The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-12-07
In Cumberland Again.

NH"i III lhc bulhcd heiBnbOfnOOd,
Cumberland, and with his only sol
Mr.. Mat Steger, cultivates il judicioui
~ and well. As soon as your corr,
spondent drove in sight of the house
he was impressed with the fact that
master hand was on the helm Of TN
4 farming craft. The home is a mode
Of neatness and good order, the abod
= of substantial comfort and of Southsid
e Virginia luxures The rooms ar,
large, well lighted and well furnished
The dining room is in the cellar, wher,
r all dining rooms should be, the kitch
en- in touch, though a passage way be.
tween makes it as free from prelimi.
nary admonitions Of the coming me 4
as though it occupied the old time
corner Of the yard, heaters are in SER
vice rather than the open fire place.
but the doors are so many and the
windows so broad and big that venti-
lation is perfect.
In such home there is exquisite
and refined taste displayed, trained
cook, the "old ham," known no where
as in Southside Virginia, chicken fry
ing size and well seasoned, pickles Of
attractive sourness and sweetness, pre-
serves transparent and tempting, milk
furnished by the COW rather than the
spring and hospitality as gracious as
It's generous. There is no rush Of work
on the farm, but "a steady pull, a
strong pull and pull all together"
The Unprecedented drought of the
past season was felt here as elsewhere
IN our section, but Notwithstanding its
force the 100000 bills Of tobacco yield
ed 10000 pounds, while the oat, wheat
grass and corn crops were satisfactory.
Just as was said recently, in one of
my letters, of some farmers of Lunen-
burg, Mr. Steger has by no means
abandoned the culture of oats but Il |
still growing that crop satisfactorily. !
The secret of his success i'm this re- |
gard is found in the fact that he sows
oats on good ground. One Of the to
baccO lots of this season has been seeded
in oats, and they are already giving
evidence Of abundant returns. Tobacco
cannot be grown prolitaby on poor
land, nor can wheat, or corn, or rye, or
grass, or any other crop worth grow
ing. Where this is generally recog-
nized by all farmers there will be
marked change for the better in the
operations of our farmers.
Mr. Steger, Jr., is an enthusiastic
farmer, and selected it as his lie-work
in preference to any of the professions
or other avocatiOns, and am colfident
he has made no mistake. His duties
will be health promoting, and his life
the most Independent known to man.
Nor will it be all drudgery, on the con-
lrary he will have pleasure in his work,
HhN NhOh AhN houi0 vi itNitdAiDu Noilic
the town boy who passes him on the
road with his "best girl" will have to
own stopper with a record better
than "two-forty"
| found him earnestly at work, and
he continued to work till dinner was
in the meantime giving
sour correspondent interesting Incl
tents Of farm life.
In reply to a question a. to best
esults attained during his experience
IS farmer, he told me Of "seven acres
# tobacco which brought $780, |
imagine there must have been a profit
# $50 an acre, and | am moved to ask
gain the value Of such land. do not
NOW a section of the country I'm which
and, valued at one hundred dollars
N acre, will do as well. And yet some
olks still insist on saying that farm
ny doesn't pay" Some farming
Doesn't pay, but other farming does
'ay and pay well.
Mr.. Lesturgeon, who engaged in the =
annery business in Farmvllle for
lumber of years, will resume the work
ext season at his country place, near
Browns church. He is an expert and
predict for him good degree Of sue Z
ess. Fortunes have been made at the {
usiness i'm other States of the Union,
nd like results can be attained here.
Rev. Mr.. Lancaster, who has recent
= added the Price farm to Rochelle, .
,ill now have room to "spread him 70
elfr His confidence in the farming .
utcome of this portion Of the South, -
in my opinion, well founded. His +,
of other sections is extern =,
we, his perception is clear and his n
ldgment good, and it is gratifying =
, know that he is putting his money
ere with the confident assurance Of .
laking good returns on it. He could -
ave invested elsewhere, but be pre- :,
FRED to invest here, and this not for -
eminent but for business. 81,
was told 10y a neighbor Of his that
Ir. Tucker Johnson gathered so bar l.
lis of good corn from that high land :
cid of which | made mention in the u
,lumns Of the HERALD, in the month =,
August last 1t was one Of the best 4
ops saw in my travels, and | only .