The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-20
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sontributing a. it does to profitable
farming, why land values in Wood
ford's vicinity have been boosting con-
aistently during the past decade. IL
A. true that Virginia dirt has been look
ing Nm all over the State during the
aame period But Woodford's land mas
booroed q little more assiduously tnah
the average. Two. three and iour-ooi-
lar an acre land of ten years ago Is TO-
,iay hard TO obtain at three times thas.
and this in the face OF the 1act thas
NOT one iota of improvements 10 puiiu-
inrs. soils or fencines have been made
by the owners. II would be nara, OUT
side of growing cities. to find great
er lesson in what some propagahois's
term "unearned increment.
Crops and Timber Industries.
woodferd is to-day essentially
farm village. although lumber work
ing plants are largely In eVioence' ahu
its principal shipping, by total car
tonnage. is lumber and wood products
The real wealth of the community lies
IN tho crons which are now grown, and
could be grown.
This is especially apparent at TINS
time. since most of the timber has been
cut off the territory contiguous 10
the town. While lumber was plentiful
the labor OF the community iounh
ready employment in the various Mills
saving in the woods: also cut'ihs'
peeIinS and hauling pine TO the excel
sior factory. and gum and poplar 10 inc
railroad for shipment to Richmond pa
per pulp and basket mills :
Now the timber is largely cleared
AWAY and the agricultural possibilities
of the section are on the eve OF more
complete development. Better HiiaSe
Of each acre and a steadler redemption
Of vacant lands is following the opse-
cuies of woodford's most vaiuaple iuih
her resources. There are still mills
shipping lumber from the station mum
hers of them; seldom has the railroad
carried out more lumber and wood
produc,s from the side track than II
is doing to-day.
We, this material is coming from
q distance hitherto unheard OF IN
woodford's lumber annals. and II IS
onlv question of time when the dt-
n1erion of supply within prohtapte
hauling distance of the raiiroad
knocks out the towns lumber shipping !
altoSether.
Crop Shipments
In point OF agricultural shipping,
wooito-G'S premier crops are toodtSo'
whea, and peas. Some corn and nay
are also sold this way; but the snip
nents Of these staples have Tor some
years been very meagre. IN COMPANY
with ali Virginia, Woodford and vi |
cini,y could and should produce FAR
more corn and hay than il is doing
at the present time. !
Strawberries are another prominent
cron in the section in spring. carload
shipnents CO this enticing fruit roll
ing frequently away from Woodtord
dingv platform Zach spring. These sell
largely in Pittsburgh. and the early
berries net the producers from ! |
cents to 10 cents per quart accord
ing TO condition OF arrival and time OF
ripeninC. Cndeveioped at present. out !
promising industries for the SETON are
dairying and neutrality-suspicious. the
production Of summer apples.
Railroad records disclose that be-
tween the years 1850 and 1890 many
barrels o: these fruits were shipped
frorr, Woodtord each summer and fall 7
Since then the ante-belluEn planted
orchards have died out, however. ana
az yet the present generation has not
seen At to replant. Or, at most, they |
nave set out winter varieties, when, !
save in sinsulaTiy favored localities
DO not produce commercially prohtaoie
crops in the locality. Even the hardy
and obliginG Winesap persistent!y !
drops its fruit before ripening. owing
to the rather warm, moist falls the
section usually experiences.
Cider and hog-meat might well be
made Of these nd-talls-and is made
IN some eXtent-but the orchards are
not commercially profitable. and many