Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY;
ITS MANY MONEY CROPS
kich Lands Along Numerous Streams
That Arc Making Their
Owners Wealthy,
MARKETS IN ALL DIRECTIONS
\ County OF Prosperous Farmers
Who Grow All Things That Arc
acknowledgement Is There TO
Stay-Ns body Frightened.

one OF the old counties Of Virginia
ihat has come TO the front in latter
days is Prince George. Although the
county has and always has had the
advantage OF river transportation. as
We'll as railway transportation. and
abandoned All hope of ever having with
IN It's borders II town of any dimcn-
sons. II was said that 1t was too
close to Richmond and Petersburg on
the one side and Norfolk. Portsmouth
and SUFFOLK on The other. which towns
w .,,,,i aiways orsrshadow ANYTHING
and 50 tho people many years ago
became satisfied to furnish these
towns with things to eat. for every
grown on tho lands and gathered from
the waters of the county. Thus the
citizens of Prince George became carly
in their history strictly an agricul-
turai people, and they have stuck TO
their trade all these years.
honcweN growing, into city has
10 4 certain extent taken Prince George
out OF the no big town" class and ut
the same time has given The irdustri-
s Sns LfTm H,S and truckers an.ther
their fertile and wel!-tilled lands and
Cor the past decade these farmers and
Irucke'S ana peanut growers and nsh-
for they have good markets close by
m which they can and do sell nj profit
hearing prices ANYTHING and everything
RICn RIVER LANDS
WE'LL DRAINED on ALL SIDES
Prince George lies south of james
ind AppomattoN Rivers, which streams
como together At City Point and Hope
VOL. the two rivers running the en-
tire length Of the northern border and
s"NarntrE Prince George from the
Counties % CHESTERFIELD and Charles
CITY. The rich Counties of Surry and
sussex fo"'r the eastern boundary. and
sussex also makes the southern bound
airy. Will" pinwddic and Chesterfield
touch Prince George on the west. Thus
it viii be seen that this county is
tr!anguia" in shape. In addition to
i he Two rivers mentioned. Prince
water River, which rises within It's
domain. and numerous large creeks
rmptyinr into II. the Blackwatcr be-
comes quite large stream before II
gets out Of the county. Thus IL IS
that the county is we'll watered and
well drained. and along these rivers
'uctirc lands in the STATE.
TRUCKING LANDS. COOP
FARMING AND DtIRYISG
The farm products are corn. wheat.
oats, cotton. peanuts. tobacco and the
Hrasscs Vegetables o:'all kinds grow
!uNuriantly and the county, with Pc
;ershurE and Richmond for markets.
ana With river nortat!on TO other
markets.. mas always been great on
trucking. For the past several years
Hopewcll has also been big customer
of the truckers. The grazing facilities
ar" fine and so In recent years cattle
raising and dairy:ng have become very
important industries SuG are Yet grow
ing in Importance. No section OF the
state grows finer peanuts or more OF
them than the southern part of Prince
George and no county in the State
grows better cotton or grows ii easier
ana in the northern and central por-
tons much good tobacco is grown.
dd 10 these he business of the Ga..
RIGS and the poultry farms and the
trucking and 1t viii he seen that out
few ccnters anywhere. II any, can braS
f more money crops
iioPENELL Is IN PRINCE
GEORGE TO STAY
Hopewel. whore the big munitiom
,'!ants are located, and around which
has grown city. has c'rht l'r.n .
Gorge into greater prominence ana
: before stated ~ shed the Dvop!
with another good homo IL rkct for ali
OF the products rn.Htiorc1 above. The
!aIk about liopewcll going Backward
does not fr!ghicn the pcop,c. OF Prime
"r%c. nor o! the city Of Horcwn
either. The immense plants are there
and cant very wei! be hauled away
and they be!omg II people who cannot
Well afford 20 alloy ther 10 stand