
tation of 700 Acres Made
Into Fourteen Farms.
The Virginia Farm Development Cor-]
poratlon is going t,, have u somewhat]
novel farm land sale up In BrunswickI
county, on the Cth or May. At least, ill
Ib nov<i for Brunswick county. Sev-f
eral months ugo this corporation
bought the Lambert farm in that coun?
ty, one of the old .landmarks, contain?
ing 7'Jt> acres or ?k good lumi as is to
bo found anywhere In Virginia, ahd
on it there in a splendid obi Virginia
country mansion. ?Ith ..Ii of (he ne?
cessary bains-, stables Und other out?
house*.
Tho corporation hau surveyed tho
who),, place and cut it m: into smaller
farms, ranging in also from 200 iierea
down to twcnty-flvi acres. Thus, there
are In all fourteen small farms, the
largest being the one on which the old
mansion stands and "00 acres are al?
lotted to that. There are ,,thorn of llfly
acres, thirty-five aorea rnd down to
twenty-five acres The company pro
Po.?.-? to have a big sale on the 6th of
next month, and put these fourteen
fairns up at auction and the high dol?
lar will get them. There la to be no
by-bidding and no takln -, in
These farms are about one mile from
War field, an Important station on the
Seaboard Air Line Hallway, and two
miles from tin Interesting little town
of Alberta, which 1? the Itincllon of tho
Seaboard and the Virginian Hallway*.
Alberta is already n considerable small
town, or l?rge village, . :> I the develop
m-tita recently mad" there and the
plans on foot for fui-Mic development
are destined to make || ,, town and :i
manufacturing centro of no mean prc
tonslons. Warfleld, to<,, is becoming
ambitious and Is already a right good
trading point.
This business of buying tip larg^
and neglected farms and cutting them
Up Into smaller places t > meet the size
of the pocketbooks of would-be young
farmers In a line of bttclXISS that
promises very much for the future de?
velopment of old Virginia, and should
be encouraged. Thin will be the flrst
?gort along this line" of the Virginia
Farm Development Corporation, but
not the last, I urn sure. These four?
teen farms, besides tiirir convenience
to railway t-hlpplnc facilities, are
right on the old Petersb?rg-Boydton
Turnpike, which is now a first-clnsa
sand-rlay blend Improve! road, and Is
to bo a link in the proposed gr> at
"capital to capital" highway, a Ilrst
Class road that will eventually run
from Washington through Virginia .ma
the Carolinas and down into 11 cor g la
via the capital cities of these State?.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
fContinued From First Page.)
win always presorvc th< tnetnca-les
of her own heroes In a cloister Invio?
late from the outside wand, she rrcog
nixes in Lincoln her most generous
foe. and Is glad to do .ain honor.
?Urine the Lincoln Highway to
Ith timond by all mean.', and commem?
orate the triumph of the great man's
lite rather than the tragedy, the goal
achieved rather than the rugged road
thereto, a united country rather thou
fratricidal strife. Let us memorialize
no) Richmond of the Confederacy, and
Washington of the t'nicn. but Rich?
mond and Washington, cue and insep?
arable, how and forever.'"
Merl Bill In Senate.
Washington, April 17.?The I'nH'rniMvi
stud bill will be- taken up for consideration
by the Senate Monday. "S/nstor Pennese.
el.airman of the Flnan<e ?'ommltt'e. la nit
disposed to press the measure, ?tr.ee It has
been adversely reported to the Senate. Sen?
ator Simmon*, o: North Carolina. In the
absence Of Senator Bailey, will take charge
of ti.e bill.
Steady, Persistent Saving
Piles up money with surprising swiftness. If your SAV?
INGS arc deposited in the COMMONWEALTH BANK
at Three Per Cent. Compound Interest their EARNINGS
will count for much.
Save Two Dollars every, week, for instance, ami de?
posit it here at three per cent.
In live years you will have S560.00, of which $40.00 is
interest earned.
Saving money in i\n> way may be "old fashioned" in
the opinion of some people, but it is the SURE way. and
it is the way that nearly every modern fortune was started.
