Residence, Leesburii 



condition it was in when its original owner closed his eyes upon it. 

 Monticello is now owned by Hon. Jefferson M. Levy, of New York. 

 As an agricultural country, Northern Virginia has great advantages. 

 General farming, stock raising, and fruit growing are all successfully 

 pursued. In the department of staple farm crops wheat is still exten- 

 sively grown, but it is from hay that the Northern Virginia farmer has 

 his largest opportunity by reason of the peculiar advantages of this 

 section with respect to markets, having equally easy access to the large 

 commercial and manufacturing centers of the East and the rapidly de- 

 veloping states of the Southeast. Another important crop of the country 

 is corn which is largely fed on the land to live stock. 



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