The Washington herald., 1909-06-13


Ia means Fairfax County. OF that State.
IN his short trips across the Potomac ne
may not get beyond the confines Of Alex
andria County. that small portion of ter
ritory embraced in the original cession
Of Virginia TO the United States to form
the Federal District but If he does he
enters Fairfax County, from which the
grant referred to was carved in 1S0o
Fairfax County. to say the least. is
a fine stretch OF country. consisting OF
rolling hills, rich wales. many streams.
and peopled by thrifty and successful
farming community that has grown rich
on the natural fertility OF the SOIL the
excellent climate. and the access to mar
ket afforded by the cities OF Washington
and Alexandra. Fairfax County fills
the definition which Americans use so
freely-~God's Country'-in speaking OF
their native land when abroad, or OF
their native State or county when visit
Ing other parts OF the United States
All Praise Virginia.
The beauties Of Virginia from the time
Capt John Smith wrote back TO Eng
land 10 the present time have been laUd-
ed in literature and song. George Wash
ington used 10 say in his letters that
more natural advantages were grouped
In the valley OF the Potomac than in any
other spot in the colonies. The North
ern soldiers returning from their dreary
marches and hard-won victories were
wont to tell the folks at home Of the at
tractveness Of Fairfax County as a place
10 1--we. The vision of the green hills. the
distant Potomac, and the luxurious rests
IN camp among the scenes Of Fairfax
County, lived longest in the mind Of
many q grim veteran Of the civil war
who is now resting beneath the sod in
some Northern graveyard.
Fairfax County has the same charm to
the visitor. whether he goes out from
Washington for a day or two whether
he comes from a distant State 10 re-
main awhile with friends. or whether
he IS a foreigner riding over the high
ways in a flying car 70 see something Of
he country about the Capital City.
Morton Amazed at It's Beauties.
When J. Sterling Morton was Secretary
Of Agriculture he visited Fairfax County
ana went over a considerable portion OF
Il, driving in a carriage. On his return he
expressed amazement that such fine land,
within three hours ride Of the Washing
ton Monument, could be bought so cheap
ly. and he declared that all that was
needed 70 Ill Fairfax County with new
residents from other sections Of the
country was 70 advertise its excellent op-
portunities among them.
That in a measure has been done and
Fairfax County to-day, hoary with ira
dition. rich in historical memories, fertile
beyond the conception Of those who have
not stirred its soil and harvested the
growth OF its fields IS filed with a content
ed and progressive population that has
prohted BY its growing activity and en-
,erorise.
Fairfax County is specially adapted 10
dairy farming. and one OF the principal
occupations Of the farmers is the pro
duction Of milk for consumption in
Washington. Herndon and the Dranes-.
vile district Is the the largest milk pro
ducing area for the Capital City. The
farms around Vienna, Fairfax, and Falls
Church contribute a large proportion OF
the same product. though these sections.
being nearer the city, give more attea-
ton to fruit growing and truck farming.
equally profitable from the agricultural
and horticultural point Of view.
FRrmers Growing Rich.
Under the better methods Of aKricul-
ture now being applied IN Fairfax County
the farmers are growing richer each
year, many Of the older residents are re-
firing on well-earned competencies and
giving room 70 new land owners from the
West the North. and the East, who
are buying up these contury-old farms
that are beginning TO blossom forth anew
with agricultural riches undreamed of a
generation ago
One OF Fairfax County's best known
business men is a plain citizen who
answers 10 the name OF John F. Jerman.
he is known in about every home in
Fairfax County. He is mild OF manner
slow Of speech, but convincing in argu-
ment, and many q dweller to-day in
Fairfax thanks his lucky stars for the
day when he made the acquaintance Of
John Jerman- In four years time he has
sold 70 purchasers 100 farm residence
properties In Fairfax County. the ma
jority OF them within a few miles OF
Vienna, where his principal office and
headquarters is.
Mr. Jerman has an Office at Fairfax
Court House and another In Washington
which he visits each day. He Is In cor
respOndence with home seekers in all
parts or the country and he convinces
many OF them that II Is to their ad-
vantage TO buy dairy. fruit. truck or
poultry farms in Fairfax, near Washing
ton, where life Is easy and the returns
OF labor large and sure.
Mr.. Jerman has in his once pretty
much all the salable property in Fair
fax County, and It Is a simple thing for
him to bring home seekers and home
sail 10 e. .
both That he is able TO do this with
good effect, his announcements In anoth-
er part OF this section to-day attest as
does the fact that 400 cOntented resi-
dents Of Fairfax have found their homes
and farms through his efforts
Knows Fairfax Well.
Mr.. Jerman is an animate library OF
facts about the agricultural possibilities
Of Old Fairfax He knows the county
from end to end and sideways as well
as he does his Bible. and many a man
from some distant State has learned
things vastly TO his advantage from an
hours conversation with this plain
countryman, who five years ago went
into the real estate business ana has
followed it with so much success. II
takes few minutes for Mr. Jerman to
get warmed to his subject. for he is not
naturally a great taIker But he tells
the facts, plain and straightforward,
and what he tells a stranger Of Fair
fax County does not need subsequent re-
vision or proof reading. Its resources,
the adaptability OF it's farms to specified
agricultural operations, are stated, and
the man who comes through these repre-
sentations has no occasion aftsrward to
change the impressions formed OF the
worth OF the property he buys.