The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-02-01
With Our Farmers Again.

f''' o"''' ain not Wiling 1
our farmers for the sake If tatiy, In,
agree with Dr. Talmage thai al
"ounce Of tahy is worth a pound @
epItaphy," but 10 encourage brothe
farmers. and TO let the world know
what is being done by the farmers O
S"uthside Virginia. So far AS / an
concerned | much prefer to know wha
my neighbors are doing than to know
what was done in the times Of Caesar
or what Is being done in the land o.
Edward VII. Not that would be
ignorant Of either, but let me hear from
my comrades first and then from the
Cousins across the seas. | had the
pleasure of night recently at the hos
pltable home Of Mr.. II. b. Johns. OF
buckingham, and there learned
something worth repeating.
That the "servant-girl-problem had
been solved by simply not having one,
that the way to have glowing fires Il to
prepare your wood before the snow
falls, that Southside Virginia apples,
the best Of apples, can be kept thro' the
winter time, that chickens and turkeys
can be made to pay, that everybody on
the farm can be made useful, that the
cook stove can be made to heat the
dining room, that earnest workers are
sometimes most cheerful companions
and that food for man aud beast can be
grown on Southside Virginia farm.
Mr.. Johns works 10 horses and vet |
he buys no forage Never bought but
one bale Of hay in his life, and that one
he sold again. Twelve Of the 10 horses
are employed in hauling timber, and
these feed from the farm too. Speak
ing of the timber business reminds me
that Mr. Johns has for five years been
engaged in cutting and saving timber
rom the base Of Willis mountains and
! still at it. He has been delivering To
he White Hall Lumber Co. on an
average Of 1000 feet day and that
means an immense amount of lumber.
The more | know of this section of
Virginia the more | am impressed with
IS wonderful and inexhaustibe re-
ources.
For the first time in my life, on last
saturday, | trayersed the county on
he North side Of the Appomattox, be-
ween Wilburn's bridge and Farmville
nd was delighted with the broad, rich
nd productive low lands. Most every.
ody had corn to sell, and such people,
on know, are always cheerful and
Apply.
Mr.. h. II. Walton, one Of the largest
nd busiest Of our tobacco growers, is
ow also actively i'm the market a.
uyer. He is after the English variety,
: am told, and will prepare it at his
'unty home and ship 10 foreign ports
lie lives near old jamestown, and who
nows but what the ancient burg will
Ike on something Of its old-time glory.
was place, at one time, of more =
Importance than Farmville,
nd may yet be an earnest and for
idable competitor. There is room in
Virginia fOg other thriving
lsiness centres, and Hester Walton is
st the kind Of man to inaugurate
lother. My best wishes attend him
his new venture. The farmers who :
lied to take advantage Of the two
'Od ice spells we have had will regret
when the summer time comes.
More blowing has been done i'm this
ction than is usual for this season. /
low Of at least one farmer who seems
termined to pillow up the earth. He
ay make the mistake Of planting too sY
UGH. One acre well manned and NJ
I'll managed is worth more than a
zen scratched over aud skinned
er. The fact is the dozen 40 managed ~
a loss rather than profit VI
Some Of the most thoughtful farmers
! me that the tobacco crop Of last
ison will fall short at least one-thrd.
satisfied are some Of them of this
at they are holding for better prices. -
lis may be a mistake. Know a large A
mer who held large crop of wheat
better prices, and who, / am conf
MT, lost by it.
have been discussing the oat. prob :
q Of late with our land owners, and
/ glad to know that more attention
TO be paid to the cultivation of this
liable crop. Ii is mistake to think
1t this section is not well adapted to
2 growth Of oats.
On THE 6iO.