﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  223 
  

  

  largo 
  belts 
  of 
  red 
  soil, 
  called 
  the 
  "red-land 
  district." 
  Here 
  

   is 
  found 
  more 
  greenstone 
  (epidote), 
  and 
  where 
  this 
  abounds 
  

   the 
  soil 
  is 
  richer, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  better 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  manufact- 
  

   uring 
  grades 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  The 
  belts 
  of 
  limestone 
  which 
  

   traverse 
  portions 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  are 
  overlaid 
  by 
  soils 
  rich 
  

   and 
  admirabl}' 
  suited 
  to 
  grasses 
  and 
  the 
  cereals, 
  but 
  they 
  

   produce 
  a 
  coarse 
  staple 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  not 
  much 
  in 
  demand, 
  

   even 
  at 
  low 
  prices. 
  The 
  tobacco 
  soils 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  are 
  

   the 
  low 
  grounds 
  and 
  rod-elay 
  lots 
  for 
  shipping, 
  and 
  the 
  gray 
  

   uplands, 
  sandy 
  and 
  slaty, 
  for 
  manufacturing. 
  The 
  chief 
  

   tobacco-producing 
  counties 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  form 
  a 
  line 
  along 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Ridge 
  southward 
  from 
  Madi- 
  

   son, 
  and 
  in 
  elude 
  Henry 
  county. 
  

  

  Blue 
  Ridge. 
  — 
  This 
  district 
  forms 
  the 
  border 
  between 
  the 
  

   Transition 
  and 
  Fossil 
  iferous, 
  and 
  partakes 
  somewhat 
  of 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  both. 
  Gneissoid 
  sandstones, 
  epidote, 
  granite, 
  

   syenite, 
  slates, 
  and 
  shales 
  abound 
  in 
  the 
  east, 
  while 
  the 
  

   western 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Ridge 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  

   of 
  the 
  Cambrian, 
  Potsdam, 
  Sandstone, 
  and 
  Primal. 
  The 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  epidote 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  fertility 
  of 
  the 
  

   soils 
  of 
  this 
  division. 
  

  

  The 
  gray 
  sandy 
  slopes 
  and 
  ridges 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  tobacco 
  

   lauds. 
  The 
  tobacco 
  counties 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  are 
  Floyd, 
  Car- 
  

   roll, 
  and 
  Grayson. 
  

  

  The 
  Valley 
  and 
  Appalachia. 
  — 
  In 
  this 
  district 
  are 
  included 
  

   all 
  the 
  remaining 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  

   Ridge, 
  southwest 
  from 
  Rockbridge, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  northeast, 
  

   some 
  of 
  these 
  counties 
  producing 
  but 
  little, 
  but 
  all 
  capable 
  of 
  

   growing, 
  to 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  extent, 
  a 
  good 
  type 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  The 
  

   lighter 
  soils 
  are 
  the 
  better, 
  but 
  the 
  arenaceous 
  soils 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  foothills 
  are 
  preferred. 
  The 
  limestone 
  

   belt 
  is 
  an 
  extensive 
  one, 
  rich 
  and 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  general 
  

   farming. 
  The 
  poorer 
  siliceous 
  soils, 
  notably 
  in 
  Poor 
  Valley, 
  

   in 
  Washington 
  and 
  Lee 
  counties, 
  are 
  growing 
  a 
  fine 
  article 
  

   of 
  brights, 
  but 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  southeastern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  also 
  produce 
  desirable 
  manufacturing 
  grades. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  above 
  are 
  classed 
  in 
  the 
  red 
  and 
  yellow 
  ship- 
  

   ping 
  district, 
  there 
  are 
  extensive 
  areas 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  bright 
  yellow 
  type, 
  as 
  is 
  

   being 
  demonstrated 
  by 
  individual 
  planters 
  every 
  year. 
  

  

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