The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-09-15

3 of land. The tobacco crop this year j
y "a large one. aud unless the frost is pre-
2 mature in its coming will bring gooC
3 returns to the hu-bandman. By Oh,
e. generous use of fertilizers, peas ano
clover, every acre Of this land will soor
Toe "a living advertisement of what
can be done with S1uthside Virginia
soil. The magnificent oaks standing
guard about that old home are million
aires of themselves. Vanderbilt in
North Carolina, has nothing TO COM
pare with them
Adjoining Milleuwood is Edgewood,
the Majors dairy farm, upon winch he
has spent much of care and money
His fine herd of Jerseys are beauties
and still furnish the very best butter
that is seen i'm the market. Cleanli-
ness rules i'm the dairy room, and those
yellow squa es, wrapped in cloth, are
so hardened that they resist the cold
with "a capacity like that of ice itself.
But Edgewood is not given up TO Jer-
seys, aud yellow butter, and ensilage,
and ducks, and geese, and chickens,
and fruits, though these things abound
there, but is bearing this year as good
crop Of tobacco as is generally found i'm
the county. Tobacco is not the only
moneyed crop that can be grown in
Southside Virginia Butter, eggs,
fowls, fruits, cereals, hay, &c., &c, can
all be made profitable aud ought to be
so made.
Major Venable is intensely busy just
now on the farm, but from the bird
dogs l saw running to him when he
blew his whistle, am quite sure that
when the cutting and curing are all
over farming will give place 10 fun,
and then such sport IN the field and
such suppers in the home. 10 isamar-
vel To me that such "a country is not
crowded with people who want TO live
well and die happy. Speaking of
dying reminds me that there is "a
"prayer closer i'm the Millenwood |
house into which former mistress of |
that house went regularly to pray for |
her children. Notwithstanding the |
changes recently made to the house |
the prayer closet remains just as it was
i'm years gone by. Whether the Major |
occupies it for prayer as regularly as
the mistress Of old did, am not pre-
pared to say.
Mr.. Woodson Nenable is giving per- /
soual attention TO these twin farms,
and my friend, Nat Morton, is also
giving the benefit of his experience
and points with evident satisfaction to
his castle in the yard, which, he says,
is the queen Of clttages though no
queen rules therein.
Thriy-hve years ago, by common
consent, Mr.. Il. r. Totty owned and
cultivated the best paying farm in
Prince Edward. Located on The road
leading to Hampden-Sidney it was
seen by more strangers than any other
lands of the county, and they never
failed To comment on the crops as they
passed 10y. Your correspondent well
remembers the unsurpassed yield of
wheat, clover, tobacco, oats and corn,
and he does not remember to have
seen better in any other section OF The
State When Mr. Totty moved from
the place the glory of that small farm,
it contained only 73 acres, began TO de
part. Lovers of good farming, espe-
cially those loyal to this section de-
plored the fact Of his removed and was
made sad at the contrast between
good and bad farming. The land had,
however, been so permanently inn
proved under his judicious manage
ment that it has made a stubborn fight
ever since 10 maintain its ancient glory,
and now that Mr.. +. f. Hundley has
become its owner, the victory is GER
tain. Already improvement is visi-
ble on every hand and there is promise
of speedy return to its best day Some
of the acres this year yielded 40 bushels
Of wheat, the tobacco has the old
weight and width about it, and the
corn is tine best upland crop | have
seen. The clover is luxurious and there
is not naked spot on the entire farm
Mr.. Hundley has added 30 acres, 20 of
il in woods, and now has just as much
as he cares for, and the time is not far
distant when it will again be recog-
nized as the model farm Of SOuthside
Virginia. Under the old system be
would not have been satisfied with ii,
but under the new Is it not large
enough? If 100 acres of land can boz
made to pay while 1000 fails to bring
a profit there can be no question rs Co
which is the most desirable property.
Mr. Hundley proposes dividing the
place into fields, aud when they are
enclosed and made as rich as he in
tends 10 make them it Will still be the
garden spot of S0uthside Virginia.
expect to watch his movements with
interest, and il will give me pleasure
To report progress as / note it,. There