20 BULLETIN 393, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
A farm 4 miles from Fredericksburg, on the Massaponax Road, 
containing 357 acres, valued at $2,800 in 1910, was sold at forced. 
public sale in 1912 for $4,400, an increase of 76 per cent. 
A farm 3 miles from Fredericksburg, on the Plank Road, containing 
133 acres, valued at $7,000 in 1910, sold for 910, 000 in 1912, an 
increase of 43 per cent. 
Another farm, 3 miles from Fredericksburg, on the Plank Road, 
containing 100 acres, valued at $3,000 in 1910, was sold for $4,750 _ 
in 1912, an increase of 58 per cent. 
Tt is thus evident that in this lttle group of sales the increase in 
value according to the actual record obtained was $20,100, or 63.2 
per cent, over the 1910 value. The average value, after the roads 
were improved, was $28.26 per acre, as compared with $17.31 pre- 
vious to the improvement. | 
A confirmation of the 1912 data on land values was obtained in 
1913, at which time it was found that four transfers of farm land, 
which took place in that year on improved roads from 5 to 10 miles 
from Fredericksburg, were on the basis of $30.11 per acre, whereas 
they were listed in 1910 at $13.89 per acre. It was learned in 1913 
that some of the farms which had been practically abandoned by 
their owners as places of residence had been reoccupied. One farm 
owner moved to New England and rented his farm on the Chancel-— 
lorsville Road. Returning in 1913 to make some repairs, he found 
the farm so conveniently located on the Begs road that he 
moved back from New England. 
In February, 1914, sa biien inspection of he roads was made and 
a further eae of the effect of the improvement on land 
values was obtained. This 1914 record was as follows: 
A farm containing 136 acres, valued at $6,000 before the roads 
were improved, was sold after the roads were improved for $12,000, 
an increase of 100 per cent. . 3 
For a farm containing 133 acres, valued at $7,000 before the 
roads were improved, an offer of $10,500 was made and refused after 
the road was improved, an increase of 50 per cent. 
A farm on the River Road, containing 312 acres, which sold in 
1908 for $4,500, was again sold for $10,500 in 1913, an increase of 133 
per cent. | 
A farm on the River Road, containing 870 acres, sold for $18,000 
shortly before the road was eet and was sold again for $31,000 
in 1914, an increase of 72 per cent. 
It appears that the 1,451 acres increased in value $28, 500, or 80 
per cent, or from $24.46 to $44.10 per acre, and it is believed that 
Ds ie RR very largely by the Species roads. 
Taking the two groups of sales and combining acreage and value, 
we get a total of 3,286 acres, with a total original value of $67,300 
