The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-30

nut factories shOGlQ assemble mere,
and they did There are now nine of
them In the city,, and all Of them oc-
cupy tremendous buildings and employ
great forces of hands. thus distributing
a whole lot of money IN the payroll
way. These factories buy the peanuts
grown in this region. and thus they
pay out to farmers In the course of
| every year something like ss.000.0no.
/ This money goes to the peanut-grow-
ers throughout the counties OF Nanse-
mond. Isle OF Wight, southamp ton,
Sussex. Surry. Elizabeth City and Nor
folk. In Virginia, and Gates. North
ampton. HEREFORD. BERTHE and Camden.
in North Carolina. The marketing OF
brings to the city a great amount OF
other kind OF trade. for be 1t remem-
bered that this country grows some
thing else besides peanuts.
Good Lands and Farm Products.
The lands in the counties named In
the two States are among the best on
the continent. They produce largely
without the aid OF fertilizers peanuts.
corn. hay, potatoes and al manner Of
truck. AS matter of fact, It Is really
the Anest trucking region in America,
and am inclined to think that in
line. and short time at that, the truck
Ing business within a ten-mile circle
around Suffolk will exceed that OF any
other section OF like dimensions In
the United States. It has also been
demonstrated within the past three
or four years that these lands are
great for hay. / am told that man
came here from the West a few years
ago and bought farm near to the
city and astonished the natives with
the statement that he was going ito
. u u IN a ", To- ia
natives were inclined to laugh at him..
but this man, and his name is "A. ".
Sturgeon. this year cut 10000 pounds
OF hay from one acre; that Is to say,
five and a quarter tons. and the mar.
ket value Of it was $40 per ton.
This is but sample Other farm
5ers have heen giving attention to hay,
and all of them have been successful,
and the opinion now is that there is
no better land IN the state upon which
to make hay and ITO graze cattle than
right around this city and in the OUT
lying. egions. s While peanuts and;
cotton have always been considered
the money crops thereabouts. these re-
cent demonstrations have opened the
eyes of the people to other great
things. Along with hay-making and
grazing possibilities there comes the.
idea OF making stock raising profltable..
and within the past two years more
fine cattle have been seen on the
farms than ever before in. the history
of LACED Eansemond county. That leads
to- the thought that dairy farms are
a coming asset OF this sections, "a big,
dairy plant hereawould pay, for with
the railway facilities and the neArness
to the Norf folk, Petersburg. Richmond
and Baltimore markets cream. milk
butter and cheese-making would flour-i
iishghere as3eperhaps nowhere else In
the South n ~ "a. ar
Good Lands That Are Cheap. s = - y.
VIZ The products Of the counties NAMED
In. the two States are already mar
5keted In this city. and from here find
their way to Q Their markets. and there
can be no good Areas on why the prod Z
.ucts Of good dairy farms as we'll as
trucking farms should not do just as
Well. These lands, which are. yet
cheap as compared wi tn lands in even
dess favored sections, also grow fruits.
to. perfection. Apples. pears, cherries,
iplums and d all kinds OF berries grow
with little or no cultivation, and the
famous Scuppernong8 grape as well as
other grapes, are Il ind genous q to the
soil. A Mr.. Whitfield. who planted
an orchard wit hin three. miles OF the
city. has demonstrated that peaches
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