An increase of thirty-five per cent, in the
deposits of this bank during the past eleven
months indicates that Richmond people have
confidence in what we say and what we do.
May we have your account?
Commonwealth Bank
12 NORTH NINTH STREET.
Assets Over One Million Dollars
WILLIAM L. WALTERS, President. .
F. P. McCONNELL, Vice-President.
S. E. WALTERS, Vice-President.
H. G. PROCTOR, Cashier.
BRANCHES:
102 East Broad Street,
Twenty-fifth and Broad Streets,
3914WilIiamsbur? Avenue.
VIEWS AND
NEAR VIEWS
(Continued From First Page.)
place chowKfri'. This farrn'r rricnds
writes that h<- hah tried the. home can
nine business anil car. Indorse every*
thing In that arti-le He offers It and
these few remarks as e. hint to his
brother farmers.
The l.reehhunt Plan.
I have had several letters asking for
more information about the plan of
thd I.ynchburg Chamber of Commerce;!
the |dan of co-operating with near by j
counties and ctiinu them to co-oper-:
ate with ihr Chamber In advertising I
the counties and bnnRini; in more land:
buyers t'> cultivate the lands arm make
the counties irrealer arid wealthier and]
more productive. All that i know about
It was published in the Industrial Bee-1
tio;i last Sunday, and I hereby refer!
tlie writers ?t the letters t.-. F. It. May-]
tlcld. of the I.ynchbur.c Chamber ofi
? "ointnerce. It Is Hiicnurigintt to note'
that trade organisations In other towns]
are looking Into the Uyhchburg plan'
with a view t.i copying after It. It if
to he. hoped that the counties around)
those towns will become as much in-1
terested. |
With the trucking season well on I
now there is the liveliest kind of busl-j
ness in Tidewater Virginia. The time
is coming when the- Tidewater section
of Virginia Will lead any other section
Of the civilized world In th? trucking"
business. It Is pretty close to the head
of the .lass now.
And there has been ni ft utt-killing |
frost >et. and not llke'.y to be. Iton'tl
try to nirtke a frost .?c.-?re when there'
Is none. This Is just a suggestion in!
the Interest of common honesty. Be?
sides, with weather bureaus ronven-:
lent, folks in town know a.? much j
about frosts in the orchards as the ori
chardlsts do. and they can't he fooled.)
home canneries
money-makers
(Continued from Kirnt Page.)_ ,
Strawberries ""ill be ready to ph k and
ran before one hardly knows It. -V
great deal of money ? ?n bo. made out
of strawberries by canning them and
putting them on the mark'Jt. After
picking and shipping the berries t!!l
th.? price falls and you ran gel no'
more than (1.50 i lear, better go to can- j
nlng them. Yon can clear 11.50 a case
easily. A case of strawberries will fill j
fifteen quart tin ? ans, which will ?eil
at -'" cents a can. bringing a total of ?
?3.
Take off $1.30 for work and expo?
ses, leading 11.."?? clear. Strawberries
should be cooked good ueforo put into
the cans. Cherries are a fruit that
sell wel lin the markets of the largel
cities, it pays better to ship th sm
than It does, to can them. To- i
mato eanning Is the thing to make'
the profit on. When they get to a
price you are not clearing as much as!
J1.76 a bushel, go to canning thnn
a bushel of tomato;s w'H can S8 quarts.
They will sell ai 1'? cents a can. bring?
ing a total of $1.20; Take off $ii20
for work and $1.25 for cans. Uavlng
$1.7.". clear. Raspberries had best be
shipped and not canned, as th? y are
so tedious, and will above ?II else
bring a bitter price when nit canned.
Blackberries me line for canning
When the price gets below $1.60 a
'ase they should \,o canned. They n,-e
on the same terms ns the strawb.Tries.
