The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-28
RICE-GROW|NG IN
KING WILLIAM co.
Remarkable Feat Brought to
Light in an Ancient Letter.
Let's Try 1t.

West Point Va. July NV. r
Broaddus. agent OF the Farmers Ex-
change. has this week shipped about
800 barrels of fine Irish potatoes TO
Cleveland ana to Detroit Potatoes
never seemed finer than this year.
This state can grow potatoes as well
az any other State. yet thousands Of
barrels are bought each year, both for
Planting and eating purposes There
Is lurge market for late potatoes
through the Southern states. which
las been supplied BY Northern and
Western growers. An effort should be
made 10 supply the home demand ana
snip the surplus into the nearby mar
kcts. Many think the irish Cobblcr Is
The leading potato in Eastern Virginia.
This seems 70 conform 10 tho demand
OF the market at the prescnt time.
The climate and coll in this section
is desirable for irish potatoes. and
there IS apparently no reeson why the
people In this section may not raise
at least ali OF them they need
Original Cornhcld Pen.
In an unpublished letter written ~
an old King William farmer among
many other things is this IN tho
carly half or is10 d Farmers club
was organized at King William Court
farming. They met quarterly" IRON
this Il Is gathered t/at farmers Ia this
county have for many ycurs been con-
siderlnE the .afua question. He goes
or TO say. IN that day peas Were
planted between the nils OF corn. when
the first furrow was thrown 10 the
corn (Which was In Atay). hence they
were called Cornfeld PeaEl These
farmers tested the corn with which
peas were planted and corn with which
peas were not planted. totr hy weight
and measure and FOUND no clffe:ence.
SIC the planting was continued 4 pea
patch was not known Except for TABLE
use near the house. Cornneld peas seem
t. be essentially virginia yegeta bic.
and there T. nothing that N!rginians
love so well as dish % cornacli peas
To eat along with tomatoes In the
summer time.
strange 10 say they arc hard TO md
IN the Northern markets As Tar NoFtn
as Baltimore. that is said TO he the
to and tn tho market. and y iouni ~
the table the table has been prepared
by a Virginian for Nirsinian'.
Virginia Grows Rice.
This SAM, farmer tells that ~ 1873
the mclubers Of the Same club expert
nented IN fuwirr rice ln i"rti" mead
ows which often overfowed \ spl'u-
did crop was tho result. but having no
machinerv FOR thresning. the crop Was
aiscont.nncd In this day ~ machine
rs. II seems that q great deal of land
might be utilized ia Iidewater Nlr-
ginia and especially this immediate
section. by raising rice. As fnoG,
rica n nutritious arc casly digested.
II is claimed that boiled rice IS diges-
tlble in one nogr and should not oe
eaten before Il IS three months old
In tho rice districts OF the United
states tho grain 80 largely used 10
many ways. and many weh-Nnown
dishes made from rice form part OF
tho diet OF many. II not q majority. OF
families rich and POOR
The operations OF harvesting and
,hreshing the rice crop 10 louisiana
are performed with the spollhinder and
steam thresher The use OF this ma
chinery is notwithstanding the methods
OF cultivation and greatly reducing the
cost Rice forms tho principal food OF
one-half OF the population O.; the earth.
IL is more widely and generally used
as food material than any other ce-
real \ great deal OF water Is neces-
sary to its growth. but not very cold
nor very salt slightly salt water. as
is found In this section, would not in-
iure rice Rice has been raised with
perfect success in this CKns VIII
liam) county. Why can It not be raised
aeainc