The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-03-30
GRANVILLE HERALD,
FRIDAY. MARCH 50. 1909.
With Cumberland Farmers.

With Cumberland Farmers.
rsyor Herald Messrs. Mino
MI. ! l. and ; T. Blanton, sons O
lain Walker Blanton, live AT the ole
me and together work the old farm
I,was my privilege recently TO Wis
:, Them. and my delight To find tina
D,hsr Virginia boys, Southside Virgin
,ah,vs are realizing that old thing'
orr rassing away and are adapting
themselves to the changed conditions
Labor they know is scarce, and labor
.,ing machines are being pressed into
sar,iee The horse power with cutter
"a ether attachments were there, the
,s.ult being that feeding "of cold
morning' is no longer a terror, and the
citing of wood for winter almost a
o.sttime. One of them will during
,bs long. hot days of summer ride in a
oomf,rtable road cart. and at the same
time work the corn 50 well that the
umsn behind the hoe need not follow.
,,d while these young farmers are
soeesssful tobacco growers they have
,o one.crop ideas. They will not be
s.ti.6sd with less than 500 from the
waiermelon crop, and from other pro-
duets Of the farm, wood included, they
propose to pay the running expenses of
the farm. When these are met during
the year the tobacco money means
something at the close of the season.
These earnest workers not only have
confidence i'm earnest work and up-tO-
date methods, but in Southside Viz
oinia soil as we'll They have recently
houpbt the old BlantOn homestead,
which stands in full view of Browns
church and is one Of the historic places
Of that section of the county. This
NAV mean that somebody is going to
be married, but have not been invi-
ted TO witness the ceremony, nor am |
authorized to make the announcement.
When say that with these young
farmers all things are new, neglected
to say that the old time mode Of living
is in full force in this the home of their
honored father
happened to call at the spring hog
killing time, and that stew, such as
only a Southside Virginia house wife
can prepare, was as satisfactory as sun
shine aftera season Of storm, and the
memory of it still fills the air with its
fragrance.
With such a mother and sister pre-
siding over the home, cordially well
coming, gracefully and gen erously en-
terfaining, and such boys working on
the farm, there is no wonder that
sweet content reigns there and that
life is worth living.
For some years Mr.. A. w. Hazel
grove rented and worked the farm of
the late Judge Perkins, and then be-
came its owner from money made on
the place while he was paying good
rent. This statement ought 10 make
some owners of land who complain Of
the farmers lot in life, feel a little un-
comfortable,
For their encouragement will give
just a page from Mr.. Hazelgrove's life
work While he has a number Of ten
ants on the place, over whom he keeps
dilgent watch and for whom he does
the thinking, for his crop he has estaO
lished the unvarying rule Of only cult
waiting S acres Of tobacco or $4,000 hills
a season He has three shifts of s acres
EACH aud while he cultivates them
proftably, he is improving the land
year by year.
Here is a sample Of one years work |
on one of the shifts:
Number If hills 20 O0O |