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I" Clicinieni Lvhornf.r3? III tlle Uillteit . stnte. Office of I'llbile 1111"'Ix. Dr..A'I lergois S. Cimbinsivi ott tli rl;cllt. , I . - --o 17? Tile article from tlie, Deparinieiit of lvlll save tlifs waste. and loss. If tlien. Agriculture wlileli appeared In The an itecotint, Is kopt with the soil by Tinies-DIspr.tch of S.tinday, Alam-11 11, the fariiier, ere(liting. tile land witli emphasized '.several ways by ivlilcll tiie wliat Is reiiioved of the plaiit food and coi-n crop cotil(I he Increwied in Vlr- chargiiig it witiv wliat Is giveii back. giiiia. It is mir purpose In tlils com:- farming processes m-ould be reduced'to iiiiiiiie a tlonto di,ws the siibject In a maintaining propei- soil conditions and bi-oitder seiise and suggest ,onle safe having lits books sliow what had beeii lincs itlong w1ii0i th,, crop an con- done to destroy and build tip. tilitio t- o,(-tipy a front place In the Tt... Often Sol] Robberm. ngi-k-ulture of ttic State. The tn- AVe are too often soil robbers. Evory ,rease in the wreage In corn In Vir- farnier sliould try to iiialce it' yearly ginia in 1908 wa., S4,000 acres more improvement In his practice?' fox, witli tiiaii in 1907. The acrenge In 1900 and Out Improvement in method.s there 1908 was nearly the same, btit the yleld -111 be no Increase,of prorits. Let tlle In IOOS was 13,000.'JOO btisliels inore soil be ma,lo a little- bit better eacti llian In IqOO an] at the preseikt iiiarketi year.,and -the coi-respondlilg Increase price of corn, gives $10,0111,011 valml In-the yield of crops will (?ompensate on tiie Increased _vleld fro. 'I'e .'ne tlir," or fattr tliiies the outIn:.,. numbei- of acres oC the V ,Irglnla corn Onjlio otlier linii.l. If ttici-e Is a con crop. This shows liow stant (lecrease in the foytility. of tlle fariiiing pays. 'riie Increase in nere-1 soil, the Inability of the fariner to lin age IEst Year ovel' the previoiis yeitr prove lile soll -by reason of tbc-de sliows also tliat,-otir farmers itre iiot ereased yields in bis crops wil I keep oiiIN, doing better farming, but are also liini oti the downward patli. Study the cloing iiiore of it. Last ye r 'he are; soil; keep it lii-900d heart Vy rotatioit, age in whe-at xvns Incre:,,d 5,g clovering. and inanuring; and succe-59 acreFi ovei, 1907.' Otir fnriiiers are Is Inevitable. These ELre tlie'lteys witil Their presetIt road JA along the e'dge of ltead's' 3letintain-a crookdd, mteep road, very badly loefited and'very diffi cult to keep In order on account at, ttie Hteepigrades. The neW rout prac-. tically -cuts out ELIJ bad gradem, aiid. furtlierrnore, It corinects at Cloverdal witli the old iiiaeadanilze(i road built niany years ago froin Buchanan to Seven-Afile Ford, near Bristol. and 4t present aiie of the beNt roatin in the State._ in spite of the fact that it hiis been 'jibuse(i and has not been kept Jw. repair. In ttic work tiiat the memberslot Abla. committee have (lotio oit ..thij; road, proposition they ilavo met witil no op position whatsoevor. Tticy liave niet w.-Is very little discouragement. atid an every hand they find people thor oughly interested and r aroused on tisO stibj6ct. The fri(lications iiow' are tilat as ooori as tlils plecer of road has beeii coinpleted both Roalloke iind Batetbtirt, ' counties will have (letngnstrated to thenj conclusively til(i abooltite - neces- ?j s"I Of undertaking on Ft liLt'ger scale t,". building of fine ? roads throughout, tbe two counties.. . The committees are workln'g on tite - pltin stiggetsted by Mr. Lassi e that tile best, advertifielilent for a good road ls.a good:road. aiitl it 1. their liope aii-I 1COMICICIlt expeetatlon that a's soon?.as the roatl Tuiv plamned becomes a fact7 .6, the road (luestlon in tills . section will settke Itself. JOS. A. TURNER. Roanolte, Va. w Ballsville Socia'I'Ne s (Specialt. Th.'Times-Dispe,tch.] BAI I,svil'bE. w... April ?24.-.%Trx, ArtL Johns?. pe.t S.turd.y In Rich Mond.. lira. P. It. Tyler ha. returned" to her honie - 1. ? Chester. A Sfts. J.. T. Dupuy - to ? spending the. week ;I 1. .":- A'. end with relatl,,e. :1. Rieliniond. Th(,,,,.s C-d.r .,,d daughter, Nlro. "Nla tthc-" St,-Ser.? aro the gu?.t. of Mrs. A., W. Willson B.? IV. :C.1C,,,ian spbnt 3londay. and Tui oday It, riArmville. Alro; Paul Lipsconib was in iiich'ffi last we.k. Master Coib rt Tyler, who haa? bee'l Nlek with fever. !a, greatly I In Pro ved,, .4 I I I 11; Irlbi I Ii 11 ". L 16 If and. bactel-iti ca An cI6tYt1Yr6;9Io fUW b6 lit.6f thd?ftpall' M hoe, It, in" 0(3,? Ostfl, tlm(ll mol., tir?lll qil oll V ies or:'fql,tlllzor??, I. v?ii,;nfll tlifili (id 'g.11 'I'llat im P061-111 -cii zciM "'Aivakei,-, Lo huniud.