The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16


~ Il for almost three hundred years,
Hcientific fertilizing has worked won
u derx. practically made new land. and
il the FARMER cannot lose on the deal.
Il The farms along the electric line
4 ana the railroads look especially at
tractive and productive, Passing
fs,rcugh the county on wheels ono
Eight be pardoned fer believing the
Sounty a great agricultural center.
These farmers are enterprising anc
progressive. Besides that :Aey are
sew to Chesterfield. having been Turk
"a there by the splendid transporta-
Ron accommo dations which make II
possible to get farm products to the
center of trade in a remarkably snort
time.
The fields OF Chesterfield make ad-
rmifahie pastures for live stock ana
4 cattle. Approaching this many men
have started dairy farms In the coGn-
~ and are making money. Chicken
raising is also claiming considerable
attention and there are several eNten-
/ sive poultry farms in the county
Millions I'm Granite.
ChcsterfieId's fame for producing
granite OF the first quality VIII live
as long as the Richmond city hall ana
state War and Navy building In Wash
tngton stands-both structures having
been built from blocks from her OK
ceilenf and exhaustable quarries--
and probably a little longer. for there
seems TO be no end TO the supply
The granite industry il one Of the most
valuable in the county and affords
!. work for scores of men. The fame
of her gray btotite granite has spread
throughout the building world. The
strength and decay resisting qualities
OF the several varieties of granite
make il infinitely preferable to that
from many other States. Although II
seems that ages and ages would be re-
CURED to quarry all the granite In
the TnonEtruus scam running through
3 the county, the quarrymen do not
waste any OF it, This is not due so
much to economy, as to the great de-
Mand for the massive blocks and he
crushed stone made from ground up
small bits The county has afeen sin
Enlariy blessed with water transpor-
taticn facilities near some Of the best
+uuarries, while the Southern railroad
runs past Mittendorf, Mcintosh and
4 Motherhood, where countless thous-
ands OF tons of granite are taken
from the quarries annually.
Probably no other county in the
RS4AS h0e ~ many 6RalsbS w % hfiNAAeH
beneficial and celebrated mineral
waters, as Chesterfield The lithia
and arsenic springs in Chesterfield
bring thousands OF dollars 10 their
Dwners, the waters being famous for
: their medicinal values and having
Il been proven to possess qualities far
superior to those OF scores of others
bottled and sold for higher prices.
Ochre, both yellow and red is
NJ In F,Ffof 1fss in lADC fnF
: held county, especially near Mid
Y lothian, Bon Air and Bermuda Hun
dreds. The county got a grip on the
ss ochre market many years ago, and
because of the excellence of the min
erai and the great supply, for a long
time furnished about two-thirds of 1t
used in this country. Many large de-
posits of mari are also found In the
county. on the shores of the James
and Appomattox
Timber and Fruit.
Timber In great quantities has al
n ways been cut in the county. about
one-haf of II being woodland, AS
fast as the trees are cut down others
begin to spring up. and there has al
& ways been q good supply. not only
n tor export purposes, but to feed the
various mills In the State Red,
white, post and willow oak, original
hickory cedar, ash, chestnut, beech,
willow, holly. blAcy and white wal
nut gum. sycamore and dogwood are
the principal varieties of wood found
& tn the county.
Speaking of trees. there are also
some fruit trees In Chesterfield. the
plnms grown there being about as
rood as were ever laid before king.
J. rigs. ounces, grapes, apples, peaches
EX,pI as.S 20
bringing the owners much coin of the
y realm.
The manufacturing plants of Man
chester turn out the following pro-
Z ducts: Flour, meal mill feed, brooms.
wa&hboardE. Ice, tobacco, motors and
u dynamos, betting, hosiery. lace leath-
ii er, rough side leather trunks, iron
bridges. furniture. shoes, paper twine,
brick, railroad material. tiles, bottles,
., stoves, ground sumac. lumber, butts,
h woodwork and cotton goods.
Several Thriving Towns.
Midway between Richmond and
{ Petersburg is Chester. from which
81 extensive shipments of brick cord
= wood and lumber are made. silk and
3 cotton goods are manufactured at
il sEttricks, opposite Petersburg. Swans
boro, connected as II IL with Rich
NJ mond by electric line, has almost the
e same advantages as "Manchested. "
Il In addition to being the home OF
Nmany exclusive Richmond people, as
M Bon Air, Swansboro has within Its
~ Bounds car axle factory which does
ID IN enormous business and employees
! scores OF men, a furniture factory
i (which is always running at fun tilt,
e q wood working factory and other
Il sndustries which make 1t a thriving
" and business-iike community.
Another thing that distinguishes
n 6wansboro Is the fact that 1t is the
home of Ben r. Owen. secretary 10
u Governor Mann, than whom there
III no more ardent an admirer or
q iusty lunged press agent to say moth
z inK of his chicken-raising ability and