The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-05

from parts Of Canada and other for
cigu countries.
AS one Of Americas biggest adver-
tisers says In speaking OF the enor-
nous sales OF ms product, there's "a
reason, and this same expression may
he, applied to the demand for and in
quiries about farm lands around Rich
mond. only within the last decade
have our own people awakened to the
possibilities Of intensive farming ana
realized what our lands viii produce.
y few days ago, while entertaining q
gentleman from the West, the writer
was requested by his guest to show
him some of oar farms. So the next
day We started ont in an automobile
for u half day 5 trip to take in a few
farms AROUND Richmond. Before We
had gone five miles from the city Our
:, ttt-1t -r-rrttt ss-Tctt ttfc
splendid crops OF corn TO be seen
growing on the different farms which
we passed, and finally said that he
Had never seen better corn grown IN
Illinois OF Ohio. We next came TO a
fine dairy farm OF over hundred
acres on which the owner grew all
( his forage and grain FOR "a large herd
+ Of cows, and again he was surprised
!
such crops Of corn. hay and grain
growing on land which he had always
/ heard Was too poor 10 1prout peas
The writer, before answering any Of
his questions as TO how we did 1t, '
next visited truck farm IF less than
twenty acres, owned BY a Northern
man, who began here less than ten
years ago on old field pine land. -
which he purchased then for less than
he would sell one acre for today Here
our visitor saw fields Of tomatoes.
Z ASPARAGUS lettuce, artiChokes, pars-
nlps, parsley satisfy, caultiowcr, egg
/ plant, string beans, potatoes, beets,
cabbage and other vegetables too
numerous to mention, growing in such
abundance and yielding 30 hpuutifuiiy
that he was simply amazed. The
: owner of this truck farm informed
US that when Nv came South and
uoueht fVw acres of ground near
Richmond his people all told him he
would starve to death. 1t took near
Is all his ready cash to pay for his
land and to get started. hut he went
right to work. and today has beau
Aful modern home and several thou
sand dollars in bank. All this on less
than twenty acres Of land that people
1 told him he would "starve to death
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OF its products.
For years after the ciVli war near
| ly ali of our lands were cultivated by
tenants, who planted their crops in
\ lhe Eiouho dHa when hat WIS., INV
tdiii9 go g" a., ~ - V,l'
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the son mas "09'' 00f'o tN"'A' ~
AN" l'"eh'
crcp OF herman Grover seeasu -
the early fatl ana proved IN the
spring Will work wonders IN pfoauc'
ing corn crop, and when Inc corr
is ploWed for the last time, or lalo
by" as some CAL II, II a crop or cow
peas is sowed between the rows, afo
in the fan just before time Tor seed-
ing grain, plowed IN, II WIZ produce
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