The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
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Beioua Powhatsn County. Va. Au-
gust al have been SPENDING "a Jew
weck-enl days n ola Powhatan. one
OF tho older counties of tho state I;
was swlpod on ,rom Cumberland while
thn Revolutionary War was In pro-
gross and therefore is "a pretty old
county Powhatan is not Il large coun
tt aud N Us not a very rich one hut
Il ought tao be rleh ION tho lends. OK
copi hoins rlver ana crrek grounds that
need draining ana dltchiug very much
arc an good and thcy are cheap enough.
heaf.u knows am told that unlm-
proved lands can bc bouKh, anywhere
DO tho county for from 81. TO So per
aerc. while improved lands with good
houses already there. can be ha1 for
from So q 80 And II may be said
too. although & s. NOT "a real good
tAins 20 say there is very much Pow
hata" comfy ianH on the market With
James F!vor forming tho northern
boundary and the Appomat,ox the
southern border ana huurreds Of
smaller streams aowinr into tnen tho
comfy is veil drained and al tile same
iMf has NOR" than tha usHI proper
ron ~ rich lo~ ground or bottom
lands Irrn where am now uriiin.;
tno water thui falls from The clouds on
nc noith side nt ,ho housa nnd ;heir
Way MO the James. and iaat which
tails on tac South slope ~ tn. roof
skoois out into tho AnpomaitoN These
g. cams hf ,he way. furnishes
abun!ant water power
All Kinds of SOIL.
The surface back from the streams
f. gently uHdulaiue Tic soil varies
from light gray to q suf red clay.
and an % IL Is fertile especially On
,ne riye's and cr'eks ana yet smaller
streams.
The farm products are variea There
IS no county In tn. state better adapted
L. corn ihan Powhatan Wheat grows
"cil hers and the same may be said
of oats, and as for hay ana sure that
tHets Us not county ia Middle Virginia
"'l oan p'oau M grasses better
than TINS. and vet saw "a man the
other day who owns acres luon acres
g; lard. aud being big sawm!u owner
aud lumber dealer in genera. ais we'll
~ fairly good farmer of his ancient
Kind, making al order for ID carload OF
Western hay carload. more or less.
20 feed his lumber teams on told
him he ought 10 be- ashamed 81 him.
stii ana I think before got through
with hum h- was liitle ,hAt way An
~" grasses grow wen here especially
clover, mothy. herds grass millet ana
orchard grass know eifalfa would
brow TO perfection but 80 far SIS
have been informed none mas set been
harvested "a This particular part Of
the county
Revolution H. s.shi
However. Sandy ana Far-ar tho
wideawako farm demonstrators arc
getting IN some good work IN Powha-
Tan and shouldn't wonder IL there
is going 70 be revolution In ,arrnfnc
methods hereabouts. The revolution
ought to come II Powha,an proposes
to stay on the map in good shape 1,
Is one OF the counties IN the State that
!ost OUT between the census OF 1900 and
that OF 1910.
In 1900 the census takers gave the
county 6's24 population. IN 1910 all the
people the census enumerators couid
ma In Powhatan county footed up i.
o2' Right considerable loss that How
did It happen Wen, guess the youne
fellows got tired of the slowness OF
tne old dodgers who controlled Things
too much and the young fallers moved.
out where the digging was not 50
hsrd.' or where they thought II wasl
not so hard.
And ye;. think these YOUNGSTERS
made mistake. They ought to have
stayed at home and butt up against
the old fogies. asserted their man
hood. thrust the old fogies aside and
taken the bit In their own mouths FOR
better OF FOR worse / have not heard
that any OF them who were. az they,
would probably express it. run out byl
tho close-nsted old iogics" nave done
any better where they went than they,
could hae down there If they had re-
NAMED ana kept the bit in their
mouths.
Tobncco Is King.
OF course. tobacco Is the money CROP
or the county. that is. it is under pres
en- conditions. ! am inclined TO think
that potatoes ana corn and nay ami
vegetables and fruits can be made
money crops Why not Things can
leave Bclona and Powhatan and all the
intermediate stations in the early morn
ing hours and be on the market in
Richmond by o'clock. going b. the
Tidewater and " Western Railroad to-
Dlosely on the Southern Railway. and
thence to Richmond. the distributing
point of the whole South The coun-
t. now grows more than a million
pounds of dark. long leaf tobacco per
year. and IT is said that the Powhatan
long dark leaf is the very best FOR the
foreign shipping trade. More on that
subject later on. believe the coun-
~. that is to say. that part of Il that
had the shipping facilities by the Tide
water and Western through the very,
centre. and the Chesapeake and Ohio
OIL the northern border direct TO Rich
nond. can do and ought to do an i'm
mense business in fruits and vegetables
and In dairying and in the poultry
business AS to vegetables. they are
easily and abundantly grown and
anything from snap beans In the early
spring up to corn field peas ana water
melons and cantcloups towards the fan,
and more Of them ought to be grown.
BIT on Their Noses.
1t is remarkable fact that there Isl
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