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Farming i'm Virginia.

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The following was taken from observation
while travelling through the State -
Many people a~e Of the opinion tina
Virginia is engaged in but little else tina,
raising tobacco, but We will state for the in
formation Of the world in general, that Vir
ginia is not the only place in the world wher.
farming rewards the Industrious yeomer
with plentiful supply There are severa
counties in Virginia that have grown over
one hundred bushels Of corn upon the aero
| for many years in succession. The writer
Of this article hes creaialy been informed
that IS high as one hundred anil thirty bush
els of corn have been raised more than once
in the county Of Hardy, and nearly q Ike
amount IN the counties Of Rockia CHAM ane
Shenandoah We can testify fress, persona
observation, that from forty to scventy-fvt
bushels are raised every year to the acre
| from land that is ;aot uncommon tlirou ghout
the State. 50 we could mention Of other
grain and produce in a similar proportion
wherever we had occasion to make an OBJ
servation There are at the present time
several not un. mon farmers living nea,
No rfolk, who are making the handsome SUN
Of $1,000 70 eGUeo per year from the labor
Of a few hands who yearly pursue their az
ocation without change.
According TO the census Of 1850, there
ere raised II ,24D 900 bushels of wheat,
and nearly 80, 0oU, 900 Of bushels Of corn,
besides u arly one Third Of all the tobacco
that was raised in the United States-amount-
ing to nearly So, GOO 600 of lbs. for one
State to produce! Gentlemen may boast Of
the far West and lavish praise upon the
broad prairies for richness of soil, still the
wisdom Of nation must inevitably exclai;n
that "Virsinia is not cxcelled as farming
country III he United States Of America "
We are net presuning but what vast
amount Of Wild and uncultivated Ian lies
dormant and idle for want Of care but this
only argues the more iayorably for the pros
luctiyeness Of the soil, for philosophy would
leach us that that soil which will produce
the greatest nunibcr Of bushels from an
equal humber Of acres, each having an equal
chance, is ra.loubtcily the best There
fore, we argue il Virginia had sufficient
population to equal Ohio, Pennsylvania, or
the State Of New York, that she would
easily cope with her sister states in every
department. Of husbanlry 1t is an easy
matter for ready writer to niSrcprasent
facts by iussftang the figures Of author
lied statistics, but upon an Impartial view
f Virginia aud her products. there will
re found few places On the globe that will
excel her IN great many respects. The
soil here is well adapted f,r grazing, and III
nearly every part Of tie State are to be
found springs Of pure and living watcr that
abundantly supplies tie cattle, sheep. hogs,
&C.. witch tread the soil il almost number
less herds. There are some farmers who
live in Eockii4 CHAM Couaty, Que of the
para,lises Of Virginia. that annually raise,
by their own tending, from 80 to 800 head
Of fine cattle which are driven to the north
ern markets for beef every fall, FROM Sep
TENDER to december, inclusive.
It is not OILY the raising of fat cattle that
employs the Industrious farmer here, but
we also 6aa hm feeding a thousand
head Of hogs aud sheep, besides many ele-
CANT horses, all Of which appear to thrive
in wonderful profusion and can be produced
as cheap, if not cheaper than in any other
place in the world.
In fact, we know Of no other country on
the face Of the earth where an honest labor
er can succeed better from the fruits If Ills
toll thar can be fou,ad here. The real es-
tate Of Virginia is valued at acarly one bill
hon Of ioll0rs! AID vet there are great
many acres in the State that arc worth moth
ing under the present thinly populated state
Of the country. Though if the country still
continues 70 prosper in the future as it has
in the past few years. and We can see no
good reason why it will not, the State viii
have but little land to spare that viii not be
benefit in no small degree, 10 its prosper
Gus inhabitants.