- W 11116, it', t rub,that III portioli to' tiob whole, ninma 0 %!C!;L )Ii?? tnl;:Omi parP fit' the'tt?l Iva a" pport, rj the C1,01),?Y01-016 6,upply Iwiti-holit ItAt, ba ninde'dvitiltbld, Nathro.Aft'llor. wimilont talit-ii acc6illit"of BOAID?? ASSU5 P OPOSED of Agriculture',.. ahjl?? who nnti wR" tefill 'fiirr Ing.nre pl?ctti,%d'llw storehouse, of-, rertlllt?'?Im lac Its& t I, S Llgge?jj6a,? IS wle?ts ?Vitfi?Approva to? - L wlion tild. fariiier Undeef k' tb ? t" ke" off ?All- atitl rdfuM .110'tlnillicgg ol) liattireltq la?wa litep ?l wllPn wci phlime to tlilnlc, II w w1se t 101 Ia7 If; It wel er tvtiers 110t no In tileir would dbatroy tjie and', entlrely nnd leave.,'iiotlilng for the next 'gonera. 'WhecialtTli(i T rnes-DWIAt6h.] tIon As? it Iif we lapin ( 1 , - tlte' land WA11R1,1N A 1: 24.-A t '' t It 9o TON, figlit 'it %VIll giVe to us abunlandy, It VLe, ?repeht In- Fau' titer %Vo'farm Poorly, we will recel SPAII.. Lime Iq cb.tinty, If lngly:!.If we fai-M. g waxtefull? one nil id' I' a reedity' .011 I drive up ? n front -of aii(i without any tliotiglit fok- to-inor- try?'*stora.and see tlir?ee oi?, niore faf'Fn Mv Oi- foj- the I next gen ration_ thd ers mitting.Ion dry goodg, boxes' tailting "PPIY will lie OXIInusted or !V4flllCId very aLtrnetitly and ekpr ititogetlieri I I I onsing, thern. setves In strong- terins, It would' , be nettirnitig to the I;ttl)j t .6t hulnus IkOedlems 'to nak the a,ubJeet.under dis ?Dnd vegetable inatter, and w.hen tillil clifisloii, for 'where two or% mdre fELrm. lioliit of 1,n1provilig, Is - reacii d, era, gettoge tlier ttic SubjectIof ? "good ive liave grAsped the , trtie ' principlei r(jads" liq the principal topic, of soll fertlllty, an(I lia Ve aS IL nitLt. Tlie, question of bondill41the County ter of fact establislic(i tL fertilizei for iibout $20,600 Is liein frely dis fFLctory In the Roil. The decay Of cussed and very' fitvorabi g recceived by vegetable matter Introdudes Into the iL ilitijority of those wlic Yreally under soll organic lffe. The prenence of Stand whRt, such a plan 'ineann. Some tlilm orgitnism catigem tile: elemeittLi to tlitnk, wlien tlifm tqijbject In RrFlt men becomesolubic iLnd ren(iy to be taken t1olled, tillit it in Intended to matnd upby tic plant.. A Son witliout vege arnize all r-tid. tinthe otinty; but tititi table niatter IR ix dead sall. 0 would be Irn-possible wiLholit botidling 114,11111,111 of Croll.. Llie entinty for an anioiint ton large to Let u,;-note briefly the r(ptatioti lif SUgg0at, MUCII lemi; ciirry Anto effecl. crops, 'Which , offers ? the only true It Itli plaii atid Intention of those isc prlrtclple of inaintELIning ferCil ity,anil wh. are "dvocating mFteadam roadis to Is the only Ig4em of farmink we can macadamize all tlle principai roads follow Successfully In growing c'orn. tlirotighout the cotinty and bed up Elie I'lie fields a "ght to be laid off 90 RS dirt ioadm fending into the mRin roa(lo, to have co rn fall In rotation every and If tlili; lm done Very (ew fikrmers fourth yenil. IL In trite that mR flywI11 over three iniles of dirt roftd have the rotRtibn mliortei- than this atid to trialvaevlehefore re;Ftcht,tig the macadam Ill,ant every tlil'ee , yeRro, some overy road, The be.4t and most feasible ivay two years. The result Is that ' the ?t, bond the cotinty Iii for eRcii magis 11 titnus Is tioon cropped otit Of the soil. terial diAtriet to vote on the qllestlon 'Then nrtture takes a hnnd,?and witli ar, d the a mount for which bonds shall the key of prudence looks the door be i.thnil, hich mum Fio obtained should to Prevent ftirther waste. w be spent In that district. While many good rotRtionx rnight be Before , the Leglolatur pa'amed the stiggestect, yet all . would liave to be bill providing for whatels commonly arranged to stilt local conditions. As- -ea Iled the State aid bill. Fauquier ha(i suming thtLt corn 1-4 tite le'ading crop, tarted to -raise fislids by, private' isuti we woLild plant [Ls earlY RS Practicable :crlptloa for btlilding a,-macadam road an enrly niattirlng variet f co pe f Y of I a-9 rom The'Plaitis to Middleburg. a dIs> atid