Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-04-23
Agricultural.
From The Southern Agricuiturist r.
TIE LONG STAPLE COTTON &TuE cUDAToBAcco.


THE LONG STAPLE COTTON &TuE CUB AToBAcco.
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SHORT STAPLE COTTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
From the depressed condition Of the
market for The short staple cotton; am
induced to offer few remarks, proposed
for ameliorating the condition Of The plan
tiers Of the short-staple cotton in South
Carolina; | am aware, however. of the
Indifference in which many such articles
have been received by the planters; yel
without experiments aud changes, many
valuable discoveries that are the sources
of wealth, and the pride aud admiration Of
the age, would have been, doubtless wrapl
up in oblivion. We have been aud are
ye, progressive people, aud must con-
,iuue so, or else we must retrosade, as has
been the lot and coudtiunof all those who
have preceded us,ib the scale of existence.
AT the time oflhe Roman invasion, the
inhabitants Of Britain lived as savages,
and appeared in painted skins, and al the
time believed their condition 10 be perma
neni; but il was not so, for afterwards we
fiud them enjoying the society Of civilized
man. and in building railroads. steam
ships, and manufacluring-a demonstra-
lion which should al once. render US dis
satisfied with our present condition, and
inspire US with motives calculated to pro-
duce revolution in our occupations; and
at this juncture, ] cannot conceive ar any
thing which would tend that way with
more velocity, than the production of the
long staple cotton and The Cuba tobacco;
either if planted on light and friahe ham
mock lands would remunerate sufficiently
for The labor that would be required 10 the
cultivation Of the cotton.
. That The long staple coltou and the Cdha
tobacco can be cultivated in South Caro-
lima and Georgia, as far north as the 80
degree, with considerable profit to the pro-
ducer, we have abundant reason 10 be-
Iieve. and from the circumstances of lis
having been produced in various paris of
the interior of Florida, remuneraling suffi'
GENTLY 10 warrant the almost entire aban-
donment (unless on very tenacious soils,)
of the culture of the short staple cotton
am fully aware that now occupy de-
Ibalable grounds, from The geographical
situation aud extreme southerness Of Flo
rida yer with all the advantages she may
have over South Carolina, we are not to
be persuaded that they are sufficiently i'm.
por,ant 10 cause a negligence in South
Carolina.
wilsintroduce few remarks out of
many which could be produced relative tc
what has been realised by few Of the
oc Elo,;J, I III. that uraot
many of the farmers Of my acquaintance,
land most of them residing 10 the in,erior)
have gathered at least one bale of the
long staple cotton ION an average) per
acre. I have been informed by Col. G..
Rawles, that the tobacco growers al and
near Clear Water Harbour, during the
past year. realised at least the sum of I've
hundred dollars per acre; also, was in-
formed by Col. John Rupell, Of Thomes
County. Georgia, that farmer who re
sides near him in Middle Florida, had re-
alised by the culture of lot Of tobacco Of
eighteen yards Square, The sum of two
hundred dollars; and also, that another
individual with two hands, on pine land,
(though we'll .rod with catlle) had realized
the sum OF one thousand dollars.
From The foregoing it must be apparent
TO every farmer, that Cancellation of the
farmers Of South Carolina, (and even
Georgia)to some otl,er occupation, would
be the means Of releasing them from the
burden incurred, and the small profit now
realised by the cultivation of the short
staple cotton to such an extent.
Persons desirous of planting the Cuba
tobacco, can be Informed as TO the plant
ing and cultivation, referring to the
back numbers of the Southern Agricul-
turist.
One gears residence in Florida, By
j. A. M.
Uacahoota, East Flo, March 5th, le45
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