The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-19
FARMERS SHOULD
RAISE MORE CORN
ONE OF LONG EXPERIENCE Sur
PRIsED THAT TT DOES NOT RE-
CEIvE MORE ATTENTION.
RAISlNGFANCY CHICKENS
rARMvII.LE Long A LEADING TO-
BACCO MARKET NOW PAYING
ATTENTION TO E'oULTRY-HOGs
FATrEN ON ACORNS.
RAISlNGFANCY CHICKENS

Especial to The Richmond virginian.l
FARMyILLE. VA. Nov. IA
leading farmer or this section who
has a quarter OF a century of good
farming record behind him. and who
never bought bale Of hay or bush
Ell Of corn in all those years, IL skep-
ticai as to the reports he Is reading
Of the number OF bushels of corn
raised on an. acre OF ground. he
stands ready to ride a considera bic
distance and pay-a snug sum of
money TO see Just one acre upon
which as much as one hundred BUSH
els OF corn has been raised. OF
course, he means one hundred bush
els of shelled corn and not corn on
the cob. And yet he rejofces that
more corn Is being raised year after
year in this section Of the State and
cannot understand why II IL that all
farmers do not raise meat and bread
for home consumption and have a
surplus for sale.
Now q Chicken Center.
FarmviIle has long been known as
one OF the leading tobacco markets
Of the State. and il now winning
reputation as chicken center.
Messrs. E. c. Wfttse. John Stokes. A.
E. Cralie and Paulett Brothers are
leaders In the enterprise and now MIR.
w. X. Berkeley. travelling salesman
for the American Tobacco Company.
and who only reaches homo Satur-
day evenings Of each week. has en-
tered the list, buying a family OF
thoroughbred games and aspires to
be cock OF tho walk
The trouble with these fAncfers
e. that oN~v nro for aotttru nd
not eating purposeA or else they
would supply the tables Of Farmville
with this prince Of table Injuries.
Bird hunters are no far disappoint-
ed with the sport of tho season. The
birds are scarce. the fields are dry
and not once Of them has returned
with . Wild turkey swinging to the
belt. What has become OF the wild
turkey remains an unanswered Ques-
ton.
During the lifetime Of the late L
]. Verser. q leading dry goods mer-
chant OF FArmville. he rarely went in
search OF such game without return
ing with one or more OF the family,
and your correspondent recalls the
fact that not many years ago a friend
OF his killed nix at = shot. and had
to come homo to send q wagon for
them. He had baited for them In
. trench. and when they were feeding
with their heads close together ne
flred the fatal shot. And squirrels
are scarce. too. while oven Molly
Cotton Tails arc not much In EVIL
dence.
Rig Crop Of AcOrnx-
Tht acorn crops Of hte year In this
section Ii unusually large and many
hogs are fAttening for the slaughter
without the use OF corn. Mr.. n. B.
Johns. among the foremost farmers
OF Buckingham. has twcnty-six nne
porkers warming the woOdA ready
inow for killing who are 10 satis-
fled with the acorn bill Of fare that
they pay no attention to the corn
call.
The appraisers who were selected
to pass upon the value OF the water
works Of FArmville made their re-
port this week and fixed the amount
at e63.SO0. At . special meeting
Of the council the proposition to pay
that sum w1s promptly declined. The
franchise Of the company has ex-
pired by Limitation, and while the
council has decided that Il would be
advisable for the town to own all Its
utilities. IT price cannot be agreed
upon thu town may sink deep wells
and Install II own system. The ap-
prsisesp were 1eeesrat G. =. WiaeA