A hand book of Virginia . ing been the AlmaMater of some of the most distinguished men of this country, and with its finefacilities for education, excellent faculty, convenient location, commodious build-ings and great natural beauty and healthfulness, it deserves and will doubtless 229 have a long and growing patronage and prosperous future; and Glade Spring,a nice little village, situated on the Norfolk and Western railroad, and the junctionof the Saltville branch. It has a population now of 1,500, and is a place of con-siderable business. WESTMORELAND COUNTY. Westmoreland was formed in 1653
A hand book of Virginia . ing been the AlmaMater of some of the most distinguished men of this country, and with its finefacilities for education, excellent faculty, convenient location, commodious build-ings and great natural beauty and healthfulness, it deserves and will doubtless 229 have a long and growing patronage and prosperous future; and Glade Spring,a nice little village, situated on the Norfolk and Western railroad, and the junctionof the Saltville branch. It has a population now of 1,500, and is a place of con-siderable business. WESTMORELAND COUNTY. Westmoreland was formed in 1653 from Northumberland, and is situated inthe northeast portion of the State on the lower Potomac river fifty-five milesnortheast from Richmond. Its average length is thirty miles, width ten contains an area of 245 square miles, and a population by last census of 9,313. The surface is generally level, but hilly in some portions. Soil light loam onriver bottoms, stiffer clay soil on uplands, and easy of SOME HIGH-GRADE JERSEYS. Farm products are corn, wheat, millet, rye, clover, and peas for hay. Potatoes,sweet and Irish, do well, and the raising of clover seed for market is a considerableindustry. Orchard grass and timothy are successfully grown. Average yieldper acre of corn, twenty-five bushels; of wheat, ten bushels; and of hay, one anda half to two tons. Fruits of the various varieties, such as apples, peaches, pears,plums, strawberries, etc., grow well, and several canneries are located in thecounty. The climate and soil is especially adapted to the raising of vegetables,and trucking is becoming quite an important industry. The numerous creeksand inlets along the Potomac boundary abound in the finest of fish, oysters andwild fowl. There are large natural oyster beds on these tidal waters, and thespecies of fish obtained embrace trout, rock, herring, shad and perch, which arecaught by nets, traps and seines. Grazing facilities are fairly good, and stock
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