Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . Watermelon Hucksters on the way to Richmond Market, fromChickahomhiv River Virginia. LANDS AND PRODUCTS 237 months to raise this crop of wheat, said he, and Ill bedamned if Ill let you or any other man thresh it out in threehours with an infernal yankee machine which is liable to flyto pieces at any moment and kill som
Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . Watermelon Hucksters on the way to Richmond Market, fromChickahomhiv River Virginia. LANDS AND PRODUCTS 237 months to raise this crop of wheat, said he, and Ill bedamned if Ill let you or any other man thresh it out in threehours with an infernal yankee machine which is liable to flyto pieces at any moment and kill some of my best niggers. The owners of numerous servants were also the owners ofthe best agricultural lands which usually were found near therivers. The poorer classes were thus forced into the centralparts of the respective peninsulas, where they cultivated patches rather than extensive fields. These patches ofground were the clearings made in the forests after the sawmill timber, and cord wood were taken therefrom. IV. The Forests. In many of the peninsulas, the lands gradually rise as theyadvance from the river bottom sections until the central por-tions of the peninsula are reached. These elevated sectionsare generally composed of lighter soils than the river bottomlands. Much of these higher lands are turned out to thegrowing of timber for ra
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