The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21

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cashier OF the First State Bank Of that
town. He IS also farmer on a small
scale. had a letter from him week or
two ago, In which he asked me for. In
formation about the cultivation OF al
falfa, and I told him all knew about
1t. which Is whole lot In replying
to my volume of reliable information.
, Patterson writes me as follows:
Il am going into the growing Of
alfalfa on some lots have here In
! stead OF selling them or putting
houses on them and renting. II I
should meet with success in my
smaller efforts will next year go
into 1t on q more extended scale.
for I firmly believe there Is good
money In 1t even on a small scale. I
keep a horse and by this menas he
will be self-supporting and will have
enough to sell for profit. Wish you
could see the old field I have developed
by green crops and which is now ready
for preparation for sowing the alfalfa.
I want to show these people that 7
can farm on the intensive scale and
teach them something"
Now. that is real cheering piece
OF Information. Think OF it. "A banker
whoscan bhild houses on land and rent
them out or sell them for a big profit
nj ~ M tine mt a
that he may show the good folks OF
a mighty good section how to turn
profitable trick. Men like Patterson
ought to be encouraged What s pity
1t Is that he is not the father OF ut
least thirteen young farmers. am
vain enough to think that the Indus
trial Section has been instrumental in
enthusing Patterson.
Pioneer In Ginseng.
J.sA. Cheape. Sof charlottesville, for
merly OF Canada, and so devoted to
his native land that he reads only
Toronto papers, and thereby keeps out
rof date, is genius, being the inventor
and manufacturer Of little adding
and subtracting machine that man
can carry in his vest pocket and add
and subtract while he walks. Cheape
Is also farmer. and the other day
he told me that he was the pioneer
grower in Virginia Of ginseng. How
ever. he is not growing the roots any
more. He says some kind Of disease
/ that looked like the San Jose scale.
which attacks peach trees, got into
his ginseng gardens. near Charlottes-
vile, and played havoc with the
same, He thinks ought to tell about
my ginseng story OF few weeks ago
might be seduced into the ginseng
industry. which, he thinks. Is little
risky when a tempted In the red lands.
Grape Culture.
In the same neighborhood had the
pleasure of several conferences with
I g. fine old Virginia, gentleman who is a
Presbyterian elder, and at the same time
Is a very pronounced anti-prohibition-
sist In his eloquent arguments against
prohibition he laid great stress upon
the personal libert y'' feature OF the
controversy. He is an old-tinae Demo-
crat. who always rides five miles on
election days to vote the straight
party ticket. even though His Satanic
Majesty may be theF nominee, and In
his part Of the country the direct
representative OF His Majesty has
sometimes been on the ticket I am
persuaded. however. that this good
& brother would fly the ticket IL by any
chance O. prohibition plank should find
Its way into the Democratic platform.
aa supposed, OF course, that there was
q. a srea son for all Of this, and asked for
The dear old elder told me that
the Byrd bill and the Mann bill and
kindred kin legislation had damaged the
grape growers OF his county thousands
o.. dollars. Tire is a wine-nakinE es-
adjustment In Charlottesville that
used to buy all Of the grapes that all
OF the farmers in the regions around
about could ! grow. 3 The Byrd bill has
knocked this business silly COMPARE
lively speaking. OF course, the maxi
Sers OF the wine can sell their product
away from home, but the local trade
is cut of entirely, for ind err the law
II citizen Of the county wants a,
bottle Of the product that has made
his county famous he must order 1t
from merchant In Richmond or
Washing ton or maybe from dispen-y
isary in some State that has suc4,
things a
Wine made from the grape Is j
mighty innocent kind Of q thing, and
grape culture in many coun ties OF Yir-
;ginta Is tremendous industry ,.Es IN
which a great deal Of money has been
Invested, I wonder IL the Byrds ana
the tN1anns and the other authors Of
curious laws could not be induced to
loosen up just q little bit on this
rather drastic law VI En-
Seeing Is F<nowIns.
A man from Pittsylvania county is
my authority for the statement that
there never was before In the history
OF the country such interest In!
the matter OF good roads. here seems
to be no trouble n ow, according to my
informant. about raising money for
good roads VI I! 55 ~. .i55. IA n
The explana ton Is easy. Several
years ago, by the Q e orts OF some very
good people in the county backed up
by wlde-nwa AXE bus mess men OF Dan!
Vile, about two 81 miles OF maca dam
road was built between Danvillaa and q
country precinct called 20 esi On. II !At
Design several sroad as merged into one.
All OF the people WI 10 hauled tobacco
and other. thin gsS over his B few smilee
eof good road had their eyes opened.