An Expert Opinion.
Hon. S. B. Morton, from Nebraska,
Secretary of Agriculture in President
Cleveland's Cabinet, once said: "There
is no reason on earth why Virginia
should not swarm with a vigorous
agricultural life. The more I think of
it, the more I am impressed, and the
more the wonder grows, that such
a field for farming should be at the
very door of an over-crowded North,
and go unnoticed so long. There is
not a word which I have said of the
strength of the harvests which lie
asleep in the soil of Virginia which
over-states the truth. All it needs is
energy, industry and know how, and
no farms would pay better, or produce
better, than the farms of Virginia,
As a mere crop producer, Virginia will
stand shoulder to shoulder with any
State in the West."
These lands, lying at the gateway of
the North, in close proximity to the
great markets of the United States,
meeting all the requirements of Hippocrates
for perfect health—pure
air, pure water, and a pure soil; fertile
well wooded, well watered, especially
adapted to stock raising and fruit
growing, with magnificent educational
advantages splendid railroad
facilities can be bought for from five
to twenty dollars an acre, according to
improvements. Here in the last few
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"MONTICELLO," THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.
years many from the factory towns of
New England and from the great
West and Northwest have come and
found happy and prosperous homes.
They are bringing their industry, energy
and thrift to their adopted homes,
and are developing the resources and
building up the material wealth of
Virginia, while adding to their own
estates.
