A Guide to a G.W. Koiner Letter to J.C. Lutholtz 1899 Koiner, G.W. Letter, 1899 11132

A Guide to a G.W. Koiner Letter to J.C. Lutholtz 1899

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Accession number

11132

Title

G.W. Koiner Letter to J.C. Lutholtz 1899 October 14

Physical Characteristics

1 item.

Language

English

Abstract

In this signed form letter, Koiner asks the farmers of Virginia for their support and cooperation in improving agriculture in the state chiefly by lobbying for state funds to support farm programs.

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G.W. Koiner Letter to J.C. Lutholtz, 1899, Accession #11132, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on January 13, 1994, from Timothy H. Bakken, Halvor Americana, Clarendon Hills, Illinois.

Scope and Content Information

In this printed four page form letter, October 14, 1899, addressed to J.C. Lutholtz, Caponroad, Virginia, the Commissioner of Agriculture, G.W. Koiner, asks the farmers of Virginia for their assistance and counsel in ways to help the improve the agricultural business of the state. Koiner presents the lack of appropriation of funds from the Virginia Legislature as one of the chief hindrances to the Department of Agriculture's education of Virginia farmers.

Other topics mentioned in his letter include: information on how to branch out into other areas of farming, holding Farmer's Institutes annually, free publication of informative bulletins, more attention to apple growing and the proper care of orchards, the need for making and mixing of fertilizers, the necessity of corresponding regularly with members of the General Assembly about issues important to farmers, adequate appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, and the value of a report on Virginia's undeveloped mineral wealth.