Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-13
"a Little Farm Well Titled"
10 he Elitor Of a.e Dispnteh :

To ne Editor Of lie Dispatch:
To show what small farm properly
managed can do allow me the following
account Of Mr.. II. Cox's(a very humble and
unpretending citizen of this immediate
vicinity work with his farm and what he
has accomplished this year. and mark you.
il has been ANYTHING but a favorable crop
wear in this region at least Mr. Cox owns
little home of some sixteen acres OF
land. consisting principally OF light, sandy
hill-sides with not two acres OF level land
in the tract and several acres OF 1t IN
scrubby pine timber, leaving some ten
acres for cultivation and pasturage. The
portion cultivated has been III cultivation
every year for not less than forty years
the oldest among us cannot recOl-
lect when il was not. but it has been ma
nured all the time. Cox has for his team
one woke of small Oxen-but they are well
kent. He has lust finished housing 80
barrels of nice corn, pressed and boiled ~
gallons of molasses, which he sells readily
ut so cents per gallon people, strange to
say. prefer the sorghum az 30 cents TO Por-
to Rico molasses at 40 cents per gal
lOn); 50 bushels Of peanuts, 200 bushels
of splendid sweet potatoes, from GU
to 100 bushels of turnips, any guam,
tity Of Irish potatoes, cabbage. ana
peas-has several stacks of wildcat hay,
Which he cut from a mill swamp, be
sides a LARGE supply Of provender from his
place. He has a pen Of large hogs of not
less than 200 pounds Of pork: a fine beef
10 kill-has caught and salted away 1000
mud shad fish, nor is he lacking IN ylne-
gar and honey; he fills large ice-house
every winter which keeps nicely and proves
a boon 10 some OF his neighbOrs, who have
a charitable access 10 it at will. Nor Is
Nrs Cox idle in her department. for she
sells from $50 to $40 worth of eggs; from
$50 10 ,s35 of geese. ducks and other fowls
annually, and can furnish her nelghbors
with any kind Of garden seed wanted. |
have omitted the tobacco crop, which Is
no small item. The force 10 work and
raise these crops consist of MIR. Cox, who II
crippled in one arm and cannot do much
in the way of mauling or work with an
axe: his little son twelve years old, and his
cousin of about same age. Now ana then
in "A busy season he hires little day labor,
which delight in his fish aud molasses as
pav. This man has his winter shelters for
his oxen and cows all nicely built Of rails
and thicklv covered on top and SIDES with
pine skaters with an ample supply OF
these for bedding. No stock can be
made moro comfortable. We very much
doubt If o better showing can be- made by
any farmer I'm the State for the amount in
vested, or can one be found more COM
Portable. contcntcd. and Independent
The motto Of this family is % buy very
few things and sell something Of every
thing that can be raised or grown in this
climate from a 'possum's hide Eyes, there
is "A lady hereabouts who BUYS these skins
and converts them into beautiful orna-
mental furs) 70 a quarter Of fet beef or bar
rel Of salt shad. We would like 10 hear Of
some one doing better. True, Cox does
not pretend to % show, but puts to the
blush many who do. He has a cOnlforta-
BILE home and an abundance Of food for
man aud beast. Nor Is he lacking in rcadi-
mess TO help his neichbor and give literally
TO the poor widow and orphan and the
Church. and is a good Democrat. G.