The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03
THE TINES DIsPs RICHMOND VA SUNDAY DECEMBER 1911
IN THE PIEDMONT
PART OF h|RG|NIA
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! and breastworks erected by the OPP
posing forces may even now be seen
: standing foriorn In the midst OF wav-
+: ing fields OF grain or tenunted by
peaceful Jerseys or liolsteins. The
| country in this vicinity Is very level,
| well watered and has rich and pro-
ductiHo soil. The town of Manassas Is
growing community with every adj
vantage for residence and good
trade with the surrounding country.
just Sample.
One OF the finest farms In this sec
ton Is that conducted by the estate
OF the late Robert I'ortner. This piuce
containing about 5000 acres, runs Il
/ large dairy business in connection with
general farming and ships an average
OF go gallons of milk daily to WASH
ihston. only one hour away, over the
| Southern Railway. This milk brings
from is cents to % cents, and the
cream, OF which ten gallons daily are
shipped to WushinSt ton, commands II
very high price. There are about :uD
Holsteins nnd Jerseys in the dairy
herd, some 500 sneep. 100 horses and
an equal number oil hogs. The bulls
and stations at the head of the hcruS
are OF the purest blood. and the pigs
ure sold for fancy prices Tor breed
ers-
Wheat, oats, corn and hay are tho
chict crops raised OH this farm. There
are usually 100 ucreS IN wheat every
year. ylc,uing an average of thirty tive
bushels to the acre. Corn runs from
iiIty TO sixty bushels to The acre, with
usually several nulured acres. Two
To three tons OF the finest hay are
cut per acre, and there are some OF
the hncst pastures in the vicinity on
this farm tor the aniry nero. In 1910
there We're kept about zoo sheep ON
the place. from when the lambs nettcd
$3.50 and the wool SiOU.
There Is situated at Manassas u
breeuins Iurin. conducted by w. b.
BuIlocK, an EngiiSnman, VINO has had
the greatest success with the piace
He RAISES Hackneys. Shiies. Percnerons
aud Bei5IaIs, and has office contains
, huuorcus OF blue RIBBONS taken pS
his horses. He suites nc Knows of no
better section Tor raising norses, and
ne has lived in many otner parts OF
this and othcr countries.
In tue Cuipepcr NcSion.
CuIpepcr, the centre OF prosperous
Agricultural ana stock community.
iieS III u more rolling, elevated coun-
try, approaching the lootnilIs. one OF
the finest oi the Virginia morse SHOWS
Is hcia here annually. und the region
is noted horse one. There are me
farms in the vicinity, one OIL which,
bought cIgnt years ago by man
from Minnesota, might be worthy OF
mention.
i ms place, containing 100 acres. WAS
purchased by tnis farmer for $50 per
acre. lie Is an intelligent, progressive
man. anu Instituted every modern
method tor the Improvement and great
| est Production OF his lnrIn. In Sep
~ no cold Z MIA
which he had muue from $1,000 10
$4,000 Gear net profit a year for eight
years for the sum OF $50 per acre
HE states that he sold in order TO pur-
chase Il larger and more suitable place
II bit farther down the road, and says
he tanks this section one OF the
nncst III the country. This farmer con-
Quoted DAIRY, Shipping ten 70 twelve
ghIIuns OF cream per day TO WASH
lngton, securing 40 10 80 cents per
ga,lon throughout the year tor his
product He raised fifty bushels OF
corn per acre, thirty busnelS OF wheat,
and sold his calves for 80 each. HIS
story of success Is one hard to beat
anywhere.
Wcstcrncr's Testimony.
Another " csterncr VINO moved into
this section is +. y. Bicknell. who
owns one OF the finest poultry farms IN
Virginia. This farmer came to Viz
GINA seven years ago from Washing
ton State and purchased farm of
lO0 acres, we'll cleared. Tor $1,000. lie
stated that in 1910 he was offered
$20.U0u for his farm, which offer he
refused. This appreciation Is due TO
the great poultry plant which he has
built up. as well AS his great yields
He has over 1000 thoroughbred white
Leghorns OF the famous Lakewood
strain. In 1910 he sold nearly 100000
eggs throughout the North, getting an
average price OF % Ia cents pei
dozen for tn. year. He sells birds fol
breeding. receiving S. for males from
Ms pens. His culls alone net MIN
hundreds Of dollars annually.
On this farm are some fifty regis
tered Dorset sheep. twenty registered
Jerseys and herd OF purebred ENG
lish Yorkshire hogs. lie grows staple
crops, making yields above the aver
age and is one of the most prosperous
men of the section. He cited an IN
stance OF what can be done in this
! section by telling of his success IN
clearing small peiece Of ground on
| his farm. He took a five-acre lot
| covered with stuInps, cleared 1t at
| costs of $40 per acre, and IN thred
! years has gotten two crops Oh corn
! averaging forty bushels TO the acre
! and enc OF German m!llet running
! eighteen tons from five acres. Either
/ of these crops would have more than
| paid tor clearing the land. He strong
! ly favors the South for Western and
I; Northern farmers. and advises them to
| come to this section.
/ Stock Rnising.
! One Of the foremost stock raisers
in this region Is DR.. C. l. Dohme'
4 former business man OF Baltimore. Dr-
! Dohme has some OF the finest blue
! grass sod pastures in the section on
his farm and goes In for fattening
beef cattle at fine profit. He buys
| 500 pound steers from local dealers,
| kecps them a year, raising them to
! 1000 pounds, and then sells them TO
! the finishers. He pays around $3.50 per
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