tise rt good grad e 0 fe),.Ilzer ., eight inilem. M H. tlarriman. composed of plioAphqric nelf] and pot- ttlairelegercoaft ralfron(I inagnate and, ninnip asli, depending upon ttio peas to gatlier tilittor, hits a litint citib located at The the ititrogen froni tiie atitinsphere. Plow Plitins, ttn?l helpe(i the niatter nioniK by tlieme peen tinder to supply liiiiiiiis- contributing $8,000. willell amourit 3nado niaking material, then sce(I the lan(i In -nized netti-egg. Tliiti rond in crimson clover, wiliell ollgllt to ,A a good now over half completed on(f will be put In jiot later tliati Aligust 15, so entirely flnislied by ttic Tnid(lie 'f July. as to. give the plant tit.. to get a- 3loi-ement 1- Growing. 0 good Start for winter. When Spring A. movement Is 0 W. V foot and fFi arrives this slinUld be ttirned iin(ler n n and.on sonie land--one ton of Hme to being vigoroustly Pushed to raise fundm at once and liar-m X I the nere Rpplfed by private aubsc tior - to inaeada i-ow the lime tliorotigitly into the soll. lze Itite road fro KV arrenton to Beth Plant, the corit. and several hun- el, a! distance of our mlles? Titin -dred 'pounds of finely ground bo Ile movement IS meettrig With much sue meal could - be used too advan- coss, an(i altliougli It lias only been IL hort time. .4tifficient ftindk tagei but do not apply tile fer- gitated a I, tilizer tintli tho, lime liFts liad time liave becii- rafod to build inore than lleg of ttilti road. As Fauquier to be takpn up by the Poll. say t It reetwo Ill countv haS a foreg of about Sixty con weeks later.At the I R% t pI0wing of victs.ivorking on The Plains and Mid tlte corn, sow crimson clover again. hiebtirg Road. an(I kept them tLfter' During the winter this will afford gooki grazing until tiie iniddle of April. 'I'lle March 4, It eould not get any of tlio stacit can be. taken off and tiL good er.1) I'llmli appropriation for 11.108. and It is k0f liay can be ittown by Jtine 1. or Pos- rl(w proposed to bave titto convict force gibly alittle sooner. depending on th? moved to AN-arrenton. to wor .k on the locality and season. This clover sod Betliel Jtoad sliotild be plowed Fts early ast coti- The people 'of Fauquier- liave very vanient and let the land settle an(i kind feelings for Mr. Wilson, the high become coinpact. After n_thorough way coriimissioner, and ELppreciRt. wliat shallow eudtivation, sow a mixttirs- 0lWbas.done for tilem, and It ttiey can ttmoth or red top and clover for t i t ten mlIL-a iiiore of maeRdam roads b i ??e usual hay crop? or any otlier grass seed bulit the people will hardly allow tile Piat iiiany be beat adapted to ttiat soft. worlc to stop until FLII the prlncipal To keep the land productlvr, an(i retain roads are macadFLmized. the fertility of the soll,? sow twl) The Legislature lias made It possible Ileguminous crops to cacti cereal or forl,every catinty )n Vit-glnlq to have corn crop. and the land will gradually good roiids. and the people of Fau Improve an(I pro(luce good crops i-e- (julei- iire alive to tiic situation and (juiring very little, if an?;. fertill7er. are going to keep peggisig away until The corn crop sliould be grown at tlielr supply of rock, whicli they have intervals of four or five.'years on the been cultivating with plows, la all used -samel land, Rnd shotild be preceded J)y tip on tlielr roads. sticii ttlltrogen-gnthering ernpfi as clovor What-It 3leunm. or peas. 11unierous experiments bave Irlic advantage of good roRda Is so proven that ttic cow pea, uiider aver- nuinerotii; It 1-i uselemi, to ciiiiinerate age condition, will gatlier and ad(I 75 tilem. One of the greatest factors In potinds of nitrogen to -the adre; rtn(I the wonderful developliient of.the Val- i practically restore to the -soil the ley lins been its good roads. 