The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-07-01

with the lAtnitiH VI Ah'
here. i'm this day Of improved machine
ry and scarcity Of labor, the hoe Is less
in use. aud must, a. / believe, finally
be abandoned a. an implement Of agfi-
cultural warfare. The imam behind
the hoe" will be found riding a. he
controls the pillow. And this doesn't
mean that man will be driven from the
field. Kansas already has In use the
latest and best of farm machinery, ana
vet she has recently sent out an agoniz'
ing cry for 10000 strong men to AID ID
saving her abundant crops. Ii was
said, some years since, that the electric
cars would destroy the value of horses
but they were never selling for better
prices, and so sulky plows haven't de-
preciated the price Of farm hands.
As in Southside the plants have to he
picked and planted by human hands
! so in Tidewater, the same wonderfully
formed mechanism il in growing de-
maud.
The farmers Of this section began in
the early spring by selling greens
kale, spinac, turnip tops, sprouts &C.
for which they realized good returns.
The pea crop followed, then the berry
and now the potatoe has the right OF
way. The market opened, high i've
dollars "a barrel, less than three bushels
then dropped to four and yesterday
Touched SI.75. As with your tobacco,
so with the truck, prices fiuctuaie, and
farmers on the sea n well As those III
the shadow Of the mountain, are al
WAYS lat sea" a. to prices. J am told
however, that good farmers make 10
barrels to the acre, aud at the lowest
price named there If good profit ~
them.
The pOtatoes this season are OF me
quality, and ! asked "a farmer only yes
terday why he didn't keep at least the
major part Of his crop for the spring
market To which ne said, "our early
p erop won't keep, aud the late crop
il too uncertain to venture on ]
{ have often watched the wagons rumb-
t ling into your town at the evening
: hour. at the flood tide of the tobacco sea-
{ son. and only last evening, looked on
with intense interest at another Hood
q tide scene. The scene was laid at the
e Yorktown wharf and opened about }
u m. when little white winged crafts
4 could he seen coming i'm from all points
o of the surrounding shores under full
sail and on the crest of the incoming
O. and swiftly flowing tide. On reaching
the wharf. their contents were quickly
~ nnloaded, some of them carrying only
few barrels. others scores Of them Just
a. with the wagon at your warehouses
- So with the boat at the wharf, when
, unloaded. it gives place to another ana
an an until the last was ready To return
20 home empty. In the mean time
-, wagons aud carts, the latter largely ~
M the majority. were contributing theil
=. quotas to the general cargo Of the bl
hoat the Baltimore" which was eX.
pected fromWest Point al $50 p. m. j
" arrived ON time, advising the citizens o
- the ancient burg fits approach, b. thre'
sc hoarse but penetrating whistles. with
i'm less time than ! am taking To- Tel
q about il men, women and children AT
~ ~ ON the wharf to welcome the tri-week
" ly visitor. Greetings are exchanges
while the big boat is being tied To N
q wharf and then the trucks are whrle'
into line aud for an hour or more IN
~ work of loading proceeds fast ant
Is furious. Again the whistle sounds
'u ropes are thrown to the men on board
the shin moves out into the darkne'
and the deep, while all Yorktown got
10 bed and to undisturbed sleep VIM
notatoes make up the bulk Of the carg'
III noticed some crates Of cherries, othe.
" Of June apples and still others Of eucun
=, hers. Barrels Of crabs, aud clans, ana lr
were also there, the sea uniting VIII
the land to furnish the tables Of tho'
who crowd our cities.
Speaking ofoysters reminds me To 20
~ hat | never saw finer than ! have bee
feasting on during the recent past.
o'e course they were fresh from the
vi watery bed, and | am prepared now
u0 saw that tine York river variety il prin
Tue among bivalves. And, Mr.. Editor,
'ne Won haven't had a clam chowder Of lat
o' come at once To Yorktown aud join
in one
Driving out from Yorktown on "
terday / passed what is known as l
"Lodpe.u where Washington had
lay headquarters during the siege and
was my surprise the place is marked 10y O
ood Of the boldest springs ever saw. A
ON on the adjoining farm owned by {
lore Curtis family, / found two Oh
en- notable springs, the water from eitl
The of which would turn a good sized m
I'D And there ! found the spring, howe v
ard, lust a. 1 have 80 often seen in the moi
rest tain sections with the pan Of rich mi
par and pots Of yellow butter. had ne
20 much a. heard Of such things III
section Of Virginia. On the same Ia
saw 40 hogs fattening for the slaul
the ter. a flock Of excellent sheep, che
last mixers and fields Of grass, such a
ship have seen in the valley. The more
~ a know Of Virginia, the more am "a
ed a fed that its every acre will yet be ON
lpty ed and cultivated by men who Will
and p~reciate their holdings and put III
a to highest and best use. NothinI
lpit, have seen, however, in Idew'
E to would make me exchange a home
ing. the Southside for M even In sign