The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-25
.MORE.PRODUCT|v'
..iTH.A|.A n i
Land Between FarI1lville and at q.
Cumberland Courthouse ri
35S8 Brings Good q Returns.
FARMERS ARE MAKING \ / MONEY / j :: I,
Tobacco That Produces One
s5 Hundred Dollars tile All:
"a ere. /,
FARMERS ARE MAKING N oNEY,
Acre
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as V FARM WILLIE " ", uEust "a. III dgeS
william Leigh, who presided Iii this cir
cult. In days gone BY, used Al to \ say that
the land between F'artnVl legand Cumber-
land Courthouse, Is forts general appear
5anco was the most productive in}F Vir-s
GINA, III :s$s s
81 The learned Ejurist might have taken
"a wider sweep, and said tho same thing
OF y the lands lying. beyond Cumberland
Courthouse, and on to IA what Is now
known las A1oseley' $ Junction. have
recently been over every acre of y t, and
am prepared to say there Is no thought
fully cared for%and well worked acre in
all that body that will not yield an hun
3dredfold \ to the worker. & can mention
lot after lot Of tobacco from which the
owners confidently expect from &tiftyS8toi
one hundred dollars profit per acre, while
others have already yielded twenty six
bushels OF wheat to the acre and two to-
three tons o & hay. Is no xtrayagantS
to say that III ty5a bushels Of corn will be
gathered from many acres while alfalfa
and Ciermun 3cloy Ell ri re IN eyid ence lin
every Sdirection.St2 s A stt 9si5s sSt5
g5s Tho only cri tlclsnl that can be justly
mad on conditions as existing Sin this
section &of Virginia is that all m illers Of
the soil do8not make fifty to one hundred
dollars OF profit on each acre Of tobaccO,
}twenty-six bushels of wheat, three tons
OF fhayBand fifty bushels Of corn on each:
acre cultivated. n II would not be under
stood MS Econtendng for. the truth Of any
such propositions but i do know that
many farmers in this Isl retch Of South
side Virginia are acco,np fishing such re-
suits. md I 90 further and say that all
farmers could go and do like wise. a nd
( the outside world Is yet to learn that
these crops are lie ing made under con-
ditions which for the physical man far;
outweigh those existing lii any other
section Of our common country a 4 There
Is no8fleld without q spring Of pure wa ter
within easy reach; no old home without
Its garden from which a zgren ter variety
+ ofsvegetables can be gathered than can
be grown elsewhere. No IN ight fretted
by mosquitoes or made unconfortahlejby by
heat; no unrest In social circles; BE no real
$want3sof religious Or educational q van
{tages, and while labor is scarce, 1t Is not
jpeculiar5t I'd tho section of Which ISWrite.3
g5I wonder that some Of these workers rs
don't get to be Smlllonniros; s. and the
secret Of the failure Is found & I'M two ~
facts they live high and u alwayss have
time for fox hunt, II have, "A travelled
extensively In this and other Stages
md nowhere do i find In country places
such meals as I am al cust toned to have
In this so-caled "a Short era ISIS S. section
I called at Widows home atS8Sunny
Side In Cumberland county, recent II at
noon, Just In time for dinner, and was
told by the good lady Of the house that
owing to the absence Of some members
OF the family for the day It had been
agreed TO do&lke tho city folks, and have
six o'clock dinner, but she added y
II can got you lunch"--not luncheon
ana such lunch 1t was # Faultlessy{
fried chicken, fried potatoes, raw ton1a-
toes, cucumbers fresh from the garden
blackberry serves. apple pie fit for the
gods, honey tea, rich ~ milk and Ice e
galore. Demonico furnished no such .2IA
breakfast next morning, quick biscuits
cream -colorcd batterbread light rolls,
crisp and brown waffles. breakfast bacon
and eggs broled chicken and cold ham
And this Is Just n sample OF what IND
at Cumberland Courthouse, Tobaccovllle,t
Eallsvlllo and Moseleys AT the latter
place tho "seryant-girl problem" has has
been entirely solved by my landlady at
lenst who, though threescore and ten
dheerfulyS at the table, She is tho veri- II
table Queen of the home. and deserves
two crowns. and ] behave she will have
two--tlo one she Is wearing on earth
and the other she will wear In heaven
Speaking Of cooking, however reminds
mo to refer to an Incident OF; recent gpc n
currence which demonstrates that our
boys. as we'll as our girls, arc growing
independent Of the employed cook.
4 stopped at Macon q flag station OF
tho Underwater and Western lust ut n 2
O'Clock ON n Very warm day, weariedi
from travel ana In need OF refreshments
called at u home, and found tho entire
family absent with the exception of a
sol, OF some iiftacn summers, venturea
ia ask him II he ana ! together couldn't
cook nh egg, to which he promptly said,
|aIf you'll take N seat IN the porch, rest
ann#read the pnper''--l It was The Tines
Dispatch, by the swaytT,''lB viii prepare
ydn sometning 10 ept.t 4 WASH I long
before he brought n large waiter flied
With choicest food. some Of At fresh from
tho rot stove. ON inquiry. ! learned that
he had prepared II. and without, assist
ance and added n Mother IL teaching me
10 cook, 50 that |. can take her place
when she Is away He takes 1t In very
deed and truth, and fills ~ to the full.
The wonder 10 ME. is Tint there is any
uncultiyated acre IN all this SECTION, for
"a do not believe that mortal man Can be
anywhere more comfortable beneath the
i stars. Mos OF the work on the farms
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