The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-12
(By e. A. Schubert, Travelling Agent
Agricultural and Industrial De-
partnent, n. q w. Railway

parment, n. q w. Railway
Take your Virginia map. then To-
cate Washington County. The Nor
folk and Western Railway serves old
Washington from it's northern border
to the Tennessee line. Only about ten
miles north Of Bristol is wyndale, a
prosperous agricultural station on the
| Norfolk and Western Railway. and
here / spent the day
When I stepped from the train at
Wyndale a short time ago / was met
by Mr.. J. A. Nestor. general manager
fof the Wyndafe Stock Farms. The OBJ
1ect of my trip was to become con-
versant with this farm. Much to my
surprise. I learned that the Wyndale
Stock Farms contain over two thou
sand acres, all adapted to blue grass
and all Of 1t cleared with the cxcep-
.tion Of about twenty-five acres. The
farm IL situated between therstatisHA
OF Wyndale and Wallace. on both
sides OF the Norfolk and Western
Railway, It has an altitude OF about
!, 400 feet, and. Characteristic of the
Great Valley. Is OF limestone forrna-
tion and beautifully rolling In fact,
] do not recall ever visiting any farm
that impressed me 80 favorably as
that with which was about to be-
come acquainted. Broad acres wav-
ing with ripentng grain and teeming
with live stock of every description.
made an indelible impression on me,
that here Is farm. so situated and.
endowed with all the attributes Of
nature suitable to every branch OF
agriculture and animal husbandry.
AS a further evidence OF progress
II might say that Washington County
| Is constructing many miles OF first
class macRdam roads annually, and
at the present time is completing a
link OF macadam road through the
Wyndale Stock Farms that will give q
continuous good road from Bristol to
Bluefeld and the North. Mr.. Nestor
and his associates all are good road
contribute both time and cash to
bring about better conditions in their
community.
The Wyndale Stock Farm was pur-
chased by the present owners some
eight years ago. At that time farm
values were comparatively low: so
low, indeed, that comparison with
present prices 10 almost beyond con-
ception. The property surrounding
Wyndale, and in that particular sec
ton OF Washington County. has, in
the brief period Of eight years, In
creased In value three hundred per
cent.
Horses and Mules.
Naturally. the first thing I wanted
Ito know after reaching the farm was
the extent to which the name stock
farm" could be applied. learned that
they are engaged in the raising Of
Thoroughbred Percheron horses, and
that their stable is headed by a
magnificent sire. weighing not less
than 1900 pounds. The object Of
the heavy draft horse Is to stimulate
horse raising IN general. and also to
introduce mule breeding OF the very
highest type.
Just at this time the horse market
FL little dull. but the mule industry
10 on the ascendency. AS an illustra-
t1on, the day I was there Mr.. Nestor
was offered $3.50 cash for \ span Of
|three-year-old mulea. weighing about
|1.f00 pounds each. He refused this
magnificent offer. saying that mules
such as they are breeding, are worth
at least 800 per span more than this
offer, and that in the course of a
month or two he would be able to OBJ
tain that price.
recalled in my boyhood days mules
weighing 500 to 500 pounds as the
maximum. Now, on the Wyndale
Stock Farms they care for no mules
weighing lees than 1900 to 1,400
pounds: consequently, they have
purchased q registered Jack, Captain
Fairfax, who now is three years old.
ZIG l-2 hands high and weighs 1850
pounds In ordinary condition. Cap
tain Fairfax at the present time is
the sire Of about fifteen msle colts,
They also have colony Of about sixty
mules that are coming to maturity. all
OF which they expect to dispose OF at
figures equal and above those indi-
Gated previously in this article.
Mr. Nestor. in answer to tfTs ques-
ton whether the mule industry would
not be overdone, answered in tho
negative. and then added that II the
mule industry should become stag
|nant itswouid not be for many years
to come; in fact. there 10 an increas-
Ing demand for the large. strong mule
with a comparative decrease for
horsefesh. Tho mu1e
is being used in so many different
lines OF industry and II experimenting
the horse In many instances, particu-
|lariy In foreign, countries and through
out the cotton belt OF the Southeast.
Beef Cattle.
But the Nestors are not engaged
|aione III tbs raising Of horses and
0u1eG They are giv1nx . Great sdeel
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