The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
People Taking Advantag Of
Favorable Conditions and
Doing Great Hustling.
GOOD ROADS NOW
THE WAICHWORDs
New Methods in Farming Raw
Material for Factories Of Vari-
Gus Kinds-An Educational
Ccntre--Farmville Lead 4
ing Town Of Former
"Black Belt"
NY FRANK 8. wooDsoN.
Industrinl Editor.

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ny FRANK 8. WOODsON.
Industrial Editor.
FARMvILLE, VA. July 11.-Prince
Edward county, Of which Farmville Is
the capital is so we'll known to the 4
virginia readers OF the Times ID ispatch
as to require nothing in tho way. Of -
historical review. 1t is one of the
elder group Of the subdivisions Of the
Old Dominion, having been formed
from Amelia county In the year 1853,
and named for the then Prince OF.
Wales. The county figures extensively
In the history OF the state, having fur
nished many statesmen of note and Z
numerous soldiers whose names are
high up on the roll of fame.
The county Is about twenty-five miles
long and a fraction over twelve niles
in width. having an area OF sometnlns
Hike RAG square miles, and 1t may be-
added that they are $40 square niles
OF as good land as is to be found any
where in the state OF Virginia or any
where else. as for that matter. The
surface is rolling. but every mile. near:
| ly every acre is level enough to adj
nit OF the advantageous and profita-
| BILE use OF all manner OF improved
farm machinery.
The farmers Of the county who used
to have so much negro labor as to
make them ignore machinery have
Iwithin the past decade more partlcu-
larly within tho past five years, be-
come very large buyers OF Improved
farm machinery. and they have done
| we'll to do so. It has made them In
dependent of the shiftless labor they
had to contend with. Whether 1t he
due to the use OF machinery. to the
reading OF books or to better work.
/ or to all three combined. 1t Is true that
the agriculturists OF this splendid old
Il county have made more money in the
4 last decade than they have In all the
years since the close OF the war be-
i tween the States combined.
Productive Lands Made to Produce.
"A Prince Edward county farmer
i who is In debt and pulling under n
mort gage on his farm is,a rarely. i
doubt II there are n half dozen white
farmers in tho county who owe more
money to-day. than they are able to-
write a check for on the shortest no-
i tce.
1 Tho soil OF the county Is somew what
varied, there being gray, chocolate and
i red loans and much sandy land all
being backed with strong red clay
subsoil. These lands are well adapted
to. all OF the products so we'll !knownSirs
Virginia.
Tobacco yields from 400. to 1900
pounds per acre; wheat, eight to thirty
i bushels; corn, ten to fifty bushels GA ia
ten to fifty bushels; potatoes, fifty
to 300 bushels; and all forage crops.
especially the legumes are produced.
But tobacco is the most profitable In
dustry-the soil and climate being
peculiarly adapted to#it. The grasses,
clover, timothy. red top, or herds
grass. are also profitably grown.
While It may not be said that this ia
g q. ma tural Grazing country, the fact is !
tnat Tor the past few years farmers
have been giving special attention to
grasses and now as flne scat tleSan
sheep may be found grazing ana
4 prospecting in Prince Edward az a.
any county Of the State Sheen "a isIn =
especially has been made very proflta-
vesctablcs That Pay. a3
There is no county In the state -
which vegetables flouri sh bettar.5iTht.s
Is especially true OF the lands i1nme-s
4 dlltately around Fartnpille. Some years
ago cannery was establish ed mere
, ana IL pros pered for several years. &rha5
uslness management was not alto
4 gether just what 1t might have been
or Il might be prospecting now. How
4 ever, It did Il good work in that ~
created market here for tomatoes
and other cannable vegetables and
fruits, ana the farmers commenced to
make something for a money cronS
other than tobacco. They found good
money In tomatoes, cucumhers peas.8
I sWe ct corn, etc. Another and larger
cannery has been established and is
4 doing an even greater work along the
u line Of diverslfying the efforts Of tho
farmers than the old one did.
There is an opening here for even
more and larger canneries, and they
VIII doubtless be established In the
near future. a pickle factory In
Farmville would find Il plenty OF the
raw material to work upon if 1t we're
4 known a season In advance that one iss
i to be Established. 5tg 81 Is
Minerals and ,rimbcrs.
The minerals around Farnlville. and
4 An fact, all over the county are iron,a
mica. copper, kaolne, coal and tho
building stones. These are SO far ,lr,.S$ s.,
!! developed. but that all Of them EXIST
I lin paying quantities. may be readily
4 proven when the capital and enter-g
] prise unite to bring them to the sur
face, gave an account two weeks
lago In the Industrial Section OF The
4 Times-D Dispatch OF the wonderful snc-S
!, lcess ofthe Dominion State Mines Corr
4 poration, company, which under the
general management OF Mr., g. O.
AIatchett, IS mining In this county,
Tho corporation Is for the present con-
\ timing its efforts TO the mining and
\ pre- pairing for market, OF fsI dspar, 81
A stone that is re garded very ii gll lys BY
1.-THE pottery makers, and is used for
j, making and glazing pottery.
While tho corporation Isl making a
4 good thing mining the fields par n Sis
Enot content To ST OPP here. TOR Il ~ has