Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-07
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Farther De,ai,s of u Notable Trip Through
tbe (btd lDou,luiou

week hpoko but llttlo ol tno KenefW ShhtN'
tor of the county In Southwestern Virginia
The York river, M u reference To ageograpby
will show, IL very short and is formed by
the junction Of tho Mataponi and the Pamon-
XII. These two rivers run back In n north.
westerly direction 10 tho central part OF the
state and their names, together with tho
Chickahoniny, Rappahannock and Rnpidan,
are familiar to readers OF tho history Of tho
late war.
King william county, ON tho extreme
point OF which II West Point, Is a long. mar
row tongue Of land lying between these two
rivers, aud throughout has been very fer
tile section, ~ much OF II yet il all IL very
susceptible To- improvement, aud responds
quickly and generously to application of Ter.
tiiilors, ~ can bc seen ON AN occasional iarni
where the owners have used intelligence, on
ergy aud money in their work, But Just
here lies the trouble. There u no money
long aud vain struggling In tho Taco of nd
yersity has we'll nigh smothered all energy,
and without energy aud capital farming or
Intelligence II uphill work even II plenty oi
that Is given.
VIRGINIA. ToBACCo FNnNEH
Dr. Richards, whom we had tho pleasure
ot meeting, aud found TO bea typical old Nir.
ginia gentleman, sociable, hospltable and
kind, has large farm on which the effects oi
careful farming aud liberal treatment OF the
land are plainly visible; good crops OF
wheat, grass aud corn growing In every held
may be seen. ON this farm wesaw VIVA, wa
an odd sight tn a Pennsylvania, anu ! iilen
tion IL ~ showing tho wide range ana aohP.
ability to all crops Of growing season tn''
extends from the beginning OF maoh ~ W w
closing days Of November ih o''o Nv"
side hy side | saw corn ia ths7ei, gfouhu
prenarsd Tor corn and not planted, ana hay
In rick ready for hauling III thIs was on the
10Th day oi June.
The doctor IN a tobacco grower and gets the
highest prices for his siiky Wrappers when
ever no chooses to ship them 10 Richmond
aud give the uNlous buyers chance To bid
at them, and no gave me much valuable IN.
formation regarding the growing and mar
keting of tho weed.
When told him Of how tobacco was sold,
or rather was not sold, in my own RrOat
county OF Lancaster, he looked at me with an
iucTedulous smile r. much A. to say " And
yet you think you farmers are smart up
there aud We are dumb" but he was too
much Of gentleman tp say either sun !
felt his Vuizlical gaze, aud hlushod Tor the
answer | would have had tn make tn him
attcr tho unlimited praise | had bestowed on
our Lancaster county agrlcuiturdiist but
more of this anon.
But one of the best improved of all tho
farms wo saw was one known rs Lester
Manor, some twelve miles from West Point
on Pam0nki river, and on the railroad to
Richmond. There are SIX hundred acres IN II,
well fenced, with gates going into every
field, neat frame tenant houses for the hands,
In all about nfty families there are some
thirty acres IN grape vines, seven III straw.
berries, i've In asparagus, peach orchard OF
forty or iiity acres, very large pear orchard,
besides many acres of apples, berries and
ot her fruits. All in good bearing, and An ex-
tensivo canuery for the preserving oi all fruit
that " not mark keted when fresh.
The growing crops OF wheat corn aud grass
looked a. well here as at home, and tho land
IL In high state of cultivation.
uIu DErREcINTIoN.
1t belonged to a banker of Richmond,
James Davis, he failed and though lac is "a d
10 have spent one hundred thousand dollars
on II, it IL now offered At thirty thousand +;
aud is certainly cheap at that But my
reader must not think he Will meet with
these kind of farms often down that way. /
moution them as showing what may be done
with this land. On the contrary you will
see thousands OF acres OF young pines, with
uufenced farms TILED in plots aud patches,
while the rest of the land Is TocuPeratiug.
Corn Is the man crop III fact, wheat and
grass will not grow on the poor land there
any more than 1t Will here but corn, corn
corn, year alter year, no fertilization, nc
grass, no manure, is IL any wonder the land
Is poor? Take one Of our test farms
| here at home, and treat II that way. ] need
| not tell you what the result will be.
| This worn-out land can too bought accord
ing 20 improvements aud location, At from
| ave to twenty dollars per acre. would say
I'm general way from ten to twelve churches
are plenty, schools not 80 thick as with US,
| but always within walking distance. The
| colored children go To separate schools, and
| are quito as well provided for as the white
although tho white landowners support
| them both.
TISE MARKETS.
| The markets are the best know of. Wes
| Poiut aud Richmond consume at excellen
| prices all of what we cali marketing grair
| Is bought at country mills, and oats was s.
| cents, corn "a cents per bushel, when ] wa
| down.
There are three lines of steamers from Wes
| Point, one each to Baltimore Boston aud New
| York, with very low freight rates 10 eacl
| place. Both the Pomon ki and Matapoui river
| are very deep and navigable for the larges
vessels; and sailing crah OF all kinds ar
| continually passing there are wharVeS OF
| nearly every farm wood ties, ana save,
lumber are shipped in abundanc" Pin
wood brings from $50 to g per cord at Al
| wharf ana many tracts of lana can bu uougl
| with wood enough on thom To pay tor them
| The climate is very healthy exceptiong o
| the low river bottoms there the ague IL bad
| and very hard on newcomers.
1t is a perfect paradise for sportsmen; dee
wild turkey, geese and ducks arc very thici
| partridges and snipe afford the best shoOtln
| To bo had for this game in the world.
There are millions OF acres OF marsh Ian
along the rivers and rail bird, called sol
| there) reed birds and snipe flock ON them
| season (but snipe don't flock.
A GREAT PLACE FOR GAME.
} The ducks are usually shot by slippr
on them around the sharp curves in the i
Vulnerable creeks or water leads, whics lii
| Snu ukaa ~