A hand book of Virginia . tatein the production of wheat, hay and oats, yielding over one-half million bushels ofwheat, and 25,000 tons of hay. It is also noted for the number and superiorquality of its flouring mills, one of which has a capacity of 500 barrels per day. Stock raising is also one of its most profitable and important industries, itsmountain ranges affording excellent pasturage, and its abundant hay crop avail-able for winter feed. Under such favorable conditions, this county has become noted for its fine horses,cattle, and sheep, and its abundance of dairy products. Water supply
A hand book of Virginia . tatein the production of wheat, hay and oats, yielding over one-half million bushels ofwheat, and 25,000 tons of hay. It is also noted for the number and superiorquality of its flouring mills, one of which has a capacity of 500 barrels per day. Stock raising is also one of its most profitable and important industries, itsmountain ranges affording excellent pasturage, and its abundant hay crop avail-able for winter feed. Under such favorable conditions, this county has become noted for its fine horses,cattle, and sheep, and its abundance of dairy products. Water supply is from springs and wells of excellent quality, also numerousmineral springs, noted for their valuable medicinal qualities, that attract a largenumber of visitors from this and other States. The chief water courses of thecounty are the North, South, and Middle rivers, which, uniting form the Shenan-doah river. These streams afford fine water power, upon which are located numer-ous flouring mills, sawmills and wood 95 Timber abounds in large quantities, from which a fine revenue is derived. Prin-cipal varieties: Oak, hickory, walnut, ash, poplar, pine, chestnut, locust, are numerous, consisting of iron, manganese, coal, kaolin, slate, marbleand limestone, much of which has been developed. The Crimora ManganeseMines Co. have sold over $1,000,000 of their output, and are working to of the most noted natural curiosities of the State are to be found in this countysuch as Wyers Cave of Fountains, the Cyclopean Towers or Natural Chimneys;and Elliott Knob of the North mountains, 4,437 feet high, ranks among the high-est points in Virginia. Churches and schools are of unusual number and con-venience. No section in the State is more highly favored in this respect. Thepopulation of the county, was, by the census of 1910, 32,445. The county is well supplied with railroads, embracing the Chesapeake andOhio, the Chesapeake and Western, the Norfolk and Wes
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