The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-24
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90 be prolltably cultivated by the owner
~ 80 land is poor which can be made
'n grow clover, and we doubt if there is
e section i'm our entire country wher
that grass can be more proftably grow
N than just here. Glover and green pea
IT, will enrich any land, and instead O
~ paying from fifty To one hundred dol
u lars am acre for what are called ricl
lands ordinary good sense would ~,
e come here and buy lands from six &,
' ten dollar. am acre, and then at cos
ofsl5 an acre i'm Improvements brinl
them zap To- the standard of the hundred
B dollar an acre land.
o On any of our well-manaeed farms
will be found old tobacco lots which
for years have been made to bring
profitable crops of tobacco, wheat and
clover and which have grown richer
as they have added to the revenues of
their owners year by year. Under
judicious cultivation they simply be-
come more valuable, and there is no
such thing as wearing them out.
THE WOOD SUPPLY.
On large majority Of our farms will
be found an abundant supply of fence
and fire wood-not remote from the
dwelling but generally i'm touch Of il
and easy Of access. This is matter Of
no little concern to the average farmer. |
WATER.
Running streams and gushing
springs Of pure, soft water abound.
The streams may i'm some summers
''go dry" but the springs never. The
man and beast without water i'm the
corn field and i'm midsummer are to be
pltied. With us the burrows encircle
springs, and the harvesters cannot cut
out Of sight Of them. I'm many Sec
tons water is carried by the workers
to the fields IN .jUgs With as nature s
supplies the neverfailing jugs Of cool !
and refreshing water. This advantage j
will not be overlooked by those in a
search Of homes in the country. !
LABOR.
This has gotten to be more and more q
If interest to tillers of the soil. Not b
vithstanding the MARVELLOUS advance Oh
n farm machinery muscle is still a n
inc qua NON. The strong arm Of man e
yet contributes to the growth Of all
ann products. With Us laoOr il CHEAP GO
nd abundant. \ farmer ,cih nioney h
D pay for II, can command it at any OF
eason of the year and all he may re- Oh
uire. no public works compete with 10
he farmer for the work Of farm hands
18th Us. From eight to ten dollars a oil
lonth with house and rations is the NJ
ale with us. Cooks and washerwomen pD
re 10 be had at reasonable rates. as
lme farmers rent houses to laborers llN
nd get work i'm return. The cOlored
IAN does most Of the farm work i'm
lis section, and while it is said now
I'd then that he is becoming restless -.
nd will likely remove, we are Of the ho,
'cided opinion that he is "here to -,
ay." ~
COUNTRY ROADS. ,t..
None Of them are Of rock, and of ~
urse during the winter season are -
d. The rest Of the year they are as ,,a
cd as the average dirt roads Of the ma
lntry. That they will be improved. .i,I
W that a general spirit of improve -.
mt Of public roads seems 20 be abroad hon
the land, we do not doubt. ~
OUR MARKETS. 49,.
Are i'm easy touch Of every section Of p
hillside Virginia, and afford all the any
ilities which the farmers expect in a nh
) period Of the worlds history. that
OUR SOIL prof
generous and will yield as great a eth
iety of products as are known 10 any One
ton of the Union. Nopeople enjoy is I'll
ider range Of vegetables and fruits. and
his is the peculiar home Of the tend
~ Apple JUST here opens up an die /
active field to the earnest and Pied
lghtful worker The Early apple amo
In ever demand, and the market lotte
er knows glut Of th9m. They nigh
not be so proftably grown South of is rio
or made ready for market so early was
th Of us. ginia
ne peach crop is not so certain now duril
" anywhere IN the land a. it used camp
e, and this section is no exception, by e,
yet with better care given to same
ards that crop will be much more GUILTY
lar in its returns. No better with
hes grow than are grown here. schoc
lall fruit can find no more con- railro
al soil. Grapes can be made To Souti
well while Georgia cannot beat us acres
elons. Not so early, but redder, for W
II and more luscious. Cantaloupes work.
} in perfection, and they can be Of the
so, are simply peerless. Our been
iy Of winter apple cannot be sur made
d. The fact is that whatever man amazI
3 to eat can be produced here in lands
quality, and great abundance. for Fl
TOBACCO. agricu
er all tobacco is the staple and are gr
~ cron of Soutbside Virginia of the
this particular what is known as aggrel
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