Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-01-12
Established I,ss bv william Parks
OUR BEST FARMER.
We are About to Lose Him But he
Has Done Great Good.

The Peninsula is about to lose us
best allIround general farmer in the
person of A. L. Squires. who viii
leave soon for the Pacific Coast,
having caught the fever, or rather
the wander lust. After about eight
years of well spent time. profitable
both to himself. his neighbors and
his adopted state. he.suddenly made
I'D his mind to move across the con-
tinent to try his fortunes in the allur-
ing coast country.
The Gazette is sorry to see Mr.. |
Squires leave. This country could /
well afford to spare about 500 para
sites we know Of if it would keep
| lSquires here. We don't like him
politically. (and this is no news to
him. but we do like him as a man
and as a practical. (we were about
4 to say hard working. hut he wont
work either) common sense farme,
:, who has made a success here ano
. will make a success wherever be
: goes.
-, Mr.. Squires has been a success.
!. here as a farmer. and he has made
money. He admits it and IS 10
70 leaving because he cannot make
= money. There are other reason
,;s which we think are not good ones
hc but it IS useless TO argue that now
~ Suffice it TO say he is going and 1t !
-, not because he does not ike n
= country or that the possibilities her
he are not equal to any in the country.
no When he came here he bought
.lz good farm 70 begin with. +
4 bought what he could pay for an
kept enough money to operate
~ He bought the best machinery. Il
y.s best stock and conducted his far
y. by the best business methods alUr
rel modern lines. After he raised Il
the crops and produced the stock,
m looked for the markets. He W
N. the first man to ship out cattle al
,rlv hogs in large lots. He found Ii
or. the Williamsburg market was I
en large enough to handle his out-I
and went to new field. He fou
ire a man in Newport News who woI
,.er pay the highest market price 1
n beef cattle and hogs. Joining W
,th one or two others. they shipp
,,e. from here the first carload lots
cattle and hogs. These first sh
mn. ments amounted to something Il
was $1,000. This year he Sowed abb
in 20 acres in sofa beans. We S
AZ his check come for $1235 for I
rad. bushels of the crop and he still
. IN 100 bushels left. Besides he b
.nr0 10 tons of pea hay worth say 81
the Then a few days ago be sold alb
r. IN $500 worth Of hogs and Monday
this week he sold II head Of cat
CON. the last he had. for SASS net.
, oof ne has something like zoo head
roelz fowl which he was offered
txUo apiece for at the depot here. anC
melz head of Shoats. But besides
New above he has in the past two mo
is sold two driving horses which ne
,elz's him about $500 and about s.
worth of milk cows. and machin
iden, We are giving these detail
Po;r, show that this farmer whom w,
!, End about TO lose. was worth sonnet
to this state. He was a producl
~ wealth. man who brought
ip'on' the soil that which the cou
Cor stands so much IN need. His
cess proves only what The Ca
.sdav has all along contended we ne
men who worked with head
hand. and were not afraid. hi
ny II ample viii be felt for good long
he has left US and we owe hi
lasting debt for having demonst
cd to that the Virginia farmer can
srrow care of himself right here. and
money.
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