The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-31
All Busy Now.

iill@ season = Work. Wei nigh l5OW
H. hills were ready for the plants and IN
Ut plants were ready for the hills. Tn
D. crop will amount to 100000 hills thi
Pc year and Of course there will be n,
- play time on those farms until Christ
mas comes again.
he The clover / found looking wei
r though Mr. Baltimore complained thai
IT, the stand was not a good one. There
were some bare spots in the unusually
# large field but the most Of it will do to
p brag about The sixty acres Of wheat
will measure up to the best standard.
and the young clover here is well set
% and ilourishing. / always return from
such farming operations with bright
hopes for farm work ON a large scale i'm
Southside Virginia. Many Of our far
: mers have grown skeptical on this par
ticular subject, but ! can remove their
doubts if they will go with me for
few days as / am on the 60
Mr.. II. f. Barrow has the best piece
of crimson clover ever saw. Now
that it is in full bloom it is pretty
enough for lady's flower garden. and
Mr. Barrow tells me it is ready for the
scythe. wonder that it is not in
more general use. IL is folly to say we
cannot raise forage enough in this sec
ton to supply the home demand with
a surplus. / was taught by our
fathers that only certain lands were
suited to the growing of tobacco plants
but | have learned this season that all |
Southside Virginia land is plant land.
or course the proper preparation
must be made, the proper care given
and the results are sure.
have learned, too, that if the plant
is wrapped m paper when stuck in the
hill, II is proof against the ravages Of
the cut worm. Itrequires a little more
time to make the first planting, but if
it protects against the nuisance Of re-
planting. il would be wise to adopt the
stitch-in-tme policy
repeat, and it gives me genuine
pleasure 10 do so, that the oat yield Of
this section promises 10 be excellent
this season.
Our sister county Of Charlotte won
the test farm, but Nh Geo. A. Lindsay,
Of Scotland, has established one of his I
own in Prince Edward He is simply e
trying to satisfy himself what he can
most profiably grow on Prince Edward
soil, and will give us the results when d
they have been attained.
Mr. w. W. Jackson has grown a 5
number Of good crops Of wheat on g
Bazaar, but doubt if he has ever had :
a better at this particular season, than O
is growing there now.
| did Mr.. Hancock, who is in charge q
Of Major r. NJ. Venable's farm, injus-
tice in one Of my recent communica-
tiOns when | stated that he would
sixty acres Of land this season. o
He will double, it but c0nfesses that to II
DO so he has to get into the double
quick" and keep il up all summer /
hope he won't be Overcropped. This is
serious mistake on the part Of any 70
armer The best merchant ever ~
knew feared most Of all things over 81,
stocking. He bought what he could II,
reasonably hope to sell, aud the result n,
vas he made money. Overcropping os
With farmers Is as unwise as overstock-
ng with merchants. n.
FURIOUS PLANTING. If
Monday morning, the 10Th, our far m
ners awoke to find SEASON. in the ot
ills, and such pulling and planting as #,
hat day witnessed. Everybody was Ri
ot ready but many were, and they q
box advantage of the first chance. ",
his is safest IN the long run. Last III,
ear one Of the best crops saw was
lanted late in June, and yet it re- ar
lains true in tobacco planting as in az
Their things, "the early bird catches I'm
he worm, and you know that sue ev
sssful worm catching plays consplcu- Fa
Us part in successful tobacco growing 70,
/ passed through a number Of farms ,a,
lille this Monday planting was at If
Ugh tide, and was impressed with Fa
milarities and differences. The ~,
Iants had all been drawn, packed in So
lskets, taken by negroes to the fields no,
I'D placed a. convenient intervals -.
them. There was drop 80,
ar and planter. The former didn't "a
ave ton bend his back but the latter ~,
had to-" Women and small children ~.
10 the general results. and - .
re day was cloudy and cool, ideal day q
" brisk work. But in one field | 49,,
)ticed that the hoe bad been used to .a.
D the chopplng and the pattng, while dr,
another a wooded scraper, pul ed by u,i
horse, had been used 10 level the al,
Tvs from end 10 end. In one field -,
either hoe nor scraper had been used, or,
ld the plants were stuck on the rough .,.
Us Of the untouched beds which had s,t
zen thrown up by the turn pillow. 1 no,
which plan was best. Far IA,
ers, meeting in clubs from time to e,r
mo youfd answer all -fph o1fosfiou4