The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29
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with Commercial Fcrti-.
strs Raise No More
Than Formerly.
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lowers Know8Not
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.Scial TO The s-Dispatch)
Icy VA, Jan. 2S.--What Will
sssiplace Of wheat, has become a
x$serio,,s question to the maturity
pyrs In the Valley Of the Kappa
fSMas the result of repeated fall
HE wheat crop In the last five
HFor many decades back wheat
We have been the main money
gfsSthis section. although during
s5sshlf Of the nineteenth century
MUS extensively cultivated ana
SRout to-day there IS not enough
UNUSED to supp1y the home de-
4 s or no one Knows how far back
iSsprofitable and practical system
Ma farming In this section has
VIA; wheat, llny and pasture:& but
,@syears past ninety five per cent.
!sphent sown has not paid tn
E.enses OF the crop to say not
NSserest on capital invested ans
(sle land and the outlook for the
]ygA soWn Is very poor. Fnnlre
wheat also results In failure to
and or grass, and more and more
VII farmers who want grass are
stSearly3 on fallowed land without
Ecrop. s n 4. x f II
(Ssill take the place Of wheat?
81 lent farms right near here that
sgSShe habit OF raising from ono
NO three hundred bushels Of
every year. have not a grain
kaG.nd at this time The present
8S the big mill here. with Its
water-p power going to waste.
lls8you where they had to put In
&, to hold up the forty thousand
lS wheat that was trying the
S.heF now mill. +; W 4 81
|sas..tful Il If tho mill now grinds
H}slels :of wheat any month in
K and a water power sufficient
ssae biggest flour mill III the
N5hout even the expense of n
ee miles further up the river
ssE. Kelly's Ford still stands In
|ss5itinn a mill that it is said 4
ns hundred and fifty thousand
kSGE,heatia year4in its palmy days.:
Ritual output could now be easily
klEtnS four figures. The principal
ksasis mill to-day is corn. The
assers Of Falmouth and Fredcr-
lSssyesre once the leaders Of the
E princes Of these places, In
sg$sst them developed into Virglnia's
[g8naire, but. now the tie, lumber
Iay buyers lead In lac race for
SBsSew mills have been built along
ISf the Southern Railroad; but
|sHnginE IN wheat from tho West
|aGimmense quantities 0c corn md
for the ever-increasinE dairy
~ WHEAT YIELD.
IN T'l take the place Of wheat9
@t$y residents all agree in the
Sly that sixty-tlve years ago from
G@nty-tive bushels of wheat was
III I, yield Of wheat without any
ISL xcparatiot. A harrow was run
Nsjacross the corn stubbles in the
@el8 them. the wheat was sowed
Mssby hand and cultivate in W<h.
Mlthree arm plow Commercial
Twas an unheard Of thing and
,8IS& Cord on,&the president Of the
EsFhat built the canal along the
MI lock river, brought In some Pc
|6no from Baltimore and sowed
k$sarm about four miles north;
place, It created the greatest
kts To-day 1t is the concensus
i34s,rnong the farmers .lereabouts
cannot be successfully grown
Of ground with the most
S.rations Of the soil without
IEsS 8e OF a powerful stlmulant
5S to the grain. The caro-
Al might say that tie ground
III lausted Of some Of the ele-
sary to mako the wheat, but
8ss virgin forest that has meyer
aS$S is Il cleared of and the lKhd
8giLrepared and soWed In wheat
Ills similar to old land Take
4s4Egood land, land that will yield
%SSrels seventy-nvc busllels) Of
Ne aero and SOW 1t In wheat
8s8@rtlIizer and tho result IS n
SsSeh OF straw but q poor turn
8ystll take the place OF wheat?
8g9ner who wants.to get his corn
ss and finds that raising wheat
sS4 in debt for the crop. Some
iE.sit profitable TO SOW the corn
syBB rye with a light application
$Sfertili2er, to be followed the
|slk5 with a July fallow sowed
l6s.Si -ass. A fallow. also, seems
only chance for wheat these
nut four miles northwest OF
|SSSlives a man who has grown