A hand book of Virginia (1911) (14592655640)

Identifier: handbookofvirgin06virg (find matches)
Title: A hand book of Virginia
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration Koiner, George W. (George Wellington), 1852-1939
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Publisher: Richmond, Everett Waddey Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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00 squaremiles of Appalachia are politically classed with the Valley, as theyinclude several front ranges that have drainage in the Valley, thusleaving 5,720 square miles in Appalachia proper. This irregularbelt of country is 260 miles long and varies in width from ten tofifty miles. This section has the unique distinction of being the only sectionin the United States which ships export cattle direct from thepasture fields to foreign ports. The Norfolk and Western Railway,which traverses this section, reports 2,500 carloads of export cat-tle and steers shipped from March 1, 1910, to February 28, 1911;spring lambs and sheep, 935 carloads; horses and mules, 333 car-loads and hogs, 4,652,702 pounds. The mountains of this section cover untold wealth of mineralsand coal and the best soft steam coal that reaches the markets ofthe world comes from Appalachia Virginia. The growing of cabbage has lately become a large and growingindustry in this section of Virginia. One station in 1909 shipped
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39 1,250 carloads, and the Norfolk and Western report, above re-ferred to, gives the shipment of cabbage for the year ending Feb-ruary28, 1911, as 54,611,122 pounds. Seldom is found such pleasant blending of agricultural wealthand untold mineral deposits with unlimited water power awaitingthe command of genius and capital to utilize it to commercialadvantage. Dairy and Pure Food Division of the Department ofAgriculture and Immigration. The Pure Food Laws of this State, enacted at recent sessionsof our legislature, primarily for the benefit of the consumer, andaffording at the same time practical protection to the honest man-ufacturers and dealers against adulteration and mis-branded foodproducts put out by their unscrupulous competitors, have wroughta material change for the better in the character of the foods foundon sale in the markets of the State today as compared with whatthey were before the enforcement of the present efficient law. The Dairy and Food Division of this Departmen