The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-08-08

] OF one or the hummer. lie owns just
50 acres Of land, has snug home, two
good barns aud all other necessary out
buildings. Cultvates 10000 bills Of
tobacco, and raises all the grain,
grass, meat, vegetables, and fruit con-
sumed on the farm. Buys guan) for
cash, pays store bills with eggs, chick
ems and butter, or rather buys with
such things what he needs from the
store f. n time ,o time and makes no
bills. Sells some hams and some hay.
Makes barrel of sorghum and can
control day labor with it when money
fails to bring il. Always has album.
dant supply Of stove wood ready for
his wife, aud sunday morning carries
the wife and three children 10 sunday
school. Has gushing spring Of cool
water within 30 yards of the home,
drinks coffee but once day, and when
he sells the tobacco crop is sure TO have
some money TO put in bank. lie has a
mower now and hopes some day to
own broader acres and binder. He
pays taxes so a. TO save Der cent PEN
atty, reads the Herald and takes proper
interest in the politics Of his State, coun.
ty and district.
From this home on lift my hat to
the zone morse farmer He is Virgin
las friend today, aud upon his strong
arm she may lean conf lcruy "in
piping times Of peace" ~ well a. try
ing times Of war.
! spent restiul night at a charm
ing country home in Charlotte recently,
and on walking about The place in the
early morning ! found on one side Of
the dwelling aud in close touch Of il
the largest aud most furnishing patch
Of suDflowefs J ever met with, and on
inquiry learned that they were being
cultivated 10 furnish "chicken food, -
and was told that it was best Of egg
producing food II did not occur to
me that there was any particular trou-
bile in securing the yield, and the Won
der is that don't see more Of il grow
ing about our country homes. Certain
is it that at this home saw an army
Of nourishing chickens, good to
look upon, good TO eat and good for
market.
The best garden have seen ia all
my travels was that of widow. and
hard by it the most perfect peach or
chard | know Of asked good
house wife what had become Of the
garden curraut-, goo-eberries and
raspberues? She too, lamented their
departure, but couldn't understand
why the "mcn folks had gotten 80
lazy as to let them slip from them aud
run away We can 30 afford 90 de-
ny ourselves such luXuries.
Our farmers are more generally sup
piled with ice this season than they
have been Of late years, and this is
great gain.
The tobacco crop is not promising
one, but ! have no where seen an iudif-
ferent corn crop. The quality Of wheat
is excellent, and flour made from il at
an old-time mill is just delightful
Just here permit me 10 say that the
very best flour / ever had / had ground
at Rock Mills, i'm Buckingham comfy,
and. a. far back a. the summer Of 1868.
/ carried over from Worsham 10 that
then famous mill, - bushels Of wheat,
spent the night listening TO good music,
III the late Mr.. Anderson Wright was
living he could give me the name Of
the fiddler and returned home next
day with nine barrels of the choicest
flour | lever did see.n Such rolls. such
loaves, such mullins, such biscuit,
such waflles, know never did see,
nor will look upon their like again
| mean no reflection upon the fast
flying rollers Of the present, but you
will permit an old man while ridingon
an electric ear Of 1902 10 cast lnger-
ing look upon the luXuries Of stage
coach ride Of long ago. The world is
advancing, you say, and 80 ] say, but
move a. it may it can never 90 80 fast
or so far a. to hurry all Of us out of sight
nor out Of mind Of a dead but ever dear
past.
II the Herald Office isn't crowded
with watermel0ns this season it will be
due to the fact that it is passed by in
the distribution. Their name will be
legion.
Now that Judge Hundley is the
champion plum grower of Virginia,
isn't Farmville the largest plum dis
trbuting centre east Of the Rockies
This should teach our farmers not to
despise the day Of small fruits. The
possibilities Of Southside Virginia soil
are yet unknown.
In all my goings / find no roads
quite so good as those Of Prince Edward,
and yet even there the work is yet i'm
its infancy. Let the good work go ON
until something like perfection has
been reached. The tax on bad roads is
the heaviest known To man. Wisdom