Ilrnn?. Penc'bea nnd Apples,
Canned beans are fine sellers. They
should be cooked in the cans after
being air ing and- washed. I'ca -lies
and good and profitable sellers, ?.'tili
peaches and soft peaches can bs canned
and sold at 20 cents a can. Apples
sell very well and a good profit can
be gained by .-.inning the culls. They
can be easily sold for I? cents a can. |
There are still other fruits and scge- ?
tables that ?an be i-anned and sold
at a good prollt. It is often the case |
that much fruit Is being lost by spoil- ;
ing. The greater raus? of this is by
the collections of different kinds of,
acids. These are minute forms of life I
called bacteria, and are present every- .
wh re in untold numbers. The air wc
breathe, the food we cat. the water)
we drink Is composed with untold !
numbers of them. Everything that a-e
could do. we should do to prevent the
bacteria from entering into ihe can?
ning pro.-ess.
HAY EMTrGENCY;
how to meet it
I have been reading a bulletin issued
by the Ohio Experiment station ?n j
the subject of the hay famine through- '
out ihe country. In it are some good j
suggestions worthy the attention of
Virginia farmers. The subject treated !
is "Emergency May Crops." I quote
from the bulletin:
"The general failure of the elovet
seeding of u year ago will Intensify
the condition of hay scarcity which i
now exists, and will cause n break in
many crop rotations unless a substi?
tute for the clover < rbp can be found.
"for many years the Ohio Experi?
ment Station has used the say b an
as stich a Substitut... and with In?
creasing appreciation of this plant
as a very valuable addition to the
resources of the faruiet Bulletin :::ii
of this station, now op the pr'-ss. gives
full details as to th ? culture of the so)
bean."
"Another reenforcement of the hay i
supply is a mixture of the Ca'nada
field pea nnd oats. This crop may be
grown successfully north or south oil
the Ohio River. and if prop-1
erly handled may be male into hay of'
vary excellent quality. A good way j
of seeding is to BOW the peas cylf.fi the
grain drill, setting the drill so a.<- to
put the seed three- or four Inches
deep, and sowing ihe oats in front
of the elrill. thus glvmg the riots a
shallow covering. About a bushel
and a half each of the oats and peas
.should be sown per acre."
"The Canada pea will endure cold j
as well as oals. but the soy bean Is ,
a hot weather plant and should not
b.? sown before the latter part of May
or first of .Inno. It would be einito
possible to grow a -rop of pals anel
pea hay and fjnllOW t.'ii-; with soy
henn.i during I ho same season.
Other substitute hay crops are tier
man millet and llungn|rtlnn grasp.
These are hot weather crop anal
should neit be sown until the latter j
half of May. If they arc harvested
while In bloom there will be very i
little If any danger of unfavorable re-,
suits from feeding them to horses. .
About three, peeks of seed Is required [
por acre nivd 1t shoulel be covered in I
??HU a light harrowing. 1
"Safe as the Safest'9
STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The Savings Bank of Richmond
LOCATED AT RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF HENRICO, STATE OF
VIRGINIA. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, APRIL Id, 1912, .MADE TO
T1IL STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. S000.S6S.IS
Morteaecs on improved eitv re.ii estate. 983.8S4.80
-$1,680.752.98
Overdrafts secured, $585.64; unsecured, S4.i1.7.'?. 1,017.37
Bonds, securities, etc., owned, including premium on s.uit". 42,750.00
Banking house and lot. 27,000.00
Other real estate owned.;.'?OS.O0
Furniture and fixtures . 0
Exchanges and checks for next day's clearings. 1,791.69
Duo front national banks. 165,286.15
Paper currency ..'. $5,273.00
Fractional paper currency, nickel-; and cents. 78.40
Gold coin . 55.00
Silver coin. 345.50
5,751.901
Total.$1,928,258.09
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.S 200,000.00
Surplus fund. 175,000.00
Undivided profits, less amount paid for interest, expense., and taxes... -10,462.SI
Dividends unpaid . 22.50
Individual deposits.$1,404,359.78
Demand certificates of deposit. 11,975.43
'lime certificates of deposit. 0
Certified checks . 71,989.85
Cashier's checks outstanding. 15.00
- 1,488,340.06
United State-, deposits. 4.">2.72 [
Reserve fund. 15,000.00
Interest reserve . 9,000.00
Total.$1,928,258.09!
I, James M. Hall, Cashier, do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement
rif the financial condition eif The Savings Bank of Richmond, located at Richmond,
in the county of Hcnrico, State of Virginia, at the close of business on the 18th day
April, 1V12, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JAMES M. BALL, Cashier.
