A hand book of Virginia . lmost entirely from the water, and its products may be con-sidered the most important and profitable industries of the county. Increased attention is being given to the raising of stock and the cultivation 136 of the grasses, for which the low grounds are well adapted; and they also succeedvery well on the uplands. The nearest railroad point is West Point, the eastern terminus of the Yorkriver division of the Southern railway, sixteen miles distant. Any deficiencyin this respect is amply supplied by the extensive water transportation thatreaches every portion of the c
A hand book of Virginia . lmost entirely from the water, and its products may be con-sidered the most important and profitable industries of the county. Increased attention is being given to the raising of stock and the cultivation 136 of the grasses, for which the low grounds are well adapted; and they also succeedvery well on the uplands. The nearest railroad point is West Point, the eastern terminus of the Yorkriver division of the Southern railway, sixteen miles distant. Any deficiencyin this respect is amply supplied by the extensive water transportation thatreaches every portion of the county. Steamers and sail vessels daily ply the Yorkand Pasquotank rivers, and Chesapeake and Mobjack bays, affording cheap,convenient and direct communication with the cities of Baltimore, Norfolk, andRichmond, also with Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, by connections atOld Point. The water courses above named, together with Ware, Severn, andNorth rivers, and numerous creeks, afford not only a magnificent water supply,. A VIRGINIA OYSTER FLEET. but are turned to valuable account for their productions and for their transpor-tation facilities. The county is fairly well timbered; principally pine, while some oak, hickory,and cypress are found. Several sawmills are successfully employed; lumber,cord-wood, poplar wood, and railroad ties are shipped to considerable is found throughout the county a few feet below the surface, and has beenextensively and successfully used as a fertilizer. Owing to the proximity of the county to numerous bodies of salt water andthe sea, the climate is mild in winter and tempered by the sea breeze in summer;and the salt water atmosphere also has the effect to render it very is supplied by artesian wells, easily bored, and by numerous springs, andis abundant and good. There is also excellent lithia water in the county. Churchesof the various denominations, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterianare well located. Educ
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