The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
"A new II; PLAN
Of FARMING.
Northern Neck Land Owners lr'',fs
Determined to be Independent
Of Uncertain Negro Labor.
SUIT CROP 10 OWN EFFORTS
Woman Drops Dead While SCI
curing Medicine From
Her Physician.
SUIT CROP TO OWN EFFORTS
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Especial to The Tlmes-D ispatch0
IiEATHsv1LLE, VA Feb. 6--For
several years tho farmers Of this section
have been considering and discussing the
ACCESSIBILITY OF changing their methods Of
work and adopting u system better suit
ed to the conditions of the present time.
Many things have occurred TO make some
change necessary, chief among these be-
ing the scarcity and uncertainty OF labor
during the crop season. 1t often happens
that when the farmer has pitched a.
large crop andg1 is In pressing need Of
competent help, tho labor either goes
North or demands higher wages than the
farmer canHafford to pay for ordinary
farm work. and then the crop must either
be sighted to such O degree as to great
ly reduce the yield or cultivated at a cost
far in excess Of It's market value. This
condition of affairs has been steadily
growing worse for the past ten years.
THE TENANT SYSTEM.
Some years ago tenant system was
adoption as a remedy for this labor evil
| system Of farming on shares, the
| landlord furnishing the land and team
and the tenant furnishing the labor. This
system, however, has become SO objec-i
tionable to many that 1t has been prac-
| tically done away with. 81
| Several farmers started a new plan last
year Of raising just such sized crops us
| they themselves could cultivate without
being dependent on day laborers for aid,
and the results were such that 1t Is
| probable that at least three-fourths OF
tie farmers Of this county will adopt
this plan during the coming season. 5
| It Is believed by many that this system
has many advantages. The cultivation
| Of a smaller area will enable the farmer
not, only to practice such thorougllness as
will Increase the yield per acre, but also
1 TO divide his farm into more fields than
/ formerly, and thus rest the wornout soil
i grow grass and raise cattle and sheep
| more extensively.
85OYsTERA1AN's LEAGUE.
Messrs. B. S., Hammonds and r. r.
Nreekins. who are travelling around or
ganizing oystermans protective unions,
attempted to- establish a station In Reid
vile recently. but owing to the short
ness Of the notice and the intense cold
on the appointed night. very few were In
attendance, and they all belonged to the
Fishermen's Unton so that the attempt
amounted to nothing. Pun
4 NIahaley Banks (colored) dropped dead
\ suddenly in the. middle Of the road while
/ procuring medicine from Dr.. ]. Z A. Rice
An unusually a il J, .Jsrss number q eolorsd
\ citizens living Hear this. place have died
recently, five have died withlnga radius
OF three miles Of this place during last
week. The long continued cold weather
| is supposed to be the cause OF this
ES Capt. l. NJ. Bussels, Of Wlcomico. Is
visiting, In Norfolk and Richmond md this
i week.
Mr.. Z. Belts. one OF the most prom
/ inent citizens OF the county, who was
4 severely i'll during the past week OF
/ typhoid pneumonia. and for several days
was at deaths door, is now rapidly re-
| covering his strength.
Messrs. F. G.! Newbill, 3. 5. Kan
monds and Robert George. Of Irvingron.
we're in Richmond last week in the In
| terest Of the oystermen.