The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-07-19
Farming Does Pay.

lsAUOF AlffUtUs uOtN pay
mean some farming, and l have 8
case in hand. A friend of mine. friend
Of Prince Edward, friend of SOuthsidt
Virginia, bought some years ago in
your county small tract Of land fol
which he paid eight dollars an acre
He has been working ii judiciously and
well ever since and now has been offered
fifty dollars an acre. Successful specu-
latiOn in Wall street wouldn't beat that
and successes in Wall street are about
as rare as successes in lottery schemes
while what this one land owner has
done i'm Prince Edward all other land
owners in Prince Edward may do.
saw letter recently, written from
Minneapolis to a citizen Of Prince
Edward i'm which this inquiry
was made: Are the lands in your Sec
ton advancing?" Send him a copy of
the HERALD ia which this appears,
and add that If he wants the name and
address of the land owner to whom |
have referred he can get it on applica-
ton.
The Walthall Bros, near Hampden-
Sidney, are among our farmers worthy
special mention. / do not know better
or more thoughtful workers and an air
of prosperity pervades their land and
home. When | find such workers in
this, Goods Country" | wonder that
any young men will go to the cold, the
heat, the cyclone, the billiards, the
sudden and trying changes of the
"Wild West.n
A LAwYER-FARMER
Less than year ago Judge Hundley
bought of Maj. A. r. Venable, his place
known as Edgewood, some mile and
half Southeast of Farmville, contain
ing just eighty acres, and having on ii
some old and we'll nigh worthless
buildings and no fire wood, for which he
paid $1,000 cash. Since then the Judge
has bought Is acres Of wood land for
which he paid $25 an acre. Visited the
place one day last week and found a
new and commodious dwelling, old
structures generally removed and an
air Of comfort and cleanliness pervad-
ing the entire surroundings. In addi-
ton to the new dwelling house, other
new and attractive outbuldings have
been erected and many old scars have
been healed over.
Building year is Of course busy-year,
and yet the crops on this, to US in Viz
GINA, small farm, are all well worked
and growing off grandly. The ten
acre field of corn has been finished and
turned over to the tender keeping of
sunshine and shower. The 10000 hills
of tobacco clear OF grass and spreading
themselves. The garden and truck
patches show thoughtful attention and
the fruit trees are full of promise.
Having seen the crops | asked after
the labor and learned, to my surprise,
that a son, eighteen years Of age, and
lust from the V. NJ. l. with a cousin of
about same size aud years were in con-
troll Of the crop forces. The young
gentleman from the institute reached
home i'm his regimentals on Thursday
of the week before and on Saturday,
clad in working garb, was marching
between the burrows, head erect, eyes
to the front and waging destructive
war against the enemies of crop-life.
All honor to the young Virginian fresh
from classic shades and dress parade
who is not afraid of the sunshine or
hard work. The labor problem is be-
ing satisfactorily solved on some farms.
Judge Hundley is projecting other
improvements and l expect in the near
future to show strangers another model
farm in the neighborhood Of Farmville.
had not passed through the Long
wood farm for many years before this
trip, and was gratified to find that the
ancient and honored landmark was IN
excellent condition. Mr.. Barber came
to this section years ago and after ex-