. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia . at on June 25; purple straw, June 29,and following; Poland rye, July 8; and commenced sowingMediterranean wheat on September 22. From 1852 to 1861he was also raising white wheat. Judging from advertisements in the Register, Rockinghamfarmers were using plaister for fertilizer as early as 1852 (March 31) Gen. Lewis sowed plaster on a clover field;on April 2, following, he sowed it on another field. In 1864Nova Scotia plaster was being used in the county; in 1866 & Son, of Harrisonburg, were selling raw bone phos-phate and super phosp
. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia . at on June 25; purple straw, June 29,and following; Poland rye, July 8; and commenced sowingMediterranean wheat on September 22. From 1852 to 1861he was also raising white wheat. Judging from advertisements in the Register, Rockinghamfarmers were using plaister for fertilizer as early as 1852 (March 31) Gen. Lewis sowed plaster on a clover field;on April 2, following, he sowed it on another field. In 1864Nova Scotia plaster was being used in the county; in 1866 & Son, of Harrisonburg, were selling raw bone phos-phate and super phosphate of lime. During the years fol-lowing much bone dust was used, large quantities beingground in the county. In 1866 it was reported that plasterhad been found on the farm of Capt. D. S. Jones, nearHarrisonburg, and also on the farm of Emanuel Rhodes. In1867 Peruvian guano sold in Harrisonburg at $115 a ton; bonedust, at $70; wheat, at $ a bushel; sugar, at 15 to 25 centsa pound. In 1868 G. W. Berlin was paying 50c a hundred -368-. Senator I. S. Pennybacker(Pag-es 354, 355) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY for dry bones (in Harrisonburg), and $15 a ton (delivered athis mill near Bridgewater), and was grinding them into bonedust for farm fertilizer. In 1871 he paid $20 a ton for bones,and sold the bone dust at $50 to $55 a ton. In 1880 he saidthat Maj. George Chrisman had bought from him from twoto ten tons of pure ground bone nearly every year during thepreceding 10 or 12 years. The number of bushels of potatoes raised in 1910 was122,116; of sweet potatoes and yams, 5058. In certain sec-tions of the county, particularly about Spring Creek, Bridge-water, Mt Crawford, and Timberville, thousands of finewatermelons, etc., are grown every year. August court isknown as watermelon court, the reason being much inevidence all around the public square. The color scheme isred, white, and green, with black for variation. In 1901—the first time in many years—August court was melonless,owing to l
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