The sun., 1910-11-13


shores ~ ths, Eau in the hop. that stray
-nip- would flush The we're an their
way from one pasture hrli tO am
uth"r when Hartford s,E','"uly -topp.-'i
fi" had been IN TIA. lead and S,eppIng back
he remarked
load Right around this b..nt - "A hkely
spo' for r.dhead They Frequently f'','d
here
Not more than u hundred yards had
boon walked when tip got pair OF red
heads. as fat and plump "a pair as ever
Delighted gouI rnand They were kick
lng ia the gray water IN n moment and
Clancy soon had them ashore Hartford
ussu 10 shoot "A pump gun, and has eN-
pioit OF killing twenty four Te,ih..lI and
canXa-hack on. day before Christmas
has been told IN IN. columns uf THF Nt'S
Speaking 10 the writer on IA. hunt uf
Last week whsn he shol "A doubie bar
relied gum instead of the deadly pump.
h- SAID
1 shall newer shoot "A pump again
W | can kill ducks enough two shnts IA
= iim" ! am going to stop shooting.
| hlv" h,lled 50 many thousands at
them that am afraid you might think
| was h,aggIng n | ATTEMPTED even -
estimate the numh.'-. aud nearly all of
the" w"r" tSTned with ih. pumpsr. lea
Ih' d'uhi" harr"ii-i gun for me IA th"
future
The" was time when Hartford and
many like hun ON the east shore had 20
supply their harder and augment their
bank account ~ shooting ducks How
eve "a change has cotne which affects not
only them nut every other iilDr Of the
soil III belt fifty miles long bv six TO ten
miles wide II ~ "A remarkable story Of
IeTthe country and an industrious
p-ople For many wears the "a a-mers Of
t.sseN and Kent planted wheat. oats and
corn. as their ancestors had done Some
ftlItl ham m fh.a. b.
thai w"uId produce tobacco. and a few
uf them planted small patches perhaps
enough 10 Furnish smoking for them
selves and n.lxhbors That was upward
OF twenty years ago The writer, ON "A
shooting trim in Kent. which adjoins
EsseN county. about fifteen wears ago
talked with some of these farmers and
encouraged them 10 raise larger areas
and 10 learn something about the culture,
and care of the plants They Were adv i-ed
10 club together and bear the expense ut
sending some promising yOungster To
the iobacco growing dist ricrs OF Ken
lucky. Virginia or the Carolinas who
could report on the methods employed
there This was done and the acrea1. in
creased ~ once. and lt has Kept on in
cr-.IsIn2 until this year. when the farmers
Of ia. tobacco belt spoken Of above have
sold their crop for more than STOO OO0
cash
Their. IL Government tax Of IS cents
pound on all tobacco coming into
Canadi. and with this big advantage, as a
primary incentive Ia grow IN. stapl. there.
IL tho additional inducemsnt Of 10 cents "A
pound figure at which the trust ac-
quircd The entire output this season
Any schooiboy can figure the trem.n-
dp,is profits from tobacco culture Th..
land il ~ rich thar tn" av.raRs Yield is
soma hing lik" sDo pounds 10 she acre
Ind". th"sn conditions SOM. Of the terri
toy on TN" rIdg" produces more than "A
ton, and nons OF ~ runs below 5O1 pounds
W With "A ton TO the acr" and IN. crop fetch
ing 10 cents n round the gross return nm
Aero ~ $500. In some localities the leaf
was 40 good thar as high "a ~ cents was
Dl'd A |, pod man Or woman can care
70 iv" acres. and tho wages paid fO- mon
av" 'ag' 81 81 dEv. with board and
lodging ON" man with whom the writer
'lS"d told in a modest wav OF the r"turn
= tn''tv- -fiv" a"-''s had Yielded him. II pro-
Il q" an 1v"-1g' return ~ "A ton 10 m.
q" - aud ar cultivation C'os't and n II other
in" dNnthls he'd b.--n deducted he had
D'lc.'i in ~" bank s. .dpn This sum would
har" bpughr th' land twice over "a very
short timr a3r as siw an aero has been
for mtnv v"1rs considered a fair value for
farm land in this vicinity Ono Young
c17- "A -c"'v ont Of his ta"nS who had a
a % d wiTN ~ his own aga bOasta8 that
y ~ N"m tA"v had gown thirt zen
~ -s Ard with IN" n"-'"v thov rnad d. they
h7d hrrE mo-" lard and " th.y could
: rl h'lr ~ ~" sn-ing i, Was their in
2 " ."n - 4 Ih'' rt"i- c-,-p for 1911
NI.l'l'lv with ~" land prorIcing such
snl nd q '"t'Irrls II IL not to b.. wondered
fha h'lp IL -C7 'ca. for every man who can
Nv y borrow tho mOn"y ia going into the
II IF'"nES htmS"1f. Dn" Schoolttoy az
Rrnd Az rant"d , small plot a ,ri;i, less
-''N ht,f an ac-". from. y negro for s.
and n th1r s1'c' h" tlisoi and sold ~ rs
rrn' a POUND half I'm nf tobacco His
rlau.S ~Ist him v"Fy httIa thoy can hn
hpu-ht for 80 or less a thousand and the
rlltiva'ing n"""ssl-v was don" after
1rN"ol hours and "ariv in tn" morning.
Minus tn" r''nt and his own labor tho ven
'u-" shows u profit of more than $50
A. in every community there are those
shrS.. ewes are not vet opened 10 IN.
for money making ar their
We = door. \ Young farmer with fifteen
a"r"s ~ good tobacco and fruit land
sold il a month ago for $50. II had
A small frame house of four rooms and
4 stahl. IN IL. and Notwithstanding IN.
Ta"t hat his n"IGh,"rs all around him
*"-e mating money raising tobacco
na wanted &, got away to IN. Northwest
~h"-e h" could grow wheat az "A dollar "A
pushel and get perhaps TWENTY-FIVE. bush
ala 70 the acre. There were four long
rows of strawberry plants that looked
v lg"rous on the property. and the pur-
,haser 81 the place. while showing il tn
THr Sr'S man last week pointed To- tn.
plants and remarked,
-I'n pick a hund~sd dollars worth 81
berries on those vines newt Jun"
Even the negro. who in this peninsula
= not gifted with thrift or industry as a
-ule. has been awakened Nearly all II
hem, and there are many families here
h" descendants Of escaped slaves IN
h" civil Sar, have raised some tobacco.
and their more or less rude sheds contain
4 number - hands fled away for curing
II il not surprising therefor" ro find
h" double barrailed gun replacing the
jumper. The farmer who has gone
rom corn. wheat and oats 10 tobacco
Ias plenty pf money IL. raises enough
'orn 80 fa'ten his hogs. enough wheat
or his Hour and sufficient oats 20 carry
Ils hors. over the winter IN. strains
4 ih" phonograph are heard IN th.. land
md duck shooting - now u pleasure
sh"r- once IL was nac.SSiry Verify
- b'r step from market hunre, -
por'sman when fprtUn. j. kind
rHE wren ~ iRRTED ~ Dsp ysOCh.
das Found Va Protection iH Conflicting