The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-28
SPOTSYLVANIA,
Fine Farming Section Around Belmont
Interesting Crop Reports The New Tele-
phone Line, E:c, Etc, Etc
Correspondence Of The Free Lance.
Belmont, Va July 25th.

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Belmont, Va. July 25th.
Belmont is on q boom Fine crops of
wheat, fair crops Of hay, and since the
rain. good promise Of corn, besides
plenty Of garden sass, and the usual
supply OF chickens, lamb and roast
pigs, and to cap the climax, the new
phones ensuring sll the news by day
and a regular symposium every night
Of all the subscribers from Louisa TO
finders (of which moro anoL).
The wheat Is said TO be Of excellent
quality and fine yield. Mrs. B. +.
Graves made the largest crop. :. 500
bushels, and X V. Graves the best yield
per acre-viz 20 bushels; Mrs. B. +.
Graves second best yield Of wheat per
acre, and DR.. J. ID. Pullism third best.
George OhewniDg has the best looking
corn Mrs. B. f. Graves second. and
r. V. Graves third best corn.
The wheat made is about as follows !:
Mrs. b. +. Graves. /, 800 bushels; r
V. Graves, 1000 bushels; Robert Bis
ooe, 900 bushels; j. II. Blsooe, 800
bushels Lew " Harris. 600 bushels
p. d Taylor, 500 bushels; j. ID Pull
liam. 500 bushels ]. N Walker, 400
bushels II. L. Dickinson. 400 bush.
els; 7. 7. Dillard, 400 bushels; ].
W. Holiday, $50 Bushels ]. +. Ken
dali, 300 bushels Edward Young, 260
bushels; W. o. Dickinson. 200 bushels
NJ. O. Holiday, $50 bushels; v l..
Williams, 1875 bushels.
r. r. Powell. David Frazer, H. n.
Grafton. r. 7. Goodwin, w. p Muck
OILS, Thomas Waddy, B. W. Vass, Mrs
NJ. Parish and others made good crops,
but have not threshed and reported
yields
The hay crop is far short Of the usual
average here. brit much better than in
good many neighborhoods. which
brag on fine crops. John W. Holiday
makes about 75 tons this season. h. V.
Graves about the same Mrs. b F.
Graves go tons, Il. l.. Biscoe 80, j. II.
Biscoe, II. L. Dickinson, 2. d. Taylor
about 45 to 80 each, Lew Harris and r
r. Powell, about 20 tons each; I. T.
billiard. ]. +. Kendall Edward Young,
]. N. Walker about 20 tons each. Geo.
Ohewning, W. o. Dickinson and others
10 tons each.
Speoulating 10 corn before the rain
had become quite an exciting amuse'
ment. r. r. Powell bought of II L.
Dickinson 80 barrels; wanted so. but
Hugh was afraid to sell that quantity,
as he might not make 1t. BY the time
few more good rains come Hugh will
be anxious TO sell few more lots
r. V. Graves says he makes usually
about $50 to 400, but If It keeps dry
much longer he will not make over S4S.
Mrs. b. f. Graves is the champion
farmer near Belmont. but H. o. Bur.
russ. R. Y. Graves, Biscoe and
others can give points to everybody.
Clyde Taylor IL one Of the youngest. but
his corn field was model for others In
lie perfect cultivation. All in all. Bel.
mont is about the best farming oom'
munity in Spotsylvania county and one
Of the most prosperous. II the men
Looked as we'll as their farms they would
be handsome lot beyond doubt. AS
IL is nature kindly makes up in one di.
rection what is lacking In others.
The telephone line from Louisa Court
house to finders, on Narrow Gauge
railroad, has now been running for a
week or two, and is giving great salts.
faction, so we hear. For the first few
days the wires were kept red hot $50 to
.peak) as every man stald by his phone
to talk tc his neighbor, and each hear
what was going on all along the line
Il Is reported that one or two die not
get any sleep for nearly week, 80 at
tentive were they TO what was being
said. One young merchant was 40
cused by lady friend Of not having got
a squsre meal or tied up decent bun
die for several days. Some very anus
ing things have occurred, as the whole
line from one end to the other can be
heard over when anyone Is talking.
The Long Distance Phone connects at
Louisa, and one can talk to anyone In
Richmond. Charlottesville, etc., from
his home in spotsylvania and Louisa
and Fluvanna counties,