Correct?Attest;
1 F. SITTERDING.
H. SEE DON TAYLOR,
R. F. PATTERSON,
? THOS. L. MOORE.
Directors.
State of Virginia, City of Richmond:
Sworn to and subscribed before me by Jas. M. Rail, this 25th dav of April. 1?12.
GEO. W. WATT, Notary Public.
My commission expires April 5, 1913.
"Strong as the Strongest"
Developmental Announcements:
From Various Sections
of South.
Baltimore, April 21.?The Souiruru.
industrial and othci developmental en?
terprises announced In ".'ils week's is?
sue of the Manufacturers' Record In?
clude the following: j
.Kentucky Portland Cement and Coal
Company. Pine Ulli, Ky., organized
with 12,100,000 capitalization to build'
plant with dully capacity of 2.000
barrels of Portland cement and to de- \
velop 1,300 acres bl land for :t daily'
? spaclty ?vu tons of coal.
Itlvoraldo and Dan River Cotton'
Mills. Danville, Va., decided to invest
$260,000 for electing an additional]
building. InstaUIng 10,000 spindles,
taking out 414 old style looms and re-|
placing them with >*M automatic looms,
etc.. this company war, reported as
planning an expenditure of 11,600,000
I tor further enlargements, but stated
i that no delimit- conclusion has been
! reached.
; Greenwood cotton Jinis. Greenwood,
Is. C., called a meeting of stockhold
| ers for April 30 to vole on Increasing
[capital stock from $500.000 lo ?900?
, "Ol) ||, order to provide a 20,000 spindle
'and r>00 loom addition.
Champion Fibre Company, Canton,
N. C., was reported as planning an in?
vestment of $750,000 to privldu an elec
tro-chcmlcal plant to prevent Its mill'
waste from polluting '-ne waters of
l'lg. o* Riven.
Interstate Power Company, Louis?
ville, Ky., was incorporated with capl-j
tallzation of $500,000 to transmit elec-'
trlclty to small towns in Mastern Ten?
nessee; has not yet decided whether to
purchase electricity from oxisltlng
companies, or lo build Its own hydro?
electric plant.
Virginia Salt Company, Richmond,
Va., was Incorporated with $200,000
capital stock by Richmond and New
York capitalists to develop salt prop?
erlies.
Kent Oscillating Cattle Guard Corn
pany, Johnson City, Tc-iin.. organised
s.-lth $100,000 capital stock 10 manufac?
ture iron cattle-guards.
Sloss-Shcfflcld St <l and Iron Com?
pany. Birmingham, Als , appropriated
. $60,000 for additional machinery ami
improvements at Its coal and lion
, mines.
Tennessee Hydro-Ktieotrlc Company,
Nashvllc, Tcnn. Incorporated With
$loo,.i capital stock 1m develop water
powers and generate electricity for
transmission to Chattanooga, Nash?
ville and Khbxvlllo.
Seaboard oil and Guano Company,
Chineotcague, Vs., incorporated with
|{..ono capital stock i" consolidate
two established companies and build
iisii fertilizer factory, construct fishing
steamer, etc.
Virginia Ore Cent pany, Staunton, Va.,
was Incorporated vrtlh $50,000 capital
stork to develop iron properties.
Rmcrson Engine Company, Alexan?
dria, Va., beg.in construct Ion of en?
largement to plant for building gaso?
lene engine-, steam turbines, etc.; new
main shop will be MS by 131 feet, and
of structural steel, etc. |
Among the buildings of various kinds '
kinds contracted for during tho week
were the following structures: $100,000
hotel at Durham, N. .'.: 5l"iC.0nn gov?
ernment building at Miami, I Ia.; $70,1
000 school at Houston, Tex.; $20,000
fraternal society building at McKhn-i
j ney. Tex.; $lf,,ooo church at Taylor.'
