. Government and politics in Virginia . BOYS CORN CLUB PRIZE WINNERS IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY 40 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA parts of the State and analyze them to discover impuritiesand weed seeds. PROTECTION AGAINST CROP PESTS. The govern-ment undertakes to furnish information to farmers on thesubject of insects and other pests that attack orchard treesand crops. Inspectors are also appointed and are given thepower to destroy any pest that is about to gain headway. STATE LIME QUARRY, STAUNTON, VIRGINIAThe agricultural lime taken from this quarry is sold to Virginia farmers at cost in t
. Government and politics in Virginia . BOYS CORN CLUB PRIZE WINNERS IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY 40 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA parts of the State and analyze them to discover impuritiesand weed seeds. PROTECTION AGAINST CROP PESTS. The govern-ment undertakes to furnish information to farmers on thesubject of insects and other pests that attack orchard treesand crops. Inspectors are also appointed and are given thepower to destroy any pest that is about to gain headway. STATE LIME QUARRY, STAUNTON, VIRGINIAThe agricultural lime taken from this quarry is sold to Virginia farmers at cost in this or that farming community. The government alsoinspects and regulates the nurseries at which orchard treesare grown for sale. PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASES TO government maintains at Blacksburg an officer known asthe State Veterinarian whose duty it is to furnish informa-tion on the subject of diseases of cattle. He has the power tomake inspections and in case he discovers an infectious dis- THE FARMS OF THE PEOPLE 41 ease he may establish a local quarantine to prevent the spreadof the disease to other cattle in the community or to otherparts of the state. The railroad companies are also requiredby the government to clean and disinfect cattle cars, in orderto prevent the possible spread of cattle diseases. EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. At Blacksburg in connec-tion with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute there is main-tained what is known as the State Experiment S
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