Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-09-27


n,rchase Morus Multicaulis trees or cuttings
and who are therefore interested IN the price, "e
c,nv from week, statements ofthe most impo''
tant sales reported The latest when We na''
.ssr and the largest which has ever taken place
in the u. States, was that of Mr.. Physlck' near
Philadelphia, the report Of which ls copieo .n
nreceedino column from the United States 'a'
ze.te. 1t will be seen by referring to that 'l'e
,veraoe price was about l2 l-2 cents per foot i;
which is equal to about cents per bud. fof
trees planted go closely on thin soil have no side
branches worth taking into the account. cut'
tinps from trees as small as MIR. Physicks
are much less valuable than those from
larger trees; for they are not 30 apt to grow
should the spring prove unfavorabIe' nor
when they do grow, will they produce SO large
trees tho first season. But the greater number
of roots counterbalances, in some measure this
disadvantage. Whether it will do so entirely,
depends upon the number Of largo Cuttings
afforded by tho larger trees with which the COM
parson made Some trees afford so buds. others
100 or more half an inch or over in diameter; and
mature cuttings of this size grow almost as GER
tainly, with proper management, as rootedp plants,
especially if grown themselves from roots one
or more years old. A lot Of trees, therefore,
which furnishes an average of SO, or even rs
such cuttings to the tree, is more valuable taan
a lot ofsmall trees with the same number Of buds
which furnishes few or none, although the latter
lot contains more roots.
MIR. Physick's sale had been looked to with
interest by dealers as one which would afford
certain indication of future prices during the
fall season. TAe wholesale price may now be
considered fixed at not less than twelve and a
half cents per foot for the present crop. Cutiva-
TORS have been anxious to sell and dealers, who
know better how the supply compares with the
demand, and are better acquainted with the other
elements likely to affect the price, have been
equally anxious to buy. The result is that very
very large proportion Of the crop has passed into
the hands of dealers, or rather has been purchas.
ed By them, and much of it paid for, months
before the time for removing it from the fields
has arrived "a thing which has never before
happened in this e.~"sry' or perhaps any other
vita crop involving so much capital and spread
ing over SO great an extont Of territory: and
this too at time of almost unprecedented do.
preston in the money market. In such a state
ofthlngs, it seems tc us certain that as the season
advances, and especially as planting time ap'
proaches, tho price must advance.
Some of our readers have and feel no interest
in this subject. Such if they choose, may pass
it over, bearin in mind that others are interested
in it. Although not a prophet, nor the son OF
a prophet, nor even a Yankee, nor the son of .
Yankee, we still venture 10 guess TINT
before many Years shall roll round. some of those
who now turn from the subject with the greatest
aversion vii be deeply interested in t; aye, and
will be surprised to at their long continued blind
ness.