The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-21

aDoul IV,Voo pusHcls o. " AGth ~ az a
c1ipeper's crop Of oats is estimated to.
be in The neighborhood of 5000 bushels
The live stock OF Culpeper. county Is
estimated to be worth somewhere In the
neighborhood OF million dollars. This
Bred horses a great many Cattle raisers
OF Southwest Virginia sell .;stock CATTLE:
,yearlngs and two-year-olds-to Culpepsr
sofa 5a they ar
thereafter shipments OF corn are smaller
of feeding it.
There is a great deal OF fruit raised In
Cupeper. a well Informed farmer esti-1
mates that the value Of the rchardf pro
pssS g w rrowng 81 fruit s
an industry which Is not so highly dcvel-
oped ln the county as the ada ptability Of
me To fhe markef az
pepper sell about 10000 dozens of eggs
every year. The value OF this product II
ata sens St ths aeapy Is
many an egg from Culpeper In the course
OF tn#year. IL e 45s
Sheep raising is a profitable industry in
the county. There are said to be 10000
sheep owned in Culpeper. which means a
yearly product Of something like 5000
pounds Of wool. 7lss. ia E5s
estimate OF the size OF the yearly hay
crops Of the country. should think the
amount sold rather small, as the large
number OF cattle wintered requires plen-2
ty Of long feed" as the farmers term
hay. l943 Al
A great deal OF milk and butter is
shipped from Culpeper county to Wash
ington every year. The last census placed
the value OF the dairy products of the
county sold at $4,000. II was told this
would be too low an estimate for five
years from 1900.
E9s At the risk of being tlresome, have
given these figures, for they bear out
the assertion I made in the outset that
sTrosperous: probably more SO than her
people realize. The history Of the county
[ Is eminently honorable. and on her soil
occurred great deal Of the fighting:
the war between tho States. The coun-
ty wns devastated at the close OF the
struggle. She Is not only on her feet to-.
day. but is advancing with rand strides
along the road TO material nat :. progress.
Depressing Situation.
( 1t is depressing to a Yirglnian to see
how little part the capital OF the State
and how little aid Culpeper Is giving Rich
mond In the struggle the city is making
to advance commercially. It ts 4 esti-
mated that the total Of the. farm pro-
amounts to a million dollars. There is
no means of knowing how much of this
trade goes to Richmond. Il heard n man
sayg.'he guessed there wasn't a thousand
dollars worth of stuff sent TO Richmond
and and Baltimore get it all, practically.
Treights to those cities are cheaper.
Philadelphia is also a market for Cul-
peper products. Z,
b culpenar merchants buy. in these mar
3kcts. was told that Richmond shoe
firms sell the merchants Of Culpeper. but
other wholesale houses Of that city do not
appear to be trying for this trade, The
register at the Wayerly, the /. Culpeper
hotel, shows every day n half pnge or
more OF names representing travelling for
Washington. baltimore, Philadelphia and
Now York. but rarely Is there seen the
autograph Of n drummer" for Rich-.
\ ami not sure, and Culpeper, merchants
Richmond are not somewhat 70 blame IN
had had rather, buy In ,Rlchmond,n said a cul-
that way seems t. me R,ehmond merr
chants could take s6 on .sm.aie y
pp aq} nh apo have aN Heard ills Ills on ali Sides
our trade like the other fellows do" the
i'other fellows' being the Washington and
told me that while In Richmond ] !. ! !,
h hsk h The seaa ra saenn a sa
never vet been quoted to him.
"A Handicap,
culpsper people want to take The Time
match. ii have hear dthis5on all sides
[ this desire for a Virginia paper, printed
aPts Gf hf sats g s de o9sy
for Instance, while the, Washington and
Baltimore papers reached here shortly
afler o O clock, The Times pispatcb did
to washington on the train over the Rich
mond FREDERICKSBURG and Potomac;
Which arrives there about 8 O'Clock, and
Railway mail, which Invariably brings
tho Northern papers.
While the pa per generally comes through
on time vet such misses" as to-day are
OF commnn occurrence. n The Culpeper
people put the blame on the postal ems
5pioyes who handle the mail at Washing