Hallowed Heritage: The Life of VirginiaTorpey, Dorothy Margaret
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Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
Torpey, Dorothy Margaret
Virginia -- Civilization
Other manufacturing industries in Virginia include (1) leather and
leather products--with tanneries at Luray, Bristol, Pearisburg,
Buena Vista and Salem; luggage-making at Petersburg and
footwear-making at Lynchburg, Fredericksburg, Farmville and Halifax;
(2) primary metals industry--with gray-iron foundries at Newport
News, Lynchburg and Radford; (3) fabricated metals industry--with
the manufacture of structural metal and structural and ornamental
products at Richmond, Norfolk, Bristol and Alexandria; pressure
vessels at Newport News; locks at Salem; swimming-pool type atomic
reactors at Campbell County (near Lynchburg), and (4) non-electrical
machinery industry--with hydraulic turbines, textile wool cards,
pulp and papermaking machinery at Newport News, Crozet, Bristol and
Richmond.
Employment in Agriculture--A persistent trend in Virginia's economic
picture is the continuous decline in agricultural employment, a
condition characteristic of agriculture in the United States in
general. Approximately 10% of the total employment is presently
found in agricultural pursuits. Although the demand for agricultural
commodities has increased, the output per worker in agriculture has
increased more rapidly. The greater output has occurred as a result
of improved methods of farming, technological advances and larger
agricultural investments. This situation has resulted also in a
greater variety of crops, improved breeds of livestock, and better
control of insects and pests.
In the past twenty years there has been a gradual shift in
Virginia's agriculture from the production of crops to the
production of livestock and livestock products. As a matter of
fact, Virginia is a leader in the South in the relative importance
of livestock and livestock products. Poultry and poultry products
lead the distribution list, followed by meat animals (cattle and
calves, hogs, sheep and lambs) and dairy products. Virginia ranks
third in the production of turkeys in the United States and sixth in
production of broiler chicks in the United States. Rockingham County
is famous for its turkeys and chickens. "Cut-up chicken" meat, as
well as broilers and eggs, constitutes important poultry products.
Culpeper and Loudoun Counties have the greatest number of milk cows
per square mile. Large manufacturing plants in the southwestern part
of Virginia produce evaporated and condensed milk. Beef cattle are
raised in almost every county in Virginia but the Southwest, the
Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia are the three chief regions.
In addition to the meat itself, by-products such as soap and fodder
are manufactured and hides and skins are utilized in the making of
miscellaneous articles. Hogs and pigs are found in great numbers
in Southampton, Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties and sheep and
lambs in large numbers in Augusta, Russell, Rockingham and Highland
Counties.
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