The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-12-08

oneek 0nu wilmer tue alHeWy N"N'N "
the children of our soil. Gastric and
pulmonary patients from neighbor'ns
and distant S,ates, annually report 10
our highland atmosphere aud mineral
springs to renew the juices Of life, and
| u uuus their returning slrsNgth 10 the
sboru Of our streams and forests. Per
uancnt settlers, who came here serious-
J 4 effected in their genera! health, have
Glier few years oi reSideuce, entirely
recovered thciS usual vigoE
( Not only the climate. but alse the
Typographical structure of Wost Vir'
gina designateS this country as pro-cmi'
nsnlly adapted to psslurol pursuits =
Cur surface is VIGOROUSLY uneven, swell
| iig from rolling TO hilly and mOunlanou,
With scarcely more than an average oI
| tn FER cent. Of bottom land. Now, al
tkough those bottoms, as we'll as oar
! rich hilsldes aud level uplands pro
| dice grain crops equal to those OF aver
| dgs prairie land, yet the practical farm
| sf viii readily understand that no sys'
! tesn of husbandry can be regarded as
pymanontly profitable on a surface
Chiefly composed ofinclined planes, un-
lSss founded upon tho rearing and gra'
dog ofslock. This branch is untyer'
sAlly conceded to bo tho most 1pOdicn,
il ell localities, where the uneveness oil
| ppughcd surface exposes il to the deter
| idrating action OF rains, &c, and pre-
cIudOs the use Of labor.saying machine
n. In Western Virginia, it is FENDER
al additionally remuneralive by our
pFoIitnity to the eastern cities and sra'
pbfls, which enables us to realize almost
lRe highest market prices at home, and
d nompOte most layorably with every
osher State.
asinos the 6rst settlement of Wost Vir.
eihin, live stock has bOen it's principal
sIape, the profits of which have added
iEamensely to the public and private
Vsallh of the country. 10 some Of the
Oldest counties, the valuu Of iys stock
iS3asaossed al from 100000 to 5000,
090, and in the article Of sheep alone, in
ttap northern end of the State, at from
$3.50, 900 to 1900 600 per county. The
esFe and improvement hesto wed upon
| tts grazing business ia those and other
ldtalities, is conspicuous in the extent
add condition Of the farms, exhibiting
sons Of the most nxuriant, natural arti-
Gal sod on the continent.
The extensive commons OF woodland
slll prevailing in large portion of our
Este, will enable beginner Of modOr'
d af'means 10 realize a profit from the
1moing Of stock, while he is prepa-
his lands for the plow. These
ranges generally sustain all kinds Of
stock during six and eight months of the
year in thriving condition, without
any other care than occasional looking
up AMI sailing, md every second or
third yenr affords abundant mast Of
acorns, beech and other nuts for the
pssLuring Of swine.
Tho bottom OF our valleys, large and
small, ara principally composed Of deep
slluvial soil, of most enduring fertility,
and in the merely rolling and hilIy por.
tions of the State, the northern and cas-.
tern hill sides. as we'll as much Of the
upland are thickly clothed with humus
accumulated for ages. On the other ex
posures may be found every variety of
soil. from the deep clayey loan 10 the
thin yellow clay occasionally mixed
with sand or shale, all on limestone and
sandstone foundation, the presence of
The former invariably indicating a supe-
rior and permanent fertility. Small
loose stones, not obstructive 10 the plow
are scattered over various exposures in
the rougher portions OF the State, yet
very few localities west of the lesding
mountains can properly be designated a'
rocky.
Under our superficial mode Of tillage,
governed much less by science than by
temporary s1pediency,-our soil produ.
ceS, unaded, for many years, psrfect
and abundant crops Of fIndian corn wheat
rye, oats, barley, 6Gckrheat, potatoes,
Chinese sugar cane, roots Of ali kinds,
tobacco, hemp, fax, hops, timothy, Slo'
yer, blue grass, both native and Ken
lucky, and oil the vegetables and fruits
pertaining to the temperate zone, inclu-
ding the grape. In tie southern counties
cotton has for many years been success
fully cultivated for household purposes.
Bee culture, also, under The Advantages
oil our climate and luIuriant fora is pro.
wing a highly profitable branch Of do
mestic industry.
The culture Of the grape has lately
been attracting considerable Ittention;
aud now viney yOrds are being rapidly
planted along the Ohio and KanSwha