The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-21

OF three years ago. Calls little sheer
family, by the way ,has long since beef
dismembcred, and the location of hel
sheep-farm, a mile ont of Hastings, be
come mostly unknown to the people
there. 1921 s.i6.I
rs. ON HIS FARM.
In June, 1866, Mr.. Dalrymple put II
fifteen breaking teams, with six heavy
horses each. They turned mile-lons
burrows. sixto, inches wide, and two
and half deep. In forty-two days he
had seventeen hundred acres "undei
plough, at an average cost OF 90 au e.
ere. lie fenced his farm In three d.
visions; one OF n thousand acres. and
two OF five hundred each. lie set four
teen miles Of oak post-fence four boards
high, at COST OF $500 q mile. The
larger division, where he resides. he
calls his "Grant farm" and the other
two his fisherman" and "Sheridan''
farms. His stables and grain houses
are 10 by 30 feet each, with shed and
storing apartments on both sides. He
uses his own farm implements. and
uses tho best. He has thirty stout
horses, averaging twelve hundre
pounds each, and worth $500 a span.-
lie has pet names for all, and keeps
Them tat. lie hires his other force of
ork-horses as needed. lie has fifteen
farm-Tagons. and three private car
riagcs for himself and friends. lie
keeps two cows for milk and cream,-
With the exception of hundred acre
patch of clover and timothy, and a
trifle OF gardening, he crops only wheat.
Seed-t;me and harvest only require Ills
attentions; he is his own man. lie says,
nine months in the year. He keeps
Two responsible young men OIL his
"Grant farm" at all times; also the two
ever-trlsty and cheerful ebony gIrIs.-
He has an eighty acre wootl-lot border
ing his prairie, equal in profit, lie says,
to two acres ofswhcat.
sowfSG WHEAT.
Mr.. Dalrymple attaches special i'm
po.tancc 20 seed d-sowing aud sowing
early. He commences about the l2,R
of April, and dispatches the whole in
two weeks. He uses twelve broadcast
seeders. which are followed by twenty
four drag-teams. All move together in
battalion order, under one supervis-
ion. His horses are In good trim, the
men make long days, and all are cared
for generously. lie puts in bushel
and a half of Scotch-iife wheat 10 the
acre, His last springs seeding took an
even three thousand bushels, and WAS
finished in exactly twelve days, 4t
fo4a ssa HARvEsrISs,
Harvesting is tho-great event Of the
year, and Gales out the true Darymple
talent andsdirscting energy. The idea
is.to secure the largest measure of re-
suits in the shortest space OF time; to
get the harye sting finished, the wheat
tomarket aud the money in pocket,
while others are dawdling along under
barncoycrs, or watching their field
stacks in terror Of fires or eqninoctials.
Two weeks before harveft he .advertises
i'll st. Paul Tor one hundred and TWEEN
ty- five men at $2.50a day. He has no |
trouble IN recruiting good men who
have worked in the pineries or on river !
RATS. They like the excitement OF
great Numbers. Harvest opens early
in July. Fifteen four horse McCor- |
mick reapsrs move into the field :ogeth-
ther, following each other side by side
like the flight of wild geese through |
the air. Ninety binders swarm or
these tracks, working in stations Ola |
mile. They are followed by twos aud |
twos, in number OF twelve. A mount
ed overseer directs the whole. lis an
inspiring sight-tifteen broad-armed /
reapers plllnging into sea of waving |
grain. Men and hsrsss do their best. |
If one falls behind another takes his |
place. Everything is provided for |
and no time lost. Horses are washed |
and well groomed at night. Men go
into the field az sunrise, and are called |
TO dinner at IL; lunchis taken out at 4,
and supper ready at daek. AL fsed at
Sue siois - s,o ,oS ieat Wig Auh' Avn,
Mil''ile anu "a ahua HaFe aniPie heip ip'
anu ai.; arc I aal'.nt WIN , auusu AiiGheh
s,olie' sroIs ~ anu ns;, wv uoiiarA oay. nun
u.su, VI sas t oonio rum aial 70 VII
.ises .ne sieae h"Iyest spectacle. In
: t"o meens INC uaesie WIN me reapcrs
u, Is osel, .au PIX thousand Hnsat-stacks
eiiT1Nc. nl 'lo "iuo na,sesl-heius.
dneic 10 staeslng; Nheh inc
eapets na'e ilnls"cu' .ne whoic ioree
y, " hicii aiiu teauis are turned over TO
sne eail eeuSne e'acilines ana Market,
wagons. our teH-norse-poWef and
TWO S.ean- po"er machines are moved
'nto iIne ahu reauy iur WORK. The
!, MuSaI ura"n seialg ~ way fro IN
Iha snocks. puY .hfough the machines,
,lhptieu i'ito bags ioaded on wagons,
hrawn 70 tne rIser, iited Ill TIE eleya-
.ol, run ,urougn t'ie cleaner, sponteq
n paRs, snPpsu 10 uil uilwaukee, and SOLD
~ ai iriya.' an .ilis goes on each day,
70 ono az. unuei one system OF dlrec-
,lon. EVely hlgnt the mschlnes are
: av'o" =. o. hnrned NJ ne ,.on, Tna anu tne irssh
Az a dav t;nring the thra.SSin,s % wv. nsr;od jo
md WORK as many hours as nature and
laylipht will properly allow. In
uslye to fifteen days the work of
he threshers and market wagons is
lone.
Fall blowing is simple affair with
Ir. Dairympie, and requires no sy ira
supervision. 1t follows close upon the
hreshing, one manager looking after