The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-02-23

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Judge Crute has recently sold IN,
adjoining farm, formerly known as the
overly farm, and though the pur
chaser has but little ready money, and
"A wife and five small children, the look
of determination on his face, tells plain
ly that he will, IN reasonable time,
have clear title to every inch Of it.
That kind Of Virginia pluck is splen-
did.
passed through the home farm Of
Mr.. VIM. Henderson on last Friday,
only stopping long enough to peer into
barn filled with shippers, and all
we're busy and no waste Of time in
talking there. Mr.. Henderson occu-
pied "A typical split-bottom chair and
gave the key note to the "sorters."
No stripper waited for a leaf, and |
would really like to know how much
tobacco was made ready for market in
that barn on that day. The owner
was too much engaged for an inter-
view on that visit, and must get it
next time.
The farm Of Mr. {. T. Anderson, on
the head waters Of Buffalo, is one of
the most beautiful and attractive in
the county, and gives evidence of the
fact that it has been in the hands of
a master for 10, these many years.
Here the low lands are thoroughly well
cleared and ditched, and scarcity of
corn was never known in the history of
the farm. BY the way, Mr.. Anderson
remarked to your correspondent that
his father sent him there in l847, for a
few days as he then thought, and there
he has been eyer since. He could not
have fallen heir to better place. |
very much regret to say that he has
walked and worked so much that "his
legs are tired" as he expresses it, but
glad to know that "healthy sons Of
a worthy siren have taken up the work
where he let it fall, and that the ditch
es will still be kept open, the burrows
turned as of yore and abundant crops
still crown the work Of the year.
Recently l took dinner at the old
Hubbard home, formerly the property
Of the late II. +. Warren, and from
which he moved to Farmyille in 1856.
Mrs. Hubbard still presides in that
home, and her son, Mr. J. E. Hubbard,
runs the farm. While | was eating
honey and hot hoe cake in the house
my horse feasted on oats and corn in
the stable, and two better satisfied an
finals never before travelled together
from a midday resting place. The
''helpn on that farm last year cost $780,
and the returns in wheat, corn, hay
tobacco and meat were ten fold. Our
Virginia boys are realizing that labor is
getting scarce, and they are simply
learning to do without it,
On the same day 1 stopped for an
hour at model stripping room, the
property Of Mr.C. NJ. Bass. The build
ing was well heated, well lighted and
admirably adapted to handling the
weed for market. have seen and
heard of "tatern and apple cellars all
my life, but here | saw my first tobac-
co cellar. A trap door opened to 1t,
and through it / went with the owner
to find a "hoe in the ground" which
has all the advantages Of a steam heat
ed factory. "Ordern reigns in this
tobacco home the season round, for no
matter how cold and crisp the air with
out. Mr. Bass can handle his tobacco
i'm all weather, and all seasons. The
wonder is that all farmers do not dig
tobacco cellars Mr. Bass had sold his
last seasons crop Satisfied with prices
tool and was preparing the crop OF
another for market. Then | met with
Mr.. Beverley Gates, next door neigh
Dor, and he too had sold averaging ten
dollars and fraction for bright, and
nine dollars and fraction for shipping.
Well pleased again, and each of them
ready for another crop and another vic
tory. The farms of three gentlemen,
dwelling houses, barns, stables, or
chards, &C., &C., are good to look upon.
The mud was deep, but the drive to
and fro was pleasant. OK THE Go.