The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-26
CROP CONDITIONS
IMPROVED BY RAIN
Farmers Raising Seed Corn for
New York and New England
Dealers.
Especial to Tho Timcs-Dispatch

tSPeNidi u INC i limos DlSpatCh.1
Arvonia, Va. May 25.-Copious rains
fell throughout Central Virginia on
Thursday. yesterday and to-day ar
sregating total rainfall OF s.27 inches
here. effectually breaking tho drought
which mas prevailed here for several
weeks, and reviving vegetation of all
kinds
The corn crop has been planted and
much Of II has como up. showing up
remarkably we'll for this season Of the
year. In this immediate section OF the
James River Valley considerable
number OF farmers arc raising seed
corn for the New England and New
York State seedsmen. the prices real
lzed being much above the mark
price. The corn which Is shipped to
the North from here for seed Is OF n
variety that gives maximum Of fod
der. as 1t is used In that section en-
tirely for cnsilage purposes. Thou
sands OF bushels have already been
contracted for in this section. and rho
promise is that the largest crop OF
corn ever raised will be harvested here
this fall
Tobacco will be raised in much
larger quantities than was expected
last winter when prices were so low
Many OF tho best farmers in the coun
" VIII again put out large crops Of
the weed with the supposltion and hone
that prices next winter Will be high
again
Farmers hereabouts are comn,,,nInr
OF short hay crop. owing to the
drought of the past ak weeks. a little
nay mas been cut. but nearly ALI mas
| lures showed the bad effects OF tho
drought. Unless the seasons are bet
tor later the hay crop of the sectio,
will be reduced at least to one.b aIf
| the average crop
Late frosts injured many gardens
put strange TO say, there are many
peaches In Buckingham County thar
are above the average in size and
promise while the apple crop will he
considerable. The May frosts m niocas
Killed all kinds OF vegetation and even
Killed sapliugs In low, damn nlaces ~.
large as ones arm
Inc citizens of the county are in
tcnseiy Interested In the subject of bet
.er roads The County Board OF SUI
PerHisors VIII meet at the courthouse
on Monday to consider the matter ~
building a road between buckingham
courthouse and Farmville Citizens
from all over the county have beon
. invited to be present and air their
opil',ohs' 1T Is expected that n large
present at this meeting
~ is understood that Francisco dis
trict' In the southern end of Tho coup
" VIII meet the Farmville offer. IL
is not done by the entire county.
ana That district will undertake. to
nuiid model road from the north end
oil Wilbourne's Bridge. where the
frince Edward Turnpike ends to An
dersonVille, twelve miles north OF that
place. The road will either be a ma
cadam road or sand-clay OF the latest
method of road building.
The town OF Dillwyn. which calls IT.
self the metropolis OF Buckingham
county Is growing so fast that i'm
proVements cannot he put in fast
enough for the inhabitants. Many who
are Interested particularly In Dillwyn
arc Directing to the expenditure of n
large sum for building a road 10 Farm
vie, claiming that all roads built in
the county should centre in Dillvyn.
which is one OF Farmvillc's bitterest
trade rivals nj this time The Dillwyn
tobacco market will compete strongly
with tho Farmville market next winter.
as IT has done for the past three or
four years.