The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-06-17
the NEW SOuIn.-A LAND or PROMISE

So numerous and so varied are the
stories of the sunny South" that an in.
credulous public is beginning to doubt
the truth OF them all This however is "A
mistake because in acomparativtly small
area the new" lowlands ar the coast.
the rolling lands in the Piedmont sections
and the mining regions along the Ap
palachian mountains are ineycry way as
different as one would expect in widely
separated countries.
We are aiming to glance at the new"
lands In eastern Virginia, some Of which
are so new that many claim they are still
afioat on a great underground sea
While our sine qua non OF agricultural
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lacking, except
ilourishing patches Of alfalfa here and
there, at this season there IL wonde full
life In the fields. Hardly do we leave
Norfolk before the potato pea and bean
fields loom up with abundant harvests,
and today from twenty to scNclty five
women and children, with an occasi II Il
man can be seen ia the fields busiy gather.
ing and shipping. In addition to the
railroad, schooners come up the dc p
but sluggish streams aud furnish cheap
transportation.
The soil 10 totally unlike our own, and
at first glance We pronounce II worth
less Sand seems To he the only ingfcdi.
ent bot the rich growth Of vegetation
adapted to II soon discredits the idea
The clay sub soil is close to sunifurm.
" level surface hence "a great number OF
open bitches run in every direction for
drainage. Unlike our soil these ditch
banks are not broken by stock or frost
and will stand true and plumb for many
years: they can often he found in good
condition In the woods, where slaves dug
them before the Civil War
The salubrious climate makes this the
chosen home OF those who fear cold, this
applying with especial forccto the negro.
No sun is too hot for him, and his
resourcefulness to exc out living with
little labor calls for surprise almost akin
TO admiration. At this season the halmy
air of OF the pines makes one thirst to
drink II more and more, each breath being
fraught with health and happiness
later the air becomes sultfy and drives
those who can afford il to the hill country.
Even already oats are in the shock in
Carolina and corn Is In tRssel The latter
10 In many cases surprise, properly
planted and titled IL is good paving
crop, aud on the higher ground yields AS
much as 100 bushels to the acre The
approved method OF culture is to plant
in trenches and gradually iill them, thus
developing a small, stout stalk with a
large car The best corn we saw, how.
ever, was growing near Wilmington and
was cultivated in Hartford style by MIR.
Blackburn, formerly OF near Delta MIR
Blackburn, who went duNn with the
Cobarie Lumber Company several years
ago. has captured IA native wife, who.
after &c cnt visit to Hartford. expire ssed
herself much better satisfied with their
pines and cotton than with our cattle
and grass.
Cotton is. and ALWAYS will be king
The tiny plant, not unlike buck wheat in
appearance, nov stands three inches
high IN it's ridged row, and labnrcrs-
frequently wome II, both black and white
are daily cleaning il with cultivator
and hoe.
A bale per acre is clever crop and
brings the grower about SIS besides the
seed; the result is that these pcop'e today
are on 'eIsy street" TO u deg'Se not
known for many.a DAY b r.
In lite general appearance the country
10 very unattractive, at improvements