The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-27
FARMING DOWN ON
PAMUNKEY RIVER
Extensive Farming in
Virginia Pays as Well
as Intensive Kind.
ROLAND BROADDUS
ON IMMENSE ACRES
Grain, Grasses, Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs and Good Deal of Hus-
Ting Make Big Profits on Big
Acreage-All in the know
How"-Notes From
Hanover.
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ana a. iot OF good argument about i'm
tensive farming i'm Virginia and tbs
advantages and profits OF the yerv
small farm. intensively and viporousII,
cultivated There is no doubt that ali
OF the argument and all OF the talk in
favor of the small farm and all of the
intensive farming that can be brought
about are good things am irving i'm
this Industrial Section to keen the doc
trine of small acreage and intensive
farming to the very forefront nc nonch
at possible because BELIEVE thar Ia
tut limited 1ms ''e inro, Who has
lands However an, NOT icnorantor
the fact that the good day of big farms
in Virginia. with big profits from the
same. has not vet met It's sunset All
Nirginians are proud Of the. little farms.
varying from a dozen to 100 and more
acres. that are cultivated OH the inten-
sive idea. hut all the same. we have i'm
Virginia quite n number of the old
time big farms and they are. when
properly managed by a good manages
and owner all the better demonstra-
tons OF what great things can be done
il, Virginia in the farming line for In
tensity is as good on rhe big farm as
On the little one.
Some weeks ago went down in
Hanover County in the valley of the
Pamunkcy River to and out something
about the growth of the Richmond and
Rappahannock River Railway and its
proposed development OF goodly part
of Virginia. While down there. on and
about the banks of the Pamunkey
found large number of little farms
and seven or eight big farms, all of
which are doing fine business in one
way and another. have already writ
ten about some of the little farming
operations in that region. Now | want
to tell about n big farm or series OF
big farms turned into one. and all man
aged on -to-date lines by one man
with big ideas and whole lot of ener-
Ey ana twentieth century 'git-up- and
sit
Man from Bnckwoods.
some years ago. possibly Twenty-Five
yours ago hoiahd r. broaddus came
out OF the backwoods of one of the
Iidewater counties. looking for good
timper lands with the view OF cutting
inc trees down converting them into
pianhs ana noaros ana al that kind
% thlhg ana selilng the sawed product
"here ne misn'. broacous was then
s""thi'l man. out ne was naturally
" farmer and when he had cut down
n'uch '''nper IN hanover 'ouhty ana
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Tor other nurnoses He m,it wanda1ino.
in search of timber land and located
In the lower edge n Hanover IN "a
Famunkey. and there married a good
wife which. am sure, was his very
best days work
The first landed investment made by
Mr. Broaddus was the purchase of q
piece OF woods containing 57o acres
away up on the hills, five miles from
me fahunkey. Here he punt a nome
"li t cleaEeo up iahus LOT luture ols de-
nEiop'neh'. ms place. ne named
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After making "yVoodiawn" narea..
flower garden Mr. Rroaddus horrht ~
famous old Colonial place known rom
time immemorial as New Castle. a fine
place on the hills overlooking the Pa
munkey River. This purchase added
something over 1000 acres TO Broad
Gus holdings Later he bought
leddlnSton, another old-time estate
consisting or 40 acres. and also over
ioohihs the fainuhkey and containing
. mus ot ricn low grounds
80. CO. MA sipo"Fhe' very ram
ous pace OF oio acres came on the.
~. az" VI bIoauuus Tor ooth
$500. ''s''.''.' "a! '"u BUSINESS reasons, saw
proper to buy IT. Thus ne became the
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