Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-26
ALE MONEY CROPS GROW
IN D|NW|DD|E COUNTY
Tobacco, Cotton, Peanuts and All the
Fruits, as Well rs the Grains
,,-,--. and Grasses. .e,.
TRANsPoRTArIoN FACILITIES

Thrce Railway Lines and Appomat
tox River Keep People Convenient
to Markets Woodworking
y Plants Numerous.
Dinwiddie is one OF the counties OF
Virginia that claims to grow every
thing. Certain it is that it grows all
Of the money crops known to Viz
rfnia, that is to say, tobacco. cotton
peanuts and all OF the fruits. IL is
also a great corn growing county ana
in late years the people have gotten
IN the way of feeding their corn 10
hogs and securing their bacon ana
a lot of it to sell. Dinwiddie also grows
the other grains. such as wheat, oats
and rye. The grasses grow splendidly.
and since the people have FOUND out
how we'll their lands bring clover
alfalfa and other grasses they nave
commenced to give great deal Oh
attention TO cattle and sheep raising.
The 52l square miles or lana OF
which the county is composed are cat
up into farms OF about leo acres ench
or something like thai, and the people
of Dinwiddie, outside OF the city oil
Petersburg, are all farmers and as
the soil as are 10 be found anywhere in
the State OF Virginia. Some as fine
poultry farms as are 20 be found any
where are in this county and poultry
and egs proposition has become an
industry q VAST Importance.
TRANSFORMATION FACILITIES
AND WOODWORKING INDUSTRIES
Fc- Few counties are better supplied
with transportation facilities, and |,
ass has many miles q good dirt roads,
aus - The people have 10 trouble get
c1g 20 the markets with their pro-
duets. TIE Atlantic Coas; Line Rail
rciG -as aloag TIE eastern side OF
IL. c:Cl;y from -o.th 20 south. the
Ssaec2-t Az Line passes through the
carer :-cl Petersburg 20 the Bruins
v51k ccunty lie and tire Norfolk and
wes:er1 cUts across the northern part
frcA Petersburg 20 the Nottoway
County line. And then. 200, the APP
FoDaI.oI Rive. furnishes water trans
portalion tor the people in part OF
the northern part Of the county.
The iinbeTs are pine, oak, poplar.
walnut. hickofy. ash. gum and maple.
Numerous sawmills and large wood
working establishments are located
along the railways in Dinwiddie. AT
nearly every station on the Seaboard
Air Line the hum OF the sawmils
and the big woodworking plants may
be heard. They are at Butterworth,
Mckinney, Dewitt and other stations,
and they employ large numbers of
hands. making the Saturday payrolls
throughout the county something enor-
nous and the business Of the retail
merchants cores. ondingly good.
GRANITE QUARRIES THAT HAVE
A BIG REPUTATION
= The mineral products are iron ore,
mari and granite. The supply of gran
lite in Dinwiddie is practically mex
haustible and many quarries have been
developed, especially about Butter
worth, on the Seaboard Air Line. AT
that point the granite is of superior
quality, and Quarries have been de-
Neloped there which brought forth
granite that is declared by the ey-
perts 10 be superior to anything 10 be
found in the New England States. 1t
was from these quarries that. the gran
lite OF which the Richmond post office is
built was taken.
= Dinw !ddie has taken a leading stand
in the matter Of good roads, and in
every part of the county splendid sand
clay highways are TO be found, and
what is more, the people there have
way OF taking care Of their good
roads after they make them good, and
some of their ncighbors in adjoining
counties would do we'll to go 10 Din
widdie ana learn, the art and acquire
the public Spirit that inspires it. Per-
haps the best .sand-clay road in the
State, and the best kept one. is the
highway that runs from Petersburg
through the center OF the county and
on through other counties towards the
North Carolina line.
GOOD LANDS ARE ATTRA CITING
HoME-HuNTING OUTSIDERS
Good public schools are maintained
in all parts of the county and there
are handsome and well attended
churches. not only in the villages along
the railway lines, but in all parts of
the county.
outside OF Petersburg, and Peters.
burs Is not counted in this story OF
Inc county, there are no large towns.
out some splendid small ones. or VIII
lagos that do much business. All OF
them have banks. stores and various
industries. Dinwiddie. the county seat
is located In the center of the county
just behind the hills from the Scaboa rd
Air Line Railway, and is quite a bust
nessiikc village. besides being the
nome or the county officials
The farm lands Of the county arc
cheap enough. considering their forth.
NY and the varied products they br;nc
ioFth. and they are attracting many
nrst-class agriculturists from the ont
sfde-outsIdc of the county, the State
ana even the country. They have at.
tracted many Boheinians. who have
peen and are blessing TO the county
as the county has been and is a bless.
Ing to them. The population has in.
creased rapidly in the last decade. Il
as now toutside of Petersburg) nea,
10 ls.eoo' II not fully up 10 that figure
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~ THE VALLEY IS INVADED