J. B. ANDREWS.
Virginia and especially this portion
of it undoubtedly has a great future
before it as a stock raising center.
Though this industry is at present
somewhat immatured, it is rapidly increasing
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and is being furthered by one
of the most successful horse and cattle
raisers in the entire South. We refer
to our esteemed and popular townsman
Mr. J. B. Andrews, the owner of
Oak Grove and Buckeyeland Stock
Farms. Since 1886 he has been engaged
in the enterprise and now owns five of
the most fertile and finely stocked
farms in the county. He makes a
specialty of Scotch short horn cattle
and high grade hackneys and other
horses. One of Mr. Andrews' farms
is located on Ivy Creek about seven
miles from this city, another at Crozet
and three at Buckeyeland, comprising
two thousand acres and the
finest specimens of stock. At the head
of his short horn cattle is the far famed
"Orange Merchant," grandson of
"Lavander Viscount," grand champion
of America and one of the most
famous short horn bulls in the
world. An own sister of "Orange
Merchant's" dam sold for $1,410 at E.
S. Donshey's sale in 1902, and he is
also related to "Orange Hero," sire of
the highest priced lot of heifers sold in
this country in fifteen years. Most of Mr.
Andrews' cattle are registered, and few
herds in the country can compare with
them. At the head of his horses is
the famous sire "Nightingale," son
of "Matchless of Landesborogh," an
uncle of the famous "Forest King,"
twice winner of the Waldorf-Astoria
cup and the champion harness horse
of "America." Mr. Andrews' farms
are well equipped with buildings for
the housing of stock and attendants.
No man in the State has done more
for the advancement of stock raising
or farming than Mr. Andrews, and all
his friends are justly proud of the success
his efforts have attained. In addition
he has been shipping fancy bred horses
to the New York market for the past
twenty years, sending from one to two
carloads yearly. Mr. Andrews is also
a breeder of pure-bred and half-bred
hackney horses, high-class carriage
and saddle horses, polled, durham and
shorthorn cattle, berkshire hogs, etc.
Aside from this enterprise he has large
orchards located at Crozet and Ivy
Creek on which are 6,000 apple trees—
mostly wine saps and Albemarle pippins.
He is a large shipper of apples
to Europe. At No. 215 West Main
street he conducts a wholesale and
retail grocery business, carrying a full
line of staple and fancy groceries, fertilizers,
grain, feed, seeds, meats and
liquors for family and table use. While
the store is very large, it is not adequate
for the stock carried and the reserve
goods are kept in a large warehouse
on the C. & O. tracks. The
shipping and receiving facilities at
this building are unsurpassed and cars
can be unloaded in short order. Mr.
Andrews is now secretary of the Electoral
Board, and has been a member of
it ever since Charlottesville was made
a city. He is also vice-president of the
Albemarle Telephone Company. He
is an Odd Fellow and Heptasoph, and
a wide awake public spirited citizen.
