Ceredo crescent. [volume] (Ceredo, Va.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-07


IS deservediy .tir.-iins considerable .strpf;os
TIE s~esnt Of land so- devoted to the culture
81 The es.re IN the sfsfe 10 estimated ss 3 600
seres 1ae culture OF the vise /, je,,iaed IA
heroine an Important item IN our industrial N,
ten aud the i'-"duet of the vine will sot be an
incons'dershle item in the annual ar-re-,se of
our i"erea>in: wealth. As an instance Of the
remunera'isensss of the grape euIfsre. I uiIi
rei'eat si.,emeni m,de 60 pe by Charles Car
ren'er. Of Kelley I-i.nd-s senflen,u uLo-e
integrity Il u"qucsiioned. In 1854 he .oId q.
the Fr"iuet of one acre OF vines 500 s,Ilons Of
win-. - rTirrs ranging from 81 25 20 50 rer
ie- gallon cr,pes TO- the amouuf Of 500 and
roots asi cuttings 10 the amount Of sl3n. Thu.
did one =ere return to its proprietor 81 go in
one year.
We End the above paragraph credited to Xii.
part. Agricultural Report. II is eism.iiy writ
ten but ne have no reason to doubt its esfire
truth Here is . fact, then. = gratifying .od
very p'ea.ant basis upon which . young nan
-. r'k: HI. calculations f.r realism. co nf.r.
table isdeIendenoe % = fe- ye,n; iii ieSit
itiste was o.. n,tin= money, too, .. employ
~eni hohorej and honorable mssy eesfari~.
iefere railroad stocks we're Invented. Hi.,de
i-Ltf.l = p.e-.ant business, according TO tbt
testimony of those who knor.
The chief diaiealiy or objection to the es,ti
'a'i"" OF the grape for money making. Is that
II requires nearly three years TO realise return.
lfo'n the grape. If new lind 10 cleared up, thas
barring the yoan: ,sen without capital from the
adsantS-e- II agoris. II is one otjectios. bat
n"t great obstacle. Suppose young married
.aan with stubdsnee Of Suupiios .sd limited
amount u capital. cay $3.50 to es00. should buy
tn acres Of Land suitable for the prrpo.e in thi-
county. for $50. While clearing the Land .sd
preparing e." the frsp~ crop be would he 81 .
t. 81 bio living from. hi. lsod. proridisg he had
go sss -;,,-..-s q. e.: .-.s-.ss 49,
ra-inS if 80 be s-rousd sades the kess sfsss e
eui;issties. and he msy reasonably hope 10 re.
ali-e three or four hundred dollars fhe third
scar Of Lie trial from hi. grapes. If be- has iees
ia lu,irioa- i..--ii-- hi. liyin- be should sLie
getting hi Vince 10 rro~in=. prepare for other
ie.ii-L.s and s!Ssy- marketable crops. and be
IA 4 condition ia I've year. 10 live comfortably.
nj lie 10 the annual receipt of q handsome in
cone. Til. ~iIl hot aII'esr tempting TO fb"-e
vi, dream Of investing . thousand dollars is
lad sud s,.lIin. IL for three thou-sad in year
~ fra. Eu' J.: iho-e prefer dreaming and try
ing uncertainties. % ahead. some.oiy msy ie
t'cHEucl. To ~ the few years Of hard labor.
rair, ard ineonFeaienoe- aud drTriraiious. srr
very raarl preferable 30 an uncertain investment
ani the pvrpr;u al torture VI suspense about the
rc-ult.
4 Ea' after ~ The us;'er msy he reduced fo
'hs; ID T..ii"nei aud ofte, rcr-sfed r,.iry
III; Il man mu-: tuili himself up Ly r.fien'
industry aud Ior--refep-e. On one side are
men rie have a li''ie capital 80 ipre-;. scctips
mode :" d"uj.e il .uJieBly. and seven out q,
ten i,eeotr;ns Bankrupt. on she other are fhr-,
Wlo MAJ es'eslfiiD.- frr the future with 6rn
lr'era. us:ios 80 work 'Leir usy out of all em
hpfrs..rr ruis IL ferseyerin= toll. for long time
q need " rs'hrr shan venture gu fbe upoeTtsit
80 of .,~epia'ion. Aud they will d. the eTea
3 ib~y have litti- money. Their ultims'e su~
o-s viii w. certain. II. contemplation is no
80 ries-ab; 20 'he iussin ns'iou of the foo Gang
uine yorn= men. bu, great deal more whole
come : any one.