1t,would ainoiitit of plant food ,croppecl out by be alinost lniposslble to Lqtate correctly a fifty busliel y1old per nere, and wltli liow mucli per acre a macaditiii road gcrlmson clover adding as inticit nitro- woul(I Increase thevalue of land, but cnan(I often mDre ttian the pims. It $10 per acre Is a fair estiinate for the will be seeti that coril can be proflt- liiereaRe to the value of land bordering ably growii and tile Plant food used on a mactidam road, from wtilch ainount, by this crop clicaply returned to the could be deducted $1,per acre for each soil by the use of cow peas and crini- mile as you go away fi-om'tlie road on tson clover, aiid at ttie'saiiia tinie use either nide. Tlilnk for a moment how Ithese valuable croPS RM foed (liay) mucti the value of your land would be for the farm animals. incre"ed. llr. Farmer, aiid give an f Land 13les of 'Negleet. hoiieLit opinion as'to wiietlier yop can There are many thousands of acres atTord to Iceep on tiliovellng dollar bills v0f corn land eaelt ?ear in the State into the game old mtid hole every yetir. that are "tlirowti out" after the corii Think again of how mlicii casler you crop lias been gatber6d, tlifLt Is, the c.n liaut your grain to niarket, and lan(I Is left bare tlio' followiiig yefLr. :. above all the?cornfort of (irivii' g, over FL The liot un evaporate jhe nitrogen gqod road and how much you will savo p in' 'wagoiis and buggies. . Then agal' from the bare groiind Zid' the ritins form gullies Find the dtiniage tb the ,, c) uId It not be better to liave roads fland from ileglect I'n. a year Is equal that are good all winter for your chil to the exhatistion by the corn crop, dren to use going to sebool, than ? td. often worse. Wliendver latid is left b?.vo them trudge alonk. In tlio mud aiid fbare of any vegetELtion It Is losing sorne acroBs'flelds. The question ot good plant' f'ood' asidn frotii tlio Injury by roads, is now with, We people, so let erosion.' Tilere is iio excuse for a the good work be,contlnued with-re fat-iiier to treat h[s litii(I In-this ivfty. iLewed effort. J. D. R. To prevent ? this 'cotiditinii -will cost tbtit little nioney and labor. 'When the corn, crop Is. plowed the last ? time s6w fifteen pounds- of crinisoii clover ',o tiia itere In tlio corn rows Just before .EIINI- m 1, 1, OF J E) the corn Is plowed. Ttils wtit cover. tlio seed. The growing crop will. sliade tho grotind (Iiiring the :hot da ys In fuly and Augiist, and R good stan(i 'of lovei, lg usually' sectired at a cost of t75 dents -per acre for the seed. J?. good crop Df criiiison clover win oasily put $5 to ;10 wortb of plant foo(I i Is Noi?r Securin Sub Comm ttee to ttie acre in the lancl. The land 9 r will be protected the noxt vear fr Iom scriptions to Defray. Cost the bELkink stiti Ftiid the-burn.us fi-oiii tile roots of the clover will prevont tile of Work. land wasiiiiig Into gullies., All tli H 0 for the.arnail;cost of 75 cetits'per act-c TileVe IS Ut prosaiit on foot an ex. a for' tile clovet, see(l. No farnier cati cOllel't I"OvOrnent in tlii 8 section Vhich %yill titidoubtedly result In tlii? build affor(I to iieglect, hlw-corn grouiid by Ing of at "lelLst 80%,nn miles 'Of 1111Ht-, r alloxving It to lie bars tho. follo'wiii ingeadaniNed i-oad stxteen: feet year. I-To cannot afford , t. . , - 'rado. It 0 'vvido -aiid excellont - I -An ac e cents and loso from .$5 to $10 itii acre. tive 'Commiatrtcc lias beagn iit work for 11 Our: Virginla lands need- h-umus, Ic- several weeks pi-betii-ing private' stib o caying vegetable, iiiELtter, iiiore ?thun scriptiolis atid riglitt; of way"Wllel'e i. ft,,nythlng else to improve thein.,Fluillus "evessary to cllitngo tlie! pi-asoiit road, - IF; the host of the vnriotis bacterin III .It Iki proposed to build t'lils road ft'otii h tiie soil, Nviiere they liv(i awl. (16 tlieil r tlio corpo.rato litnits 6f Roaniolte City soll . I Lo ?C .loverdale N1111.4, 13.)tetourt county, warlt tp lielp 'ttio' to grow . Me 110 Va., itbout, li;44f of tlilt; roadA Iits ?been ,t 6rops, Stnble , inniitlro does tlils, b ut ,, so for nially years,,about balf IMIU t. the eiipply ]m toc- -liniltecl. .All tile titko,a liew roiite-glviiig, it, spiendid 8 clovais and eoiv Pans;And othor? nltr-)-? 0 ttliotit itti good Ets 'that of -ttio kqti?gathering plants,YwIllch do - tilo. cilit titi(i VvIestern railroad, whIM). fiftnia ,tlilng, caii lie grown ebeaplv' in It - pavallals to%- 43everal miles. d Vlrginia and will Iiiiprcive any I Iand. Soillothing over $7,000 llas beell-itireiitIN, I, It lias been 'truthfully maid tliat, finy i,11.1sed by rivate subscription.' T6 fftt'nkdr wlid llpqrsists In growl ' ti coilitiiiit OPK cildcavortug to raiii I. " mililluum:.'of $15,000 b- R %vill liave prosperlty forced oil private: tib scriptiqu, allA, tills. iviih tho?aniount 7 - -7 --, 7 furtilrilla(l ?bv tliti countN, 'or' Rpalloke, 7 7tile tiec'iii-ecl fi-oln' illo State lind the worlt tq , lie dono' by Botkaurt GOW AN'S dounty,j Nvj1I tindotibtedly, build ?Jlle PrepallAtion, In the is aL 8qv0ni-'jTiljos contoniplated., 111hore Is ai;ain5t. pinetimonla, II-to- Ile p4i,t of the linioNtolle ijvabundall?o an(, 10 :convollielit All ttidt I I tl rofid,'rig its A4oronesa'ln throat flhdL llingH' ll'X 4ciE way1have.15,sen-given, 4nd-mitogetiler arnal, .:pane r(LI Pr6j'Q?Itj t? At:,druggla q, Th,6 s?