The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
.LOUD0UN COUNTY
| RICH TERRITORY.
Pays One Twcnty-Fifth AS Much
Taxes AS All the Other
Counties.
SOIL PRODUCTIVE AND High
Famous Farms That Are Known
Almost the World.
Over.
SOIL PRODUCTIVE AND HIGH
Famous Farms That Are Known

taxes paid by the other r!neiy-1Pne coun-
tics OF Virginia The annual revenue OF
! the State from Loudoun Is about 81, 900.
The county gets back In the form OF
criminal expenses tho small sum OF
$500. have in mind q county OF South
west Virginia which pays tito the State
treasury the sum OF $4,000 annually, and
gets back every year in the form OF
criminal expenses. tho sum Of 5000, some
times nearly $1,000. But no Legislature
has yet had the courage to make each
county bear Its own criminal expenses.
These come out OF the State treasury.
That there should be serious objection
on the part of the people OF Loudoun and
other cSi,rties, where assessments OF real
estate and other forms OF property are
more nearly their actual value than they
are In some OF the southwestern counties,
B Is not a matter OF wonder.
Think Of the wealth Of a county which
pays the tax paid by, any four average
counties in the State. Yet. Loudoun
Is not an exceptionally large county.
either in area or population. It is rich.
The lands Of Loudoun.' celebrated
wherever the flag Of the Union flies,
are in demand. and when a would be
purchaser succeeds in inducing the Lou
doun landholder to part with his farm
. he has to pay a prizes for It y hich would
stagger the farmer Of the avera &c county
OF any State In the Union.
The soil of Loudoun is naturally pro-
ductlve. and for generations It has been
cultivated In the most scientific man
Ener, that Is. 1t has been farmed with a
view to making 1t produce all 1t was
capable, and. at the same time. preserv-
Ing Its fertility. That is scientific farm
ing, though the average farmer who
practices 1t. Is prone to sheer at new
tangled notions" advocated by the scien-
farmers how to get a better living out
4 OF the soil.
Sharp Rivalry.
There is considerable rivalry between
Loudoun and the adjoining county OF Fau-
quier as to which has the most valua-
bio farming lands. find the census re-
ports of 1896 give the total number OF
farms in Fauquier as 2256, with total
acreage OF Sse.s01. and a total value. ex-
elusive OF buildings, OF Sc, 0so, $50, or a ittle
less than SIS an acre. The census for the
Esiamo year gives the total number OF
farms of Loudoun county as 1,94s, repre-
senting a total acreage OF 3l3,9O2, valued
ut s6,64o,6so or something over twenty
one dollars an acre. @
Fl The value of the farm buildings in
FLoudoun was placed at 8. 4Ss.s7o while
the value OF the same class of buildings
in Fauquier was fixed at s2o52 $3.50.
SO that, it would appear. that Loudoun
4 Is slightly III the lead though far be
It from any intention OF mine to mix in
a. controversy which Is OF such long
standing. Perhaps tho farmers of Fau-
quier may see Significance in the fact
that while the acreage Of the farms OF
I.oudoun is smaller than that of the
farms Of Fauquier. the Loudoun farmers
ply only s90,e5O for fertilizers every year,
while those OF Fauquier pay s1ui 400
The Loudoun people claim there is no,
richer country in Virginia than in the
Leesburg Valley. which. includes the land
lying a mile east Of the town, and ex-l
tending to the Catoctin Mountain, a mile
west, and to the Point OF Rocks. on the
I Potomac. twelve miles north. The extent
OF the valley is several miles to tho
south. In the territory indicated there are
many magnificent estates, which cost
their owners much money where not in
herited, and arc kept at the highest stage
OF Improvement. L
Famous Farms.
There is carheim, half mile from
Lcesburg. splendid demesne of 1000
acres, owned by Mrs. Rachel Paxton. and
as fertile as even Loudoun farmer can
desire. Ea
Then just across tn road is Moryin
Park, owned by Westmoreland Davis.
who is we'll known In Richmond. where
he resided for some years, though born
in Paris. IN q
Six miles south of I.eesburg is Cailands,
owned by William Corcoran Eust ce, a
New Yorker. who has become identified
with the people OF Loudoun by purchase
Of one OF the finest estates in the county.
Nine miles from town Is tho estate OF
Mr.. Henry Fairfax, Oak Fill. formerly
the home of President Monroe. The farm
contains fifteen hundred acres. on which
Mr.. Fairfax raises hackney horses, which
are sold all over the United States and
at prices which are the envy of other
breeders. Mr.. Fairfax Is an authority on
horses of this class and Is frequently one
of the judges at the Madison Square Gar
den Show.
Mr.. David Tenant resides on his beau
tiful farm near.to Mr.. Fairfax, who mar
red Mr. Tenants sister,
Two miles from town Is the small but
fertile and finely kept farm OF Mr.. Gillette.
Philadelphia man.
Ivan. the home of Captain A. NJ. Chi
chester. is splendid farm OF 400 acres,
and opposite is Rockland, owned by Mrs.
Ida Lee Rust. The latter farm embraces
$50 acres.
One OF the finest farms In the county
Is Selma, owned by 2. B. White. It con-
tains 1,0o0 acres. and is the envy OF
everybody who sees It, so fertile Is it.,
and so we'll kept
Waverley. the homo OF Mr.. Robert n,
lIempstone. containing BIG acres. was
aptly spoken Of as "a garden spot by a
gentleman who mentioned the place.
springwood, the 20-aore farm owned BY
S. S. Lutz, Is noted none the less for its
fertility than for a spring. which proba-
bly, covers more ground than any other
In tho State. 1t spreads out over at
least half-aore and is In reality a lake
of fair proportions.
Raspberry Plains. owned by Mrs. HUFF.
man, is ono of the finest farms in the
county.
N. b. Male Is the owner OF Rokeby. a
b0o-acre tract, which Is celebrated for its
fertility.
! Rock Spring, owned by Mr.. Henry II.
Harrison, is a beautiful estate near to
Lcesburg, the grounds Of which, varied
| In contour and relieved by luxurlant fol-
iage, are among tho most attractive in
| the county,