50 BULLETIlSr 393^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKICULTUKE, 



A farm near Big Stone Gap, containing 100 acres, was valued in 

 1'910 at $70 an acre and in 1913 at $100 per acre. 



A farm 1 mile east of Coeburn, containing 100 acres, was valued 

 at $60 per acre in 1910, before the road was improved, and in 1913 

 at $90 per acre. 



A portion of a farm between Big Stone Gap and Minton, contain- 

 ing 30 acres, was sold in 1914, after the road was improved, for $50 

 per acre. This whole farm was purchased in 1908 for $10 per acre. 



A tract between Coeburn and Norton, containing 12 acres, was 

 purchased in 1910 for $33 per acre, and was sold by the purchaser 

 in 1914 for $150 per acre. 



A portion of a farm on the road from Wise to the Dickenson County 

 hne originally contained 80 acres, valued in. 1911 at $30 per acre, and 

 was sold in 1912 for $50 per acre. 



On the samQ road, 35 of the 160 acres of a farm, valued at $30 

 per acre in 1911, sold in 1912 for $40 per acre. 



A farm between Norton and Wise, containing 30 acres, was valued 

 at $25 per acre in 1911, and was sold in 1914 for $33 per acre. 



Another tract located on an improved road, and containing 100 

 acres, one-half of which is cultivated in grain and fruit, was valued 

 at $60 per acre in 1910, and had increased in value to $100 per acre 

 in 1913. 



EFFECT OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT ON TRAFFIC. 



As the principal exports of the county are coal and coke, for the 

 transportation of which there is an exceptionally large railroad 

 mileage in the county, the traffic conditions from the pubhc-roads 

 standpoint are not especially striking. The county does not raise 

 enough vegetables for its own consumption, and probably 75 per 

 cent of all the green truck used in the towns and mining camps is 

 shipped in from outside 4he county. Not over 60,000 acres in the 

 entire county are devoted to agricultural purposes. As nearly as 

 can be ascertained, the tonnage hauled over the improved roads in 

 1915 was as shown in Table 16. 



Table 16. 



Tons. 



Farm products 10, 000 



Forest products 32, 000 



Fuel 4, 000 



Fertilizers, groceries, etc '. 4, 000 



Total 50, 000 



The tonnage of farm products amounts to about 0.16 ton per acre 

 for the 60,000 acres devoted to agriculture. 



Based upon information secured from drivers of teams, it was 

 found that the average load on the roads before improvement was 