\or -Rotptourt, it n f I .1: I . - Al I I Iv" j I 'I .:i I, Localities Sliottici Bc Glad I to A-,5iit in NN"ot-k of 'Making I The pres(. 1, throughout the State I" the sllbJcct Lf good roRd- is gratir3-Ing nn(I presages well for tllc futill". Tllc! rOvan,c, so far 11110c ill I'll-ginirL on this Ilitliell-L I!W'? 1'ecli hased on the adinittedly just on(I wise polley f tile n-ollerntlon of the pet,plk- of tile Nk-liole stat,? ill ti" foll "f local co nPerntion. --tinlulatc-11 a 11,11 a8sist c(i ov stite co-per ifwv lu the -lulpe of State mon,y and con,10 labor itid. To flie credit of Ilie peoide of Out' cities aild their represeutilLioll In otii, SLELte Legi-Maturl, i)(, it said. no oppo E-itiOn tO this haS 1:91111? fl'Ulll lliciii. They have Fhown the.111selvos cannblu, of takiiig n broad. aiid, lti a sense. gencrotis view of Ill, subject, In tho fight of tile, fa t that they xvlll he fited btit In -firi(i after the bene dlrewtl? 111111le'llate beneltt?, hive conle to tll,? cotint'.3. communities: at the same thue they have had bu,lnesq ticiiiiieii suill Clent to Perceive tilsit suell benetlLs ar,. certain a-, a restilt, It beiiig oill3 it matter of Litne to a itit tlieiil iiieom in g, 'I Iley liave been willitig, tliere fore. t0 il id tile local coiiiiiiiinities In bearIng t1w btir(len of tzitLking the necessar5 liiiprovement In goo(i roads lo insure the eventxi.al retui-n tliei-eoii In the shape or ciiijaiiee(i Prosperity of tlle. State as a whole. And, too, ttie, richer couiities of tlip Stitte liave so. far united witli the cities In pursuing this wise aiid bencticent polle-y. ourely, tlierefore, it ivotild seetn that tile poorer local coiiimunities of the State -woold welcome and gladly i-nnks use of tlio assistance tIIIIq arfordeO V,? ? tbein to iiiFike an Investment Unit will be certain In Its fncoilic of enhanced prosperity, and iviiieh lnconie tlicsc locRi coiiiniunities will he the nrsL to receive and enjoy. But. strange to C. say, WliRt Oppoition there flits hec!n Iteretofore has practically caiiie froni the.-e very coiiiniunities! Daunled I), It Is the linnic-nilty (f tti tindertak Ing that daunts theni. They are Tlot ungrateful assistance offered, Rnd, albeit. wltli nixieli questioning its to ally prHetical Progress to be inade. 1, large per ceiit. c-f the counties of tile State have (lecide(I to ayall tliein solve - alid s of the State convict IRI)ol iiiotiey aid now offered towards the hiiilding of good roads. of the People of oiir cotinties rpel, flowo IvIttle tlicy do ilot qtiestioil the value of good roacls. that they nre too ex Pensive for theiii to be able to iiialc-, the investment Ill tliciii. Tiley i-egardl them Rs atitong the lttxurieg of tlii ricb. Condeinneci so loiig to floverty FLnd privation In inany tliings. alid liaving becoiiie so ac,:uStOnied to the "niud tax" along witti otliet- privations. they liave a hopeless feeling that titer, is no relief for tlieiii withiii their reacti. Now. tlinse wlio know out, people will understan(i ili[Lt it is 110 slll;tll obstacle that wOlit'i engender suli a feeling, And it I, an hnmenqe ob stacie to be renioved-not to be re moved, Indeed, by niatiy local coriiiiiu iiitIE-s I-vithout 'alit. Ttils lias beert demonstrated bv ex perience of niariy years In niany State. Rnd In otlier L!OUIILries It lias. becii found, in irtitli (iso iiiimelise- Jr, tlie, Obfitacle) that tile utniost olitpmt )f local effort witil tile assistlince of tllc.. litillost effol-t of State ald. is insufH_ cielit to accoinplisit the tilsk perfectly. Tliel-e is 3'et ful-tiler 'iced of assist ance in tlil. sttipendous iRsk, iiaiiielN national ald, which is but tile co-op eration Of ttic, People of the whoic iia tl,)ll In lllillcillg the necessary Invest iiient t O I irisijrc the eventual return tilereoli In tlle shape of eiiliaiieed ntt tioilfil pro sperity. Hilt althOtigh tlllS ideal may be afav Off Ill it., colistimniation, tilis ,Ilolll?l btit nel-ve 11.1 to grcater elideavor. if ally subst-Mitial progress cait be iiiacle tOwat'd tllat coiistjitiiiiatioll. llawe,.?r di.t.ni - ....... I i T" expenditure, of tli(,. inolicy tliitt inumt be ;Pent In mere 1'el)nir'WOvl( on otii, roads g.,; they iire. Is of very great iiiipol'ttince and sliould iiot be ovel looke(l. and otir, SLate j-rigjv?vay Cotri m14--flon sliotil(i be brouglit Into closer totieli witli-oiir local cotiinitinities iind be nwre ttirned tc. and iise(i by tiieni In eotliiection witit stieli work. orgni-lzntioii. On all the WhOle subject of, ron(is It Is of the titiliost linportitlice tilat otiv people slioiild orgttnize ' sliotild qtlmtt late iind iceel) tilive Interest. In tliim most iniportttiit stibject. iiinke tise of the ln%vs aii(i iiicans iiow available, erystalize ali(l inake linnivii to tlielt legIsla.tIve. representRtiveg their x%,Isllps tficreon nnd tlip practical (liffIcultios encountered from time to tinie. so rig iiiore nn(i m6re effectually to use?.'Jjle new iLnd all-concluering power *h'ocli they will fincl In "co-operation." l6cal. State and eventually natibiial, in the grentest single effort they can tnnl(p. foi- file flitul., welrare or out, beiove?i 8tnte. FlINDIMICK WILAILP, SIAIS. Louisa, Va. a ?, ?, '. ,:," , Olice itt Puldle ltonllx. , . I View of Testing Lnborntory ll,tilej],Ntntem Li ie fariiit-i- to mn'tiure. to thotong prepare. plow rind.cultivat e.; Is in 111. reki,!h of every. farmer Independent of oiitside. labor, but wliere labor Is used this Is the only line of farming that pays. Foi- eacii corn crop there should be an amp'e supply of plant food pro vide(I 'e-itlier In inantire ot- fert Ill zer, or what Is better. prece(led by two leguniluous crops at least. Too often farinerg put otit a large botindary It, corn for the reason that It Is necessary because the land Is poor and lie will bave to crop a large area In order to supply lih, zieeds.' This process of rea soning Is fRtlliy an(I lkds to loss and unprofitable fiirniing. To cttlttvate so iiiiieli land nieans the Iteeping of neces sal'y tiorses for the purpose tile keep liig of tlicse liorses tit'e year rotin(I to work four,or flvc monthR, and also the ,board aiid ivages for labor become an expensive Item. ' P oor Soil Expetinive. The plowing and ciAtivatlon-of poor CXPCIISIVCL A. SOII 18 as ; ? the plowing aii(i etiltivation of fertile soil., Tiie man who ctiltivates ?oor soil aiid liar-1 vests poor crops cannot profitably com pete -wltli hls_nelglil)or -who growii good ei-ops wttli btit little, If any. gre rLter expendittire of labor or cnpltal. CoTn growing shotild not be attempted o?n 'pooi- laiid untli 'it Is brought A ntoa fertile-cbiidition by growing and PlOw Ing tin(lar OnWor two leguminous cropq itt the beg]-unIng and tlin application or itli the marture that cati be rna?e an(i saved. Tti the meantime. 'some crops th[Lt reqtilre less fertIlItV caii'be grown. 1t aliotild be reinciiibere(I tljat the 'na itire of the corn plant is quch that It will not pro(Itice grain unl6swthe soil is' rieli onotigli to atforl EL I ponsiderable gro-%vtll.or BiLalk and Ae bpst yield of ears Is not obt?lned iitile'ss tile ;stalRs liave 'niade a i-naxii-num growth. For this retisoh some otlitr plants will pro-I ducq sniall or fair crops oni goll too paoi- to prodtice'corn. 'Altiny forage tLilcl hay crops ivill prodtice a goodylelci In proportion to the fertlllty,?ofltllc?soll. Ttlis is, not true, liowever.,?of corn. When poov soil drafts grass 'to lialf Its norinal size the crop of 'liay, IFt reduced abotit one-lirLIC-but1*11en'poor t3oij d%varfs the corri planW? to 'lialf ttieti- iioriiiELI size it Is ? p?obabl "' that tliei-'e -.vlll,6e no,graln ytol;l,,?6r'Af any ears - ai ali are ? pi'acluce'd ?-they. will be sniall and? ljiforfor. iiwen?? in , tiie bcht corn-'Productrig 'Stated?'Ithero Is soiiia land so ppoi- that?faimers?do not ,nttetnpt to, grow cot-ii. on it.- .9ucb IELiid. , however, can, ., lit a, few yeELrs' time, be made 'to prq(luco good corti ovops. The growers who are , Elie qui6kost to Icai-ii the fiitility of at toitipting to grow eorn:on'lifil'overlsh ed IELiid at-e gc, whos'e 'Aii,pis con taln soiyie poor-.xipldnd fields and'sonic f-ii-tilo bottom' laild. 'Thok find It iiecessary ?, to ? fertilize - tho. po .oi- flel(Is or c6nflnel corn--growing Jo Allo .bot toms. NoNv, wliat fcrtllizor? 11-illst, t,use or 'what mealls,sliall I einploy to provide tlin lieCL-SsiLi-y plant food, for the ,corti crop J? a , qttesLion tlio : fariiiers are ELskirtg ,oftoner ttiaii anY,-o'th6r.1_Lftri;e iLpplicatiotiii of fortillier for pool' land iLre; not profltable aild are.