Tex.; $20,06o apartment nnuse at Howl?
ing Green, Ky,: $18,000 school dorml-l
tore at Tallahassee. Fla : S'J.'-.OnO school I
?at Cairo, W. \'?.; 000 church at Cor-;
ipus Christi; $23.000 theatre at Plne
.vllle. Ky.; $26,000 .stoic and office
building at Clcarwater, Fla.; $17,000
office building at Snmter, 8. C; $50.000
'church at Jacksonville, Pia.; $100,000
railway station at Pens a ;6ln, Flo.j $23,
000 school building at Dillon, B. C.j two
! $31,000 and one sso.non school build?
ings at Dallas. Tex.; $22.1)00 school ad?
dition at San Marcos, Tex.; $36.000 and
$|O,000 dwellings at Ifoland Park.
Baltimore. Md.; $44. ?00 school dormi?
tory at Valdosta, Ga.: $30,000 store
building at Baltimore, Md.; $30.000
! apartment building at Kaunas Citv.
Mo.; $18,000 ?apartment building at
Norfolk. Va.
This Bank j
!- worthy of your trust and con- |
fidence because it is Safe, Con?
servative and Progressive.
Every deillar of our Capital and
Sin pin- stand- ready lo protect
every "depositor.
Every director and stockholder
is proud of the tereird that the
hank is making, iinel every man |
connected with the bank It.is a
vital, personal interest in YOCK !
prosperity.
We wanl vbur account because
: we (.in in.ike- the connection a
profitable one for yon and our
i .-five-.
MANCHESTER
! NATIONAL BANK
F, P. McConncll President
W. L. Walters .Vice-President
A. A. Adkins. .Vice-President
D. C. Ballard .Cashier
W. J. Fisher . . Asst. Cashier
DIRECTORS.
I 1". Ryland, I. IV Jones, W. I..
Walter-, II. A. Wells, I);. E, T.
Rut kcr. A. A Adkins. |. P. Sadler,
V. P. McConnell, C, T. Wallers,
R. II. Bruce, D. C. Ballard.
Richmond, Va.,
solicits your business. Our capital,
surplus and profits justify your
account being placed with us.
Capital, $300,000.00.
Surplus and Profits, $1,350,000.00
_f in?ittlaL
^tnant(aL
Jr.nanctal
The bank that means something to a community is the hank that docs something for that
community. THE CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB IS IN KEEPING WITH OUR POLICY?
'A Bank of the People, for the People.'!
1
I,
Have Joined The
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLD1
START YOUR ACCOUNT TO-MORROW
AND GET A NICE BIG CHECK DECEMBER 11th.
ichmond Bank & Trust Co
"A RANK OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE,"
NORTHWEST CORNER ELEVENTH AND MAIN.
HELP WEAKENED |
WINTER WHEAT!
-
The Process That Has Proven
Good in Europe and in
the West.
Henry a. Bell, agronomist of the
Middle West .sol) Improvement Com?
mitted has issued a bulletin, primar?
ily for the benefit of ihc wheat grow?
ers of his sei tion. imt m there Is some
valuable Information for Virginia
wheat makers, fer another year, not!
this year, for bo It understood that!
Virginia wheat is farther advanced I
here than in th ? West. By request,
extracts from the bulletin ate here?
with given.
"Winter wheat in bai] condition" Is
the general report of the condition
of this important cereal throughout
the Middle West States. A large per?
centage of the millions of acres de
! voted to this crop is reported to be
| weak and to have beeh severely ln
jjured by adverse wintering conditions.!
(In many pla.es the ground Is baking,
land still farther injury is threatened.
.Stull serious conditions call for linmcd
I late action.
The fanner knows that the wheat
| plant requires heat, air, moisture and i
available plant food |n order to live
and make satisfactory growth. The I
lack of any one of these essential.-',
m.ans death to the crop. As the warm
sun of spring beats upon the hardened '
wheat fields, It causes the .vapora-I
tion of hundreds of barrels of water |
p.r day from a 50-acrc Held; because!
the water connection between the stir
| face soil and the water supply below |
Is complete. Now. to ?top tills great
evaporation, and to allow air to enter I
Into the soil spaces, the farmer must I
act quickly if he is to save his crop. |
He should roll his wheat Held ns I
soon ns it will bear a team upon it. j
and follow tli1-s lolling immediately j
with a light harrowing. If h ? has s|
"weetler" he can accomplish a groat
deal of good by going over the wiieat
crop with this tool. If he has harrows
with adjustable teeth, he should throw
these teeth back at an angle of 4;'. ,1 -
grces and harrow the field, going back
and forward over the Held parallel
with the wheat rows. This harrowing
will not stir the surface deep enough
to injure the wheat roots, but will
help the snll conditions greatly by
preparing a surface mulch. This sur?
face mulch will break up the water
connection in the soil and effectively
pro'. ? nt an injurious amount of evap?
oration. Always follow rolling with a
light harrowing.
