The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-14

noon recently on the farm Of Mr.. w
b. Gates, and here ! found the old
aud the new working side by side har-
mouiously, that j. Mr. Gates il still
raising tobacco and yet running a large
and successful dairy business at the
same time and ON the same place
Most farmers who grow tobacco insist
that nothing else can bee grown with il
% any extent. but the trouble with
such people is that they are guilty
of the folly Of over-cropping.
Not SD with Mr.. Gates who only cult
Yates 1900 bills Of the weed, does. that
admirably well, aud then has time TO
look we'll To- other things. Strange 10
say be is SD interpretations that he is
just now milking l3 cows. asked
why he didn't reduce the number TO
- or increase 10 to IA, aud he laughed
a. he said. 81 would sell one" So,
after all, most men are at least bit
-uper-litious The l3 are IN good con-
diiion, however, and the cream from
them, sent To- the city markets, bring
i'm good returns.
Great preparation is being made for
the winter comfort Of these cows. The
silos are waiting TO receive the ensilage,
aud it is maturing grandly on high
land and low. do not know that /
ever saw a better field Of corn than ]
saw here a little too thick, and yet
n it Is intended for ensllage there is
excuse for IT, On this farm | met with
another hay house, a simple and non
costly structure but one Of immense
value to the farmer and | would be-
glad to see one ON each Of our farms
for with the hay harvest / can but be-
lieve there would be earnest effort to
Ifl IT, and with plenty of hay and
grain ON our farms the farmers Woes
are AN gone.
The corn on the low lands Of Mr.
Gales has suffered from too much rain
and yet the promise there 10 Of album
dant yield Speaking Of these low
grounds / am reminded TO say that
they are literally encircled with springs
of pure water aud such Injuries in
easy touch Of work fields are Of inest-
mable value.
Mr. Gates called my attention 10 an
enemy Of the growing tobacco which |
he says is 90 be dreaded lie had no
name for i', but it spreads out on the
leaf in rather gracefully formed red |
lines and does it- work Of destruction /
quietly but effectively.
got glimpse of Rotherwood and /
MoiIeua rs drove by them and found /
these historic and noble farms still in
good keeping The former is worked
by Messrs. Anderson d Bondurant,
the latter by the Messrs. Gillian Bros
On the former ] was simply refreshed
10y looking at am army Of stacks Of hay;
on the latter at am ocean of tobacco,
clean Of grass, well worked and grow
ing. The Moileua mansion has long
since been lu ashes, and the most beau
uful of flower gardens is uo more, but
the primeval trees remain, the a'trac.
tive site, tine gracefully undulating
fields and "a memory cIing- 90 IT, great,
tender, precious.
Let me record this experience and
don't lay again that farming ia South
side Virginia doesn't pay. a friend
bought farm Of % acres for 800. 1t
Ii had on tia comfortable dwelling,
good barn and other necessary out
buildings. lie rented it, having all
the land be could manage himself and
the first year received in rent Sllj, the
next year s22j and the third year Sl2j.
Did anybody in FarmyIle beat that
have said more than once that the
tobacco crop of the season was not a
satisfactory one, but ! have seen one
crop, that of Mr.. Garneit Elliott, who
is working the farm Of his grandfather,
Mr. Cook Garrett, Of Buckingham,
which has about il the old-time fat,
heavy, rich appearance, and it is no
patch either but spreads over a num-
Der Of acres aud counts up TO the $780,,
900 hills
was discussing farming with an en-
thusiast the other day, and in relating
his experience, said that be had lost
II 100 in the last three years. but inn
mediately followed it with the remark,
81 have been offered $1,000 advance on
my farm - instead Of losing he had
made 5000. Planting money judicious-
ly on farm is like planting a fruit
tree. Itcosts something, as everything
i'm this world of value does, but the re-
turns are sure. Ina iarmiugas in other
business, the liberal soul grows faL
In my last letter got things mixed
aud called T.. a. Forbes p. b., and
George Carter rOm. The wayfariug
man knew, however, just To- whom !
was abiding The veteran clerk and
the irrepres-ible farmer are known Of
all readers of the Herald.
During hurried run through Anne
liza / called for brief momen, at the
old homestead of the late Col. Lewis
T.. Haryie, in hi- day one of the lead
NIX citizens of Virginia, prominent in
public Affairs and at one time presi-
dent of the Richmond and Danyille
Railroad Co, now absorbed into the
great Southern system.
Col. Haryie's home, like the owner,
was i'm aute-bellum days among the
noted homestead- " the State Of noted
homesteads. Beautiful in situation,
the pride Of the family, famous for
Astounding hospitality, the seat Of re-
fuemeut and Of culture. Time has
been writing some wrinkles on the
brow Of the houoied place but il is still
3D. 9 ..I.f leo Il