-a,'velly ex 116tisivo iiietliod oi ItAoroving laild 'for On rea Iiiott that tlio soli. IsAn no coii (litioll to :11tilize it'ftiid ?thcrc- inust. be scmo waste of -material.: :Alon witil y of, illeEtilli, . Wila 1, iii-C "willing to skitit tiieii, eyes to cost:? and,,?kpellpes. cp1l.,--hurry the,P "Ei by?hcavy appli tatiolls of ?fertll bu t faim?rs wkth littlited,moans iiiust have. some t4Dturns Io r -,.,eIyory_ cent -expeiided", and? cannot attord. tliiH expensIve me .tllo?, . -but. Illust, j itsD , fertilizer ?vlili .1 COWPCRB'-,ILS ',prepitratory crol), Tise If.Toper lilertilizer. W o at-e tiow, Speaking of poor land for carn. GIsIant; and Ollc RCCLualnted ivitil til, gellit's Of the PeOple Of X'IrginilL can but be coii(ideiit tilat they oilly to realire Ilifit su'll progress ean be ni.de to (leteriiiiiie tllcm to iiialte the offol't. Now. it is h,lim-,-d that the prae tical ti-iiii f ttie beiielit of til, State 81d, stitall as it I.,, afforded hi. Iliti Pl'esent Statutes In Virginia, will have ttlls coliviliellig effel,t. otil. people of ea,:II collillm ilit y ",if I t 11 tl., If 1, (I t.Ij,L t The undertaking willch not only to tlll-llll. but Ind,,ej Imileless, tin Filded. is (Illit,, a diffel-ellL undertaking NVILI, tll, -O-op-m'ati-11 of all tile. people thi, groa state. aiding tll Cm to Wards Its ni,, -rreetion (f soj-j(a Ijli,,v,)lIcvp tions it' tilp i-rmlar mim, 1,, til,, effe,t IIml Still,- al (I i.. ('111 I- givel, t? -n!a.I,: Rdaillized" road, ,,II I ,? ". HIlit "r . Stone, of l,ours,% or tile r1glit. kind, is II--- IA--1L lllatl'ri?ll 1701- r0ad constrta. Won, and vailable Should be used. and fOrturmt,- irp tho.,e locall- Soil t." poor to g roii tics wlipre sm!h material caii be ob t-Ined ?ecqllonljcally. Btit sec tions need nOt de-?pajr of suhstantial ,holving tile spil'it Of 1,etter fart-ning v PI-091-Oss dD good roads building be- all nloilg tile litic, ati(I by and by tilp t ,-au,e Of - lack of Stone. CraN,eI an,l of 1,11c a(-res In Nlirginia will I the and clay MIXturo, ha,-e been de- be under profitabkt cultivation. - . c monstrated t-i be good inatrial, when 'Pliat -orli I.,, kitig to-dily III Virginia t properly us-l. Other material In dir- y mean tlint it has draNvii mo?e t ferplit Sections of tile 'Stal(, eilli be 'n" lati nred. Our P.,ccllrnt Statl, Ilfgh%vay IeH,,jIy ,poll tile soll fertility tl t Commissi,mer',; oflh-e I-a-, -already a many farmer.,,l tliink. VVI1011 tlle fal'Ill- r rl,,Il flind ot %,Ritmwe Information (11 el, inidert.alies to estintate tlio cost Of t ,tl. ,111,jeet all,] IS "01,111loally gather. prodiwing a Imshol of Corn, It will 1,01 a ilig Illorl'. .11 -t Lhe -,erx1,e "'r all til- impossible for 111111 to ilitilie a trIlL v people of tile ,,Ilojc? State. tatenwIlt iiiitil . lie coiisidet's . tite AS 11- 101-1, r,-ads 11mll N, Improve,l ' , f ,"It -trunk ]in(,. throl,gh,)"t tl), 'St, rt - .1 food ttiat lias been Htn Or a lot lit o 'p llatc-ral roads io rallroad 0ntilm,, 3r "lc(o fl-ol" tll(l "ol" a" tle coll(li L and thout wMell sonla tiOD III 11 , 1 ft. A el'up t controversy has Hrbiem. of cor,, xN,itb tile accollipiLilying stalks, a Till, pr sent 'itatlitll., Al-1- 8L1fljl,i,?jIf tIlat x-ICI(j, flf(.%- I)LIS11CIS per acl'e will 0aw on tlils ?uhje,l. t Ir, somo porilon, x,-itildraw froll, the soll ciglity pounds Of the Slat.- onp oass of ij.d III of, 111trogell. tx,,cIjt?,_III1I pounds of c otliev I-mrilolis of 11.,t Slat(- , R (lifferent phosphoric acid and twln C'-TIve p.mirls Class of r Oa d s , I , " I I I d1) I. In I Pr. vnd, of pola.,;h, %vIllell iiiiist betreplaced. 'rill Our w--lent I;m- got,,ridlig 11,p iiiii.ation as t O I I -1., maii,-r I, ne.\iwo Ibring., us to the truc, h"Iet;1 L", 01 1111,111 Finli Hillrd" I" Ing. and I, 1110 life" distinction ill"I j,,,al r(. ;mth r . 1- (11,-iding litic, -betweeii good fat-iniiig I ties Slat" III- the all,l h:i.(I faroij!