Evening star., 1909-06-19
New Apartment House Facing Connecticut Avenue and Bridge
OLD DOMINION DRAWS MANY
ALL-YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS
Attractions Of Piedmont Section Described by Vir-
ginian--- What 1t Offers to Washingtonians
as Well as to Other Urbanites.

rolling to the distant ranges OF noun
tains, banking up as a protection against
the cold winter blas,s: the whole country
interspersed with trees. copse and tim
ber, while on every side are indications
of prosperity.
The people are OF high standard, hos
pitable, kind. self-respecting. well edu-
Gated and well informed, prosperous and
happy
Great Country for Cattle.
The country supports from 3OOOO to 3S-
OD export cattle, which are winter fed
only from three to four months: are
made on grass and sold in June. Thou
sands of sheep and lambs are carried
economically and finished on the large
blue grass grazing boundaries: and the
swine. following the cattle, are always
ready for early shipment, at the season
most advantageous for selling WELL
This country grows profitably all crops
or the temperate zone: wheat, oats rye,
corn, potatoes. cultivated grasses. and
besides blue grass there are others that
are Indigenous to the soil. Fruits of all
sorts do well. and orcharding is being ex-
tended year by year.
1t is not generally known what happy
conditions exist in this part of Virginia
II is exempt from extremes of all kinds
The winters are mild and the summers
pleasant, and. in fact, any criticism that
can be made is that life is too rife OF
Dressings, and good things come too easily.
rev people recognize values of the
Old Dominion lands. and comparison is
often made to the deep alluvial soil of
the middle west and other sections. but
the following figures offer strong evidence
of land values of Virginia
Some Comparative Figures.
Average value of all crops per acre,
$12O8. as compared with Ohio. whose
average per acre is s12.59; OF vegetables.
$4763. against $44.97. The average value
per acre of corn last year in Virginia was
$11.55; in Indiana, s11.59; in Iowa, $1O64:
In wheat the average value was $7.3l
per acre; In Indiana, $3.50 and in Iowa
$3.50 per acre. The average value per
acre of potatoes in Virginia was s5376; in
Michigan. $50.16 in Ohio $J0.63 per acre.
In hay the average value per acre, S17.So:
in Indiana, S12.5S; in Illinois, $14.IO per
acre.
Year before last the small county of
Rappahannock alone shipped over 2OO,OOO
cation by the late Senator Camden
showed that Fauquier county produced
more eastern and export cattle than any
county in the states of Kentucky, Ten
nessee, West Virginia or Indiana. Fau-
quier and Loudoun counties produced
more finished hunters than any six coun-
ties In the United States.
While the Virginians of this section.
both native and by adoption, take Q
serious view of life and its responsibilities.
and are aggressive in business, they still
find time for the pleasures of social inter
course and sport, and in the different
neighborhoods scattered through the dif-
ferent parts of the country, hunting
shooting, fishing, polo and racing are
enjoyed enthusiastically.
Everything considered, there Is no place
SO we'll suited for profitable ail-the-year
residence, where life is so full and salts
flying.