The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-08
With Farmers in the Fall.

ing tnht ne cluluu'i All 40 10 iil~r "a
the corn h- needed on the farm, hu
found u economy to raise more tobacc
and buy the corn. He makes il "A ruiz
Ia raise from 30 to 40 barrels at home
aud to buy abuut the SAME amount
To do this he dedicatcs two acres o
Dew ground tobacco each year to the
purchase Of corn and thinks he make.
money. He figures that from that To-
bacco he will average year by year
seventy five To eighty dollars, and
with That sum he can buy from 50 to
IO barrels of corn, the surplus he will
need. Does he make mistake?
thiuk so. II he can afford to grow any
corn he can afford to grow all he con
sumes OH the farm. and / am quite
confident that with the same labor
and fertilizer he expended on the to-
bacc0 given to corn he would raise at
home all the corn he buys away from
home, and have the sbucks and fodder
besides Add to this the glorious salts
faction Of being Independent Of other
folks fields and prices, and the ques-
ton must be decided in favor of home
grown corn. Speaking Of corn re-
minds me to say that Mr.. W. ID Lee
sturgeon raised at the rate of 30 bushels
To the acre this season o. high land.
The rich West don't beat that.
Our farmers are paying more alten-
ton To pea culture than ever before.
Mr.. j. NJ. Nenable, who is making his
first crop as farmer, by the way, allow
ed one half Of "a large field to mature
and then had them gathered. It was
interesting to watch score Of pickers
busy at work filling bags with this very
valuable commodity Of trade. | have
40 doubt this was profitable picking.
have recently made run through |
a portion of the bright tobacco belt Of
Lunenburg, and was gralfied to meet
with farmers who were well pleased |
with the results Of another years labor.
Many of them had sold their crops in
the barns and had nothing to do but
pull the leaves from the stalks, pack
in h0gsheads and deliver at the depot.
This strikes me as being a large gain
on the farmers part. | could mention
the names of moIe than one whose
crop brought more in ready cash than
the whole farm originally cost, but as
failed to get the exact figures must
:Onteut myself with the general state
ment, adding again as have so often
lone through your columns, that this
,annot be said of the farmers of other
sections of our State or common coun-
ny.
one Of The most successful of these
armers having rounded up the years
work on the farm was busy with his
cams ia the woods, hauling hickory
% the railroad, shipping to Richmond
md receiving Sl2 cord for it, Others
we're getting Xmas wood. and Others
Till grubbiug in new grounds for an
'ther crop.
The majority Of them have followed
obacco with oats instead of wheat.
nd said they found Il much more pro-
table
| was surprised To find that first
ate farmer had not gathered his corn, $
nd asking him for reason he prompt
y said: My corn isn't yet seasoned :
nj ready for cribbng. We must have 5
ther and larger frosts before / will be.
I'm pulling" Is he right or wrong? j
There was an air of sweet content
bout one of the farms | visited during /
he week where all the barns were well c
He'd, and l25 turkeys gobbled, gobbed,
obbled. Brown stone mansions are {
OF the homes of as much comfort.
Mrs. John A. Cunningham doesn't !
We on farm but she can claim two {
rops of raspberries from the same vines a
his season, aud that's what few farm
rs can boast of.
/ have been always afraid Of a mule, g
Rough | am devoted to a horse, and
an across one Of the long cared gentry
le other day who had literally kicked a
imself well nigh to death. His part {
er was patiently at work, well fed
nd fat. Just here some Of us who are
ut loug-eared or four legged might B.
aru lesson.
rwo Of the happiest boys Of my
avels had just killed a large deer, and a
ere yelling Justify to secure help to o.
Ike the trophy home They didn't
81 we'll that night, but went out look
x for another deer early next morn
X. passed through neighbor.
BOD recently, and was told that they b
ere as plentiful there as rabbits. K
OK THE Go. NJ
$50 SOUTH" the Cry.
"Go South" cries another con ac n,
unt of climatic advantages and to ~,