The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-03-15
Spring Farming.

Editor Herdid:-Not only on IN,
highways but on our farms As well. on
the go is the order Of the day, in these
> spring days. ne or knew our farmer.
better armed for the fight, and with
good seasons there will be good returns
Tor all their labors. May the good
Lord abundantly bless them in their
years work.
Some wheat is looking admirably
well. On his small farm. near town.
Mr.. II L Barrow has one Of the best
lots have seen. Those of Mr.. w. II.
Richardson and Mr. Jas. Lancaster
are well nigh a promising. Mr.. Carey
smith has been sowing oats on large
scale. He evidently has confidence
that this is still an oat-growing section
Seeded in time, on good land, and the
crop Is as certain as any we grow. IT,
as many Of our farmers contend. two
bushels Of winter oats can be raised
where only one Of wheat can be SEE
cured, it is positive folly not 10 cuiti-
vate the oat crop
Am excellent farmer told me chat
bone meal was as valuable as home-
made manure on land which was well I
supplied with vegetable matter He /
also remarked tina, the cost of manur. T
ing am acre with the home article was
about $40.
Matthews, the jailer, is no mean
farmer Some years ago he bought 40
acres oflaud on The North bank of ihe
AppomattoX, about two miles from
Farmville, for which he paid $40.
The first year he planted nothing but
corn, and gathered $50 barrels. Corn
was worth - 80 barrel that season.
and you can make your own figures
aud say whether or not it was prof.
table investment. lie has been i'm
proving the place year by year since
and viii soon have a model small farm.
Would that we had more Of them scat
tered all over Southside Virginia.
buckingham has sent 10 Prince Ed.
ward, in the person Of Mr.. Emmett
Richardson, one Of the wide-awake
farmers Of the State, and the Prince
Edward brothers will have to look well {
to their laurels. He has rented the +
farm Of Mr.. W. II. Richard .
son, and will maintain its high record 4
lnbroken. He came from neighbor-
hood Of successful tillers Of the soil aud +
neld undisputed place in the front c
aux among them. lie has not lost ]
MS cunning.
If you want to see some artistic work
n the shape Of household conveniences. :
'ide out to Judge Watkins, and see e
What Mr.. Cross has been fashi0ning 4
nto shape. The rustic porch is the d
Attest addition, and is a work of real {
Irt. Bush river bottoms furnished the O
Embarked willow trimmings, and as an
il cannot be excelled. When
he watermelon season comes its al b
eady good points will be emphasized d
lake home attractive and all the boys p
viii not rush to the towns and cities.
flowers and fruits have high claims
pom our thoughts and labors, too, and
hat is not a wise landowner who neg il
acts them.
y gentleman, who was at Blacks
urg recently, said that the finest ami
lal he saw on the States stock farm. p
'as sent from Prince Edward farm l.
We raise the best when proper care is n
xercised, and our people are learning
D. be more and more careful
Farmvile has recently sent out to =
lrming circles one Of her bright young NJ
usiness men, and am predicting for PIT
i'm "A successful career. In due time Il
will make proper mention of his "
iethods.
Mr.. 4. A. Calhoun has grown tired Of C,
'nung land and has now bought a "i
.rm of his own. Each lick will be- q ~
,lliug lick from this time ON, each N
.ade Of grass his own property, each
nit tree and all that makes Che place
lore and more valuable. n
These thiug- mean quickencd steps, ln
reused energies. new incentives. larger
lorts, and these mean richer re-
ards and finer victories. 80 young
nam with viii, and Thought. and mus
e, and good sense, who ha. adopted i
ming as a profession, can afford 90 ,t
mt land. ON THE Go.
The y. W. CT. L. ma
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