The Southern planter . t;residence and porches, 30 by 30 feet; two wind milltowers, 16 by 16 feet each; garden 46 by 94 feet; black-berries, 16 by 90 feet; strawberries, 65 by 90 feet;citrus nursery, 90 by 98 feet, with 2,300 trees budded;one row of dewberries, 100 feet long; four apricottrees, two oak trees, three peach trees, six fig trees, tenlocust trees, thirty assorted geraniums, twelve lemontrees, seven years old, one eight year old lime treefrom which he sold 160 dozen limes last year; eightorange trees in bearing, four bread fruit trees, fivepomegranate trees, a patch of bamboos, thre
The Southern planter . t;residence and porches, 30 by 30 feet; two wind milltowers, 16 by 16 feet each; garden 46 by 94 feet; black-berries, 16 by 90 feet; strawberries, 65 by 90 feet;citrus nursery, 90 by 98 feet, with 2,300 trees budded;one row of dewberries, 100 feet long; four apricottrees, two oak trees, three peach trees, six fig trees, tenlocust trees, thirty assorted geraniums, twelve lemontrees, seven years old, one eight year old lime treefrom which he sold 160 dozen limes last year; eightorange trees in bearing, four bread fruit trees, fivepomegranate trees, a patch of bamboos, three callafillies, four prune trees, three blue gum trees, sixcypress trees, four grape vines, one English ivy, twohoneysuokles, one seed bed, one violet bed, one sagebed, twelve tomato vines and thirteen stands of bees. After making a comfortable living for himself andwife off this single acre, Mr. Cleek adds $400 a year tohis bank account.—San Francisco Chronicle. 1902.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 409 Live Stock and HOLSTEINS IN NOTTOWAY CO., VA. We have pleasure in presenting our readers with apicture of as pretty and high bred a herd of Holsteincattle as are to be found in any State in the union,and our pleasure is enhanced by the fact that thisherd is to be found iu Soutbside Virginia, in a sectionof country tha1: only a few years ago was the home ofnothing but the poorest bred scrub cattle, and whichwas said to be unsuited for anything better. Theherd is the property rf Mr. T. O. Sandy, of Burkville,Nottoway County, Va., and was established some sixyears ago by purchases made from one of the bestknown Holstein breeders in New York State. Sincethat time Mr. Sandy has made additions to his breeding stock from other well kaown herds, and recentlyhas added a car load from a well known Pennsylvania,herd of the highest breeding. Mr. Sandy has nowabout forty head of as fine Holsteins as are to be foundin the country, and some of them are making won- derful records as milkers a
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