Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-17
THE NORTHERN NECK.
orr CONFORM MAN HAS MUCH To
SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE.
FARMING OPERATIONS DESCRIBED.
The sora Season Has Begun, But 80
Err the weather Has Been TOO
uriCht for Good HuntinS-Accfdent
to Mrs. Susan Ratclihe.

CONFORM, KING GEORGE COUNTY,
VA. September 16.-(SpeciaL)-The work
of cutting off corn, preparatory to plough
ing the same fields for wheat and
oats to be seeded next month, was be-
gun in many parts of the Northern
Neck this week. This handling of the
crop, ear by ear, enables the farmers to
form a very fair estimate of the quantity
and quality of the corn. The crop
throughout the Rappahannock Valley Is
superior to that along the Potomac slope,
and that on the forest farms"-the high
land sections midway between the
two rivers-is said to be the best in
several years; especially is this true
where the land IS stiff. Owing to album
dant rains during the summer, the pea
fallows in this section are excellent, and
the indications are that an unusually
large acreage will be seeded to wheat
and winter oats.
RAISING SMALL GRAIN
A larger number of the small-scale
farmers are each year turning their at
tention to the raising Of small gram,
while a smaller quantity of commercial
farmers hereabouts are adopting the pea
falIow as a sort of substitute for costly
fertilizers. and argue that they realize
more from ten bushels OF wheat per acre
without commercial fertilizer than they
DO from a larger yield out OF which the
"guano bill' has to be paid. Certainly,
the pea-fallOw is more in evidence now
than at any former period, and the forest
lands where this method has been IN
vogue a few years are In a very Iair
state Of Improvement.
Sora season opened some days ago, and
found an army of gunners in waiting for
its arrival but so far, most OF the time
has been too bright and sunny for sue
cessful sora shootIng-dark, cloudy or
rainy weather only being favorable TO
this popular sport
OF PERSONAL INTEREST.
Judge John Il. Mason, OF this place.
held the fan term OF the Caroline Cir
chit Court this week. that being the first
, OF his fan terms, and he will be engaged
| i'm circuit courts from now on until the
/ winter.
| Mrs. John Hill Stuart. OF this county
/ has been spending some time with her
sons, in New York city.
| Mrs. Kate X. Henry. Of Washington,
and Miss Flora Mason, who spent the
| summer at Rawley Springs, have return
ed 10 the latters home, here.
| Dir. George d. Grymes has returned te
I his home. in Washington, after spending
some time with his mother and brothers
at "Mount Stuart" in this county.
Polk Miller is billed for an entertain
ment at King George Courthouse on The
18th. and King Georgians are looking FOR
ward with much pleasure 10 his coming.
Mrs. George Sorrell and daughters, an'
Mrs. Richard Sorren and family who
have been summering here. returned t'
their homes, In Washington, this WeeN'
Miss Ella J. Billingsley, who mas peer
in Fredericksburg FOR a month y tst. re-
turned this week TO her home. near kini
George Courthouse.
Rev. r. s. Monds of Vestmoreland' u
conducting a revival meeting at HanoSe
Baptist church. in this county
MIR. c. b. Creighton, Of Richmond cry
manager Of the Richmond office OF IN
Singer Manufacturing Company, VISITED
the Northern Neck this week. anu gave
the Singer statesmen new ANA more saus
factory contracts 10 work under.
Mr. John @. Tennart. OF Washington
ID. c.. is spending some weeks In the zap
pahannock Valley on business.
Mr.. III. X. Baker. OF this neighnorhoeo