-g. By Imeping fill ae State to I)IaLu cotint. will, Ilis IRti(I the fitriiier cali c Pulh (Mvi.1111111, ilot only ivlieit, lie ta rob -o I'lltiml Ing hi., -IL hill. deeMe wliat, crops I of "gond r-d," %0I), 81all. N",nt- h(? an ni-t profitably etiltivate. I UFIII%l MltlOllal, J Stal'. Iligh- 1, 11 c. , 1, I I 11 t 0 f pi,-jot food wilen I WHY In pounds at; titttiietl in enell t IFLNI., an(I lie 1.4 J.";ld" ;Ind Avilfll,g --re ju,t re. fe rr,!d to, seenis triVIR'l I tO 91"O tO ;111 Foad HIItI-rIt1- Nhen the great mass of sLirrace .9011, 1, I de ililt IV 11 on tile furtlier dra Ige HIM yepall, 'If L'I'llfrollts 11, that only ft ,-olii 1., - n', would Saw, til'. I per "Pitt. of tll(i litifil total, of t communities Of 'NJ"[ ,in vica, .r 6,at 't "I""t fo,"dHilhat exists In tile soil, or .,- any ?,,r,?jjt threo poundr to OVe .11 ,,venrn herot I "d ; II f m r roadi, cali be at all tiii- I 60 IloIlml, "r 111"Itif-1, which takes I)Ikl,.t ?proved. tiii, malt"Y 'If till Ill till- .1UI)p0rt Of tj lil'. "th"r ,6.:, per eent, "OP "I'll ""rt. i," ilr--ent "Imply , as at) , Illticli 'DON'T INJURE YOUR It %,,Ill be Heoll lic-Ni, oasyi it i?- I., "101. "Ilt of the soll till of tllo' HEALTH n%ailahk? 10ant, r"ofl. llowever. tllls gr-.t ImIk of soll- serves aii a neg)OCting to clealise and rid y"111 bowels'of an), Impuriti,-, tl,RL and liolcis tli., supply or,wator fo, r4ccumulatf, H MI piaiit, 'As. stated An' Vreat vonr Mtein 'Ls Y0111 %1"mid a N pr--viwi, artIvIe. 350 tptis ? of ? wrttni" "Dicet O? mitehInery. -I(-an,-,,I an, f-l- th', gromth QU One 'oiled lip, Oller eve"y Ilitk. Ivhll,?, I produelnk, 'fifty buRliqls.. q-%r,'r0Tt-1;AX (Puro I a.1"). CAI I'lle cal't that iiialtati tiuch heavY aboolutelly tast0l,- ntid tho koil. 11-111VIi tis (lie farnier )mosvii fi-oi-n prtjvt1CQF,6r.PQ%I'! 'll -,X4XAtjVqf- PreFjc"ihe-I by Jefiding ,4' ' Abe, '215c, $1.00 sizeei. At all n,.,,, iiiciketi It necesmary for? 4rtiiziats, adopt tiuch a8). 1$ teni Qf Nrrnlnir?, g0l", 'm corit lirofltnllly. wlilcli to ulilodk the farmer s treas'ure box. We have ac vanced far',enough In. the dIscussl6n..of- this_tsubject', t(I coiiclu(le tliat. it? takes good, fmrrnln,? to grow large corn-? crops, and,:retahn the fortlllty,?of,-tho' soil?..,at the ?wsa'me - tillic. A-s the yJeId:js'AiicreaS6d'-CO'l'? respon(ling provisioii . allould.- be ?, made to supply Ahe e.?tra.pfiak'food need6d; atid to plant,'large yielding. varieties witliout , this -necessrtry??, preparati'oii only means' farining ;?t ?a lom' , Now let us consider -w iat safe.. lines, may be followed in I tli c prolltable"culti'%, D, - tion of ttils crop. ' Uiidei- 'tlils head. Ahe aretL An'.cultivation, 'Aho' f6r_tIIl'7.er':for the, crop a iid 501 I wftstcis and Ittie" prooer. crop rottitloil, -all, play atj- Important part in.profituble'.ebrti It Is, true that tila -yl,el Iiiereased, y6t? only' a. lia's booi, ninkle. Tlio covn crop growii ill Vir.-inla . last y'car',otlght , 6' liLn've beert:produce(y on nea0y,haIf,tIm,aol1e ago tilal. was roclutr6d to "Illaxe:"Com king in Alle ;State.- 11-C faet. An'-'%,0.v IIIEIIIY Ini;tan,oesi 'liluell cotil(I , : n .'nl? acto 3 on"- urth? Alie itereage lia(l goo(I.fadnihig been prac tice(l,,atid tlto ftiriner-'("Otil(l'?h.ave,mlive(I blinself half Ills,labqr -mill dotibled ' his p ro ti ti. .1-joAN, lnuch better ?'wnuld-lt have beell'for',til'a farmorAVInsteii'cl"of iluttilig, out Ovellty adres wlileii- la' 0111y too oft-3n. half-'?Io lialf.cultlyjated alld platit foocl."'Ollly' t 'n aui-ce hftd Imell -in CUItIvatioll"', - .eThIs:amo,unt,'Ahe? obJeet"di;d?ca1'1Q1'_'0i ou to" Will: E)!'JOy If.s the F avour Crispne,ss and of, th 6Delight'ful, -o en"B ?t' Id row orn B Ati-%,.'-, tit'ne, anywhere', post datil :%vt t a! ceen..enjoymen 44 3 T6'Tisti` Li?gpr .u 16c-,'Larse'F f 'I I "";? 11 11 , k. 11 14,A - 1rescilt NV'Riespread jiitei-est in Work Makcs SticCCSS L W ere, ntnen,'51' R oadi,"Prd asy, p, "b It" 4' Maki"Co''od lie"a ood. hN it Usid ree I Ion peop e,.,,, have realizeal : this"u"n portant I'act ind? ?ar'e.: usifij '',."Good LucO I in L prefe'ren 6e, to all, other pow?der;s. Cerltainty. 1 A - PAYING INVESTMENTI Highways. 'rach-? Ingredlonf boad In 6 ?orn&nufacture? ot thin Powder Is of tho finest; quftlltly,? thi tnixing In 6%pert -and 1 eRtific, and.,the packing 'is In :,Lho paientltd riielature-proof. tin-foil mows-bfArd ?_cav. -The Sou'thern Manufacturing Company UICIMON-D, VA. . Suede Oxfords . (WeenOguality" Sue& Oxfords ?are' one of the seasons &eatest hits; .'as:'-. soft as a glov'e and with the rich surface 6f' velve't.' The col'orin'gs are?;beauti ful I and %?Ill -- harm'onize, with the pievailing fabrics.. .of th'e-season. It will be a pleasu're to show them.. Improve the- Land and 'GEORGE, W. KOEMER Grow Larger Corn -Craps Commissioner of AgricultureI and im' migration