A hand book of Virginia . 169 The surface is rolling and mountainous generally. The soil varies accordingto the geological structure, being principally clay and limestone, and some portionsslate and freestone; the latter a lighter soil, and generally thin and sterile on thehills. The greater portion of the .county is very rich and productive, yieldingfine crops of corn, wheat, oats, rye, tobacco, etc. It is especially adapted to thegrasses, both the cultivated and the natural blue grass; so that the productionof hay, grazing and stock raising are extensively carried on and are very profitable.
A hand book of Virginia . 169 The surface is rolling and mountainous generally. The soil varies accordingto the geological structure, being principally clay and limestone, and some portionsslate and freestone; the latter a lighter soil, and generally thin and sterile on thehills. The greater portion of the .county is very rich and productive, yieldingfine crops of corn, wheat, oats, rye, tobacco, etc. It is especially adapted to thegrasses, both the cultivated and the natural blue grass; so that the productionof hay, grazing and stock raising are extensively carried on and are very of the finest herds of shorthorn cattle in the State are found in this county,and it is also specially adapted to the raising of sheep. Fruits of all kinds arereadily and abundantly grown, and the vegetable and dairy products are alsoitems of considerable revenue to the farmer. The Norfolk and Western railroad, passing through the center from northeastto southwest, a distance of twenty-eight miles, furnishes a conven
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