Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-21
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This farm Is part of the original grant
from the Crown of England 10 the Cary
family. from which II taxes ltS halhe;c
is located on the south slde Oh
the Rivanna river, sixty-hVe mics aOoHo
Kichmond, in the county OF 1IuVanna. ~
has been owned successiNely Dg hIon ~
Harrison. John X. Bryan, and Charles IL
Innas the present owner. This farm con-
teins I 40 acres with two miles OF river
front. There are $50 acres OF arabic lahu
in ono omen body-200 acres OF nrst river
Lottom and 200 acres Of second bottom
formiDo q well-defned terrace ana ele-
yo+ed thirty feet above the first low.
grounds. This terrace extends IN a Dali
circle one mile. In the rear OF 'hls aP-
pears the highland, forming broken YER
race. These highlands are elevated aposo
the low-grounds about 100 leet' ana a tlS
o0O feet above the river. The view from
Ills noint il grand. The eye takes IN
nssrly a thousand acres Of river bottoms
on This aud adjoining farms, with IN, Iher
lrvuriant crops of corn and hay: lheto
arc 5O0 acres of land in grass. principeuy
orcbard-grass and clover, portion OF IL
nasture There was cut this season ABOUT
555 tons Of hay. From part OF the same
land were cut twenty medium stacks OF
ciovor-seed. which Mr.. Jones estimates VIII
yisld 1Oo bushels. There are eighty-hye
acres in corn. estimated yield ooO battels'
He has one acre of corn hlgnly man uIeu,
which he thinks will yield 10 Dnshels, or
Ok barrels. and doubtless would have made
az barrets or more but for the drought in
Tulv He has SIX acres Of river bottoms
in corn aud and soia-beans The corn. ne
thinks. will yield 10 barrels per acre ana
the beans 10 bushels. This mode OF plant
inc the two together seems rather 70 nave
IInnroved the corn than otherwise. 80 well
nlaosed IL he tnat he thinks OF planting
most of his crop next year this way. he
believes the beans will moro than pay all
expenses OF the corn crop.
ZINE TOBACCO LAND.
"There are twelve acres in tobacco.
looking we'll and suitable for tiue-curing.
Much of the land on this farm Is admirably
adapted TO this type OF tobacco. also me
large black shipping tobacco. Adjoining
this crop is promising crop OF I'VE or SIX
acres of sofa beans planted IN rows ABOUT
three and half feet wide and about one
loot apart in the drill. which are looking
well.
"The stock consists of $50 sheen, forty
FIVE head of cattle, four mules, thirteen
brood mares, and eleven colts. Two OF
his finest mares are with fold by Cham-
Inns horse Egewood.'
The water-power Of the river - ABOUT
600 horse power. only sixteen of which "a
ntilized in running q grist-, four, and
saw-mill. The farm possesses a,perpetual
RIGHT tothispower free. This mil is most
valuable adjunct 20 the farm. Besides its
convenience it has profitable patronage
from the neighborhood. Another source
~ nroft and convenience ls the
storehouse and post-ofiice on the place.
with daily mail. The dwelling IS MADE OF
brick large and convenient, with sixteen
rooms. In front is an ample lawn. wen
shaded and drained, and oyerlookS the
greater portion of the farm. In ADDITION
to the buildings mentioned there are u mr.
tv-six houses on the place, nearly all IN
This farm is in the line of tho pro-
posed Orange and Keysvllle railroad, now
under construction from Keysylile, and
when completed will put this place within
four hours of Washington. Then there
will lie opportunity 10 develop ana utl-
lie fully the fine water-power spoken OF
before and also deyelOpe the nematte ana
magnetic irOn-ores watch are found on INC
place. ,... 10
What beautiful and convenient loca-
ton for a small manufacturing town.
From the general appearance OF the
farm in all its appointments we conclude
that Mr.. Jones, though comparatively, a
vounp farmer, deserves 10 stand IN tne
front rank as an energetic, enterprlslh2'
and promising farmer.
GOOD JUDGE.
"The club expressed itself as being high.
" pleased ct what 1t had seen OF old
Flu but none, however, were so ehthu'
siastic in his praise as our friend, Judge
Hancock. who stated in his speech that II
=. a.. l. nod frnH Fin.
wanna soil and was greatly surprised 70
see such fine farming lands, neat and com
Portable dwellings. gOOd-looklng people,
No. but what astonished him most was
tho almost entire absence Of porslmmon
trees. He had thought that from time In
memorial Fluyanna had stood as the ban
ner persimmon county of the state, but
since coming into II he thinks she Is not
entitled to this honor, but that his own
native county. Chesterfield, should have
II. knowing the Judges superior oppor-
tunity of judging OF the matter, Iidlne
through the country on his circuit, the
club quickly decided that Fluvanna should
Weld her claims to her sister county, Ches-
terfeld. as the banner persimmon county
of the State, at which the Judge, OF course,
The report was listened to with great at.
tention and pleasure by the club and
unanimously adopted. Messrs. George
] ee. of Richmond, and ]. c.. Middendorf,
Of Manchester, were elected members oil
the club.
The president announced that the next
meeting was the annual meeting" and
requested all the members to be present ct
il if possible.
fertilizers.
The order Of the day, " commercial ferti-
lizers," was then reached, and Captain
Snead made a most excellent and lnstruc-
tive article thereon as follows. 80,
Tho ssbiect Of fertilizers is one with
which almost every tiller of the soil has 70
deal. and since the introduction of Peru
Wan guano in this country, nearly hity
years ago, this subject has steadily grown
in interest year by year, until now the
amount of commercial fertilizers used an
nually in the United States alone IS esti-
mated to be one and o half million tons,
costing the consumer over t35,OOO,Oo9.
Along with this great demand and con-
sumption of fertilizers new deposits oil
natural guanos were discovered IN the isles
of the sea, and along the coast and rivers
of our own America were found mex
haustlble beds of phosphates, without
which it would have been impossible to
supply the constantly increasing demand
ASee the wisdom of Providence i'll thus
providing these hidden treasures. He
knew that our forefathers would clear the
forests and work the land year after year
until il was exhausted. And these fields
would ever have remained unreclaimed
aud worthless but for the renoyating and
resuscitating effects of these fertilizers.
Surely then we should not fail to stretch
out our hands and grasp the rich treasure
so thoughtfully and wisely provided by the
great Creator himself. And 1t is well foI
this enterprising and intelligent club OF
farmers to look into this subject and give
their views and experience concerning @
matter that lies at the very foundation OF
their success.
The question often asked in the past
DO fertilizers payf' no longer admits OF
doubt, especially since good and homes,
fertilizers can be had at from Sl5 to $25
per ton.
THE mistake the great majority oil
farmers have made IN the past is in not APP.
plying enough per acre. Our friends in the
New England States use from 1000 to 200(
pounds per acre, and those Of Us who have
followed their example find that more
liberal application paws best. In fact
despite the many casualties incident to al
crops. this system of liberal application
secures good results. in that the pushing
effects OF the fertilizers enable the plant
10 reach perfection much sooner and the
Weld is IN proportion TO the amount OF fer