Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-08-25
IN THE COUNTRY.

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! Of the county on the Prairie pike
, some ten miles, and then diverging
promiscuously. Our first halt was
n made at the house Of Mr. Humph-
rey Hidy, in Jefferson township
! We found that genial gentleman
/ in his field, industriously engaged
= in clearing the old logs and trees
from the ground preparatory to
. breaking up and eultiyating, Mr.,
H. has splendid farm Of some 800
2 acres of excellent land, well i'm
proved, and excellent buildings
It He has also fine vineyard con-
tanning about twenty varieties Of
choice grapes. His vines have but
2 three or four years growth, but are
in fine beuring condition.
We also paid a short visit to our
i, old friend and former townsman,
Col. A. Royal, who in company
3 with Mr.. IIidy has planted some II
or Is acres in grape vines This is
I the second year since planted, and
the vines were pretty thickly set
with grapes; but in order to give
the vines good growth, they were
plucked off. Mr.. H., at his resi-
dence, however, has vines that were
put out at the same time that are
full Of fine grapes.
Col. Rogall has a fine taste for
geology, and for procuring miner
illogical specimens, and has perhaps
the finest private cabinet of any
gentleman in this State. He has
also a taste for the fine arts, and
has produced some specimens of
painting that are cleditable to him
as an artist.
After partaking Of good dinner
with Mr. Hidy, we passed across
the country through Jeffersonyille,
to West Lancaster, Milledgeville,
and South Plymouth, TO the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Nathan Griffith, who
has good rich farm, is a good liv-
er and a hospitable gentleman. He
is al,o in the grape business, and
has a very fine vineyard, and thinks
Of putting out "a large number Of
vines next season. His Delaware
vines, as we'll as those of Mr.. Hidy,
are remarkably full of punches, and
are more densely crowded ON the
stem, and the fruit larger than any
we have seen of that variety. Mr.
G. has number of varieties, and
his experiments, as well as those of
Mr.. Hidy, have certainly proved
success in the grape growing bust
mess.
There has existed notion that
flat, black soil would not produce
grapes as well as hillsides and roll
ing, sandy lands. But Mr.. G's
vineyard, is upon level black soil,
and his abundant crop of rich clus-
ters disproves the truth of the old
noti0n about grape culture. And
we think the experiments that have
been made in this county, not only
by these gentlemen, but others, fur
nish convincing evidence that
Fayette is destined to be as famous
for its grape culture as it is now for
its immense growth of corn, and its
fine cattle.
We took circuit Of probably Is
or 30 miles in our county, and are
satisfied that there is not likely to
be famine in il this year, at any
rate; and from what we saw are
convinced there will be more corn
raised in this county this year than
in any other year siuce corn has
been grown; there is a greater
breadth of corn standing on the
ground, and many farmers tell us
they never had better prospect
than they now have for a heavy
crop, Many fields will be ripe
enough to be put in shock next
week. We think we hare never
seen as much corn or better pros
pect, taking the circuitous route we
travelled, than we saw on last Mon
day.
Hogs, too, seem to be plenty, and
we may look for some rousing big
porkers in Fayette county this sea
son. Fayette will probably pro- $
duce more bushels of fcorn this year
and more pork than any county in
Ohio.
BY the way, Mr.. Gilmor is fur
nishing every variety of grape vines
and planting out vineyards for |
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