Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-24
COUNTY OF LANCASTER
AND TOWN OF |RV|NCT0N
Fine Country for Truckers and Some
Other Kinds OF Tillers OF the
Rich Soil.
NEAR RICHMOND, YET so FAR
County With Many Canneries-Fish
and Oyster Interest I'm m n c.
Telephone Wires That Go Every
whcre-Other Good Things.

As the crow would ,y. or as a rail-
road would run, Lancaster County is
only about sixty-hve miles from Rich
mond but IL Richmonders want To go
to Lancaster County. and sometime S
some 81 them do. they would have to
GO 20 Fredericksburg by rail and then
down Raprahannock River by, steam
boat or BY rail to Norfolk and thence
by steamer. and by either route day
or more would have TO be consumed
in making the journey. BY and by
when the much-talkcd- railway to
urbanua. via West Point shall be built
and put in operation. a Richmond bust
ness man will be able to run down TO
Lancaster County by Ureanna and
across the vide Rappahannock in the
morning. transact business with the
sood people there and Get back home
by night; That will be good thing
Ser Richmond. and incidentally a good
iIing for Lancaster. for the people OF
that county want TO trade with Rich
mond. and Richmond wants that trade.
II (, could get il without going all
Lancaster County has the Rappahan-
mock for southern boundary, and
the Chesapeake Bay bounds il on the
cast and the steamers. motor boats.
gasoline launches and sailing vessels
furnish the people all of the trans
portation required for marketing their
goods and products in. Fredericksburg,
Norfolk and Baltimore.
FINE COUNTY For TRUCKING
AND OTHER THINGS
The county contains an area Of l3I
square miles. that is To say, about
$4,000 acres. The surface is mostly
level. but slightly rolling in the CEN
ter. The soil is "A sandy loan. with
good clay subsoil is easily Guilt
waited and is very productive; while.
with the growing of clover and peas
and the judicious use of limited guam
titles Of fertilizers the people find it
easy to keen il in fine condition for
the cultivation of all kinds of veSe-
tables. especially potatoes. All of
Lancaster is a good trucking country
and il is very profitable industry,
owing 10 the splendid transportation
facilities 10 the big markets Of Wash
inston Baltimore. Norfolk and even
Philadelphia but II is hard to get
the truck from that good county 10
Richmond.
But the Lancaster County farmers
DO not confine themselves TO trucking
Their lands bring forth corn. wheat.
oats and tho grasses. Fruits of all
kinds are abundant, and carly fruits
and berries. like tho truck. are very
profitable because of the convenience
of good markets
The people raise horses, cattle.
sheer and hogs for their own use. and
have some every year 10 sell, but it
can hardly be said that they make a
business OF raising and selling stock
Poultry raising and egg selling are
attracting good deal Of attention in
these latter years. and this industry
brings a good deal of outside money
to the county every year. The bust
ness is growing. and some people arc
giving undivided attention 10 il, The
timhcrs are oak. doswood, chestnut
poplar. pine and holly. AT certain sea-
sons Of the year good deal Of bust
ness is done in shipping the holly to
the Northern markets.
ACTIVITY SCATTERED ABOUT
THROUGH THE COUNTY
The Industrial enterprises Of the
county are eris' mills Sa"milis. fruit
aho Neset"hIe canner'es "hieh are
very NUMEROUS suan" ana hsh OF! fac-
.S eN4 49, on" "s.. Pae ~ 'ls
1900
and western markets and ,arre Mon.
had.n hshcrv Establishments do husi.
ness in the county
pu-. water * ,ak., from ar,.e,ap
wells and no b.tter * 10 Nc fonnd
~ the STAT. Tho church and school
facili,i,s ~ The coun,y ar, all ina,
could no asked for The ,o,.rbop.
wires -un ~ ovcrv diroc,,or ana ,h.
neorI. le., q, &C c,oso ,o,c, u,,h
IN. ou,sido world az u ,hc, MAD mics
OF railway and ,.Ierra,h linz rh,
ncn,jis,io, OF IN. cou,,x ahou,
ono and m. peonlo a.. nanny and
con,eric5 Thor. ,s cvcry reason VIZ
1b,v should he
lancaster ~. county .a, ,o.,os
n the northern mr.. ~ IN. .c,r,,,, -
only Village y.i,b no, over ,on $50
pie living within us nni,. on