The National tribune., 1892-02-04
POsTAL-CARD CORRESPONDENTS.
LAND IN VIRGINIA.

LAND IN VIRGINIA.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Very often
see inquiries made about favorable locations for
farmers to settle in your columns and in your
last issue a person in Brooklyn, n. Y, made
inquiry for a location in either Virginia or
Tennessee. OF course from the positions and
ATTITUDES which those two States occupy, they
are indeed superior to any others Of the Repub-
lie. They are also good in climate, soil, water,
and productions, both vegetable and mineral,
and generally very healthy. I came here in
1857, and find that so far rs my conditions and
circumstances are concerned / am very we'll
satisfied, but some Of the Virginia JOhnnies are
still very bitter rebels yet. So / stand aloof
from them. j am occasionally in dread Of them,
too, and wish !. were possible to persuade about
a million of Northern loyal people to come
here and buy the bitter ones out, and especially
those about here Land generally in this county
is cheap-from s. TO $40 per acre-and in some
places less than s. an acre. This regiOn-20
miles south by west of Frederieksburg-Was
only twice or thrice visited by the armies dur
ing the rebellion and was only slightly affected
disastrously; so there is plenty of good timber
Of all kinds still on the land. The soil is gen.
orally chocolate loan, red clay subsOil, and be-
low that almost white mari, to a depth Of 50
feet -Four ex-UniOn sOlGiers besides myself
are living within a scope Of seven miles border
ing Spottsylvania and Caroline Counties, seven
miles west of Milford Station, on Richmond,
fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
WEATHER PREDICTION.
Your weather predictions have been exactly
true, so far as this region is concerned. It was
fearfully cold from the night of the Nth ult to
the 18th ult., and foot depth of snow fell on
the night of the 18th. Snow again fell ON the
night Of the 18th, six or seven inches deep, and
ii was very cold on the 18th and 10Th. The
last three days have been quite fine and warm.
WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS. Independent Battery
c. Pa. l.. A., Flippo's, Va.
THINGS IN NORTH DAKOTA.
The immense crop Of splendid wheat raised
in North Dakota last season, and the fair prices
| paid, have put everybody in splendid spirits,
and a large immigration is looked for in the
| Spring About 10000 acres in this County re-
main to be thrashed in the Spring, while two
| thirds Of the stubble blowing have to be done
| before another crop can be sowed. Many
/ farmers had as high as 40 bushels Of wheat per
/ acre, and the average yield was from % to Sd
! DH,Lels. n large NUMBER pald Tor their land
out Of the last crop, aud some have money left.
| The prospects for the coming season are ex-
/ cellent, and another big crop is expected. The
| soil hereabOuts is a dark rich, vegetable lOam
| with a clay subsoil of virtually inexhaustible
| richness. Land is still cheap but is getting
| higher all the time. Excellent farms Of 100
acres can be bought all the way from $1,000 to
i $1,000, according 10 location and amount of i'm
proyements. Healthy climate. will furnish
reliable information to all requesting it, and
/ send free small card map of the County
farmlands, ete.-W. X. SMITH late 9TH Michi-
| gan, Grand View Farm. Lisbon, Ransom County,
/ n. ID.
/ CAN ANY OF OUR READERS GIVE REMEDY
| EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please inform
the many readers of THE NATIONAL tribune
through tho Farm Department Of the paper
| the cause of and remedy Of club root in cab
bage i have been moving my cabbage sets Ia
different ground each year for several years;
have tried various methods Of cure without
awaiting any good. Neither salt nor saltpeteI
I will benefit. / would be much pleased, as well
as many Others, 30 know the cause. and if pos
sibIe the remedy.-T. NJ. MCKELyEY, Ora.
hamtOn, Pa.