A hand book of Virginia . od. Churches are numerous, and the publicschools in a flourishing condition. Telephone service and mail facilities are ample,and in progress and general advancement there has been great improvementin the county since the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway to NewportNews, in the southeast portion of the county. Population of the county (independent of the city of Newport News), censusof 1910, 6,041. The wild animals of the county are deer, fox, raccoon, squirrel and hare. Thewater fowls of that region abound, besides which there are such game birds aswild tur
A hand book of Virginia . od. Churches are numerous, and the publicschools in a flourishing condition. Telephone service and mail facilities are ample,and in progress and general advancement there has been great improvementin the county since the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway to NewportNews, in the southeast portion of the county. Population of the county (independent of the city of Newport News), censusof 1910, 6,041. The wild animals of the county are deer, fox, raccoon, squirrel and hare. Thewater fowls of that region abound, besides which there are such game birds aswild turkeys, partridges, woodcock and sora, and the large proportion of waterfront creeks and inlets make the county exceedingly popular with sportsmenand fishermen. WASHINGTON COUNTY. This county, formed January 28, 1776, from Fincastle, is situated in the south-western portion of the State—350 miles by rail, 240 air line, from is one of the largest counties in the Southwest, containing an area of 605 227 The surface is generally undulating, and mountainous in parts, especially onthe northern and southern borders, though least mountainous of any of theSouthwest counties. Its valleys are broad and present a beautiful picture in thealternation of hill and dale, of woodland and pasture. Soil varies in characterand quality, but all lie upon a stratum of yellow or red clay, very fertile andproductive and wears well. The gray or gravelly soil is adapted to wheat, ryeand tobacco, and the dark alluvial soil to corn and grass. The principal andmost profitable farm products are wheat, corn, rye, oats, hay and tobacco, ofwhich abundant crops are annually produced, though the tobacco productionhas fallen off from 2,000,000 pounds in 1889 to 500,000 in 1909. This is a superiorgrass-producing section, especially of clover, timothy and orchard grass, thatyields largely, and much of which is grown. Tobacco is not as profitably grownas formerly. Fruits of the various kinds
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