If. however, the farmer does not
have a roller, or if be does not think
it wise to roll the wheat, he can h dp ,
the weak wheat crop a great deal by I
a careful harrowing.
Tin- tins weak plant needs special
nourishment. It should have an abnn- I
dance of readily available plant food
of the right kind to give it a vigor- ?
oils start and maintain It in vigorous |
growth. Such help can be supplied 1
by broadcasting 1?? to 300 lbs. pet 1
acre of a fertilizer analysing about I
three per cent, to live per cchl. ammo- I
nla; six per c.-nt. to eight per cent.]
phosphorh acid, and live per cent, to |
.seven per cent, potash. This should
be broadcasted or distributed on the
wheat through the fertiliser attach?
ment of the wheat drill. If th ? wheat
drill is used, of course the disks will
be left suspend. ?I SO that they will
no) cut the young wheat plant. "Mils
fertiliser should be put on th ? wheat
just bofora It Is rolled. The harrow?
ing will work it Into the soil.
The above operations can be carried:
on even until the wheat is up I Inches,
without injury to the nop This praq
tlce I? common among European wheat
growers. I
ir grass and clover seed is sown "P
?? mc wheat ib id In tmrtj spring
practice of this early cultivation will
bury the seed sufficiently .P to >- I
?uro good germination. The addition (
of available plant food in the forms
mentioned; will greatly Increase the i
chances of a successful '.catch "f
grass." .,
By such treatment, weak Wheat Will
be greatly benefited and materially as- .
Slated towards a profitable yield "f
superior quality of grain.
?ihr Cotton Movement.
?Now York; April -According 10 Ina I
last report of the secretory ?>! the New Or
leans lottnn KxchBhRC. the amount of rot- ;
ion brought. i?t" "I*"' -b.rliiK it: ilaya of ;
the present season was IMW.M1 bales, an
In-rease over the same" tjerlod ???? >/??.<; "r I
.??.',:a:ar. bale*. The exports: were ? ..,.d...i>>
bales, an Increase of MlMtJ Wi'
trilclr.ir? "ere in Vorthern splnnar*. *<Mt.*M
bales. nn Increase of |tS,902 baits: ?> South?
ern ?pinner?. ^llOjSN bo'.ca, an Increase o<
.?O},?:0 bales.
Infantry and Old Setting Hen
Join Forces With Our Bank
One of our depositors, who is seven years
old, and who is the proud owner of one of our
little Savings Banks, writes as follows:
These ten cent banks open automatically
after ten dimes have been inserted. They are
free to all who apply to the
Bank of Commerce & Trusts
Ninth and Main Streets
RICHMOND, VA.
"THE HOME FOR SAVINGS."
The One Way to Have Money
Is to Save It.
The sure way to save it is In depositing >onr surplus
funds In a responsible hank.
Why not open :i Savings Account to-day and let us add
interest to it twice a year?
The Central National Bank
CAPITAL, - -.$250,000.00
.107 EAST BROAD STREET.
BSEBgaBaammtBaaaasmsamssBt
a ??
This Bank is daily issuing Certificates of
Deposit, which hear per cent, interest annu?
ally. There is no. better way to save your money.
You know from day to day what your money is
earning for you.
N. E. Corner Main and Ninth Streets,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Ce,?l?ieV^..c^ceo.,??a,nt; Br2UlCll, C^Cll
E. A. BARBER & CO.
ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, "phons So. ?I.
ORGANIZING, SYSTKMATI7.IXG.
215 Mniunl UulldlnK. I Memhera N?w York Sloe* Exchange
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