The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-11
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
r.ctscr from Prince Edward county
gw.--Ei.l Virginia Farming ssay:

FARMvlTLE, VA. April 10, 1872.
Farming operations arc almost aS back
ward rs thcy were seven wears ago to-day
the day OF the surrender. That year Is nctcd
a> being a fair crop year. Everything that
was planted seemed TO grow OF with great
luXuriance, and strange TO say came to matu-
rity much earlier than usual. II is to be
hoped that similar results may follow this
year. Farmers are relying upon the plinrl-
pie that bad luck cannot last alwayS--tliat dry
summers. hard winters, and wet springs, are
apt to lie followed 10y Il Succession OF good
crop wears. In this latitude the prospect for
Il good crop Of fruit OF every kind is very
tattcriny. Some few peaches are killed i'll
the bud in some exposed localities, but the
main crop is intact.
our cousins from across the waters who
have recently settled amongst us are huSily
at work, and seem 10 lie coltentcd. AdviccS
from England are TINT many clnigrints have
suited destined for t!IS point. We have II
nucleus now OF men Of capital, enterprise.
and moral worth. The friends Of these arc
| coming to settle around them. The indie
| fltimlhlc industry Of these people merits I'LL
| praise. They cannot find the time to lounge
about the stores, d"rots, ANA villages, ,chii-
| tina sticks day or Il halliday in every week.
| crop. too. They seem 70 lie trained to tie
notion that farmers, like other business men,
must apply themselves GSSjdu0usiy to their
work III order 10 insure Success; and this
idea should be impressed upon many
OF our citizens who cannot forget the old
| cradle Of prosperity in which they were
rocked, and much OF what is called rovrrt:
III land i the lack of energy in the man.
| Farming will pay in this section of country,
c;rn under the most adverse circuln ,iiii"c>.
! Many facts could he add,lccd 10 pre-" This
! point. Here are several practical illl>;r:;-
! lions My nc%hhcr. who OWLS small farm
| Of several hundred acres, worked h&t year
| with himself Il small negro boy. about thiI-
teen years old. as his field hand and his llou:
| boy. He spent ONLY twenty dollars in extra
| labor. and made 1865 pounds of tobacco, 80
| bushels Of corn, 10 bushels of wheat and
oats in proportions; sold forty dollars worth
o.mcion> the milk. butter eggs, fruits. yegc-
tables. which 90 far To support Il family. not
| taken into the account. Another ncighhor
who was left ut the surrender without house
or land, or team. and destitute of clothing.
| credit. and provisions, and almost ~ bad of
rs the mln who had nothing to cook and
| Rothing to cook At 1n when he surrendered.
surrendered everything but his iron will
anu hy renting land he has worked upagtinst
all odds, and now owns several neat farms,
the fruits solely Of his energy, perseverance
and industry. These men value their time
Us they do their money. When they strike
they strike in The right time and i'll the right
way.
We have practical farmer here from New
York. who knows what to Ito with land, and
has been farming here for two years. His
opinion is that farming will pay better here
than in the North, and, all things considered
that the lands of Virginia arc more to be de-
sired than those of any other State North
South. East, or West. H'''f'.