Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-14
A SOUTH CAROLINIAN AMONG OUR FLOUR
MILLS.

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A CaroIinisn, writing from Richmond to the Co.
lumbis 'Southern Guardian" recommends the men
u. hs State TO turn their water power to n rimilar
use, and start mills near Columbia, South Carolina.
| II. recommends sound, practical nen Ia take the mat
ter in hand, and remarks that hi reflections have
been suggested by a visit made to the FIGURING Mil"
situated On the James River, aud canal, III fhe cify uf
Richmond. There are seven mile, aolns with ~ pair
of stones. seven feet in diameter. possessing the fines
machinery that has ever been invented for the manu-
inciure Of II 'ur, and turning out beiwrrn tour and
five ihuusand barrels per day. This requires about
~ OOO bushels Of wheat per day, or about 8 0GO.ODO ~
buatels per annum. These ars said H. h- 10y good
Judges model mills. both in their machinery and in
their management, and for ihn benefit oi some of
your enlefprisirs and practicable readers, will state
that one CT :hr oldest Of these mills, The lihxaii
Hills" ware "a, abolished about the year 1857, by Mr..
! iIaxa,i, f,s i.tncr If some OF the present owners,
sith only four p:r of stones. They have gone on
from that period steadily increasing III capacity and
cnpitnl, until they ara now running twenty runners,
turning of shout 1000 barrels of flour per day, and
have made large fortunes for their owners. La the
MEAN time, otner energetic aud practical men III anu
around Richmond, seeing the llaxa!i mills prospecting
~ well, embarked in The enterprise, and the result If
princeIy fortunes TO their own-'s. and furnlrhIDg HI II
We're at their own doors. One OF the best wheat mar
ke's Tor The farmers OF virginia.
Upon farther enquiry, | found hat before the manu-
facturin. OF -four YVES embarked iG 30 extensively a.
Ei:hInUr0, ' irgIDlS VA NOT Known NJ n "Htht OMIT
I, required nearly all the wheat rsised in the State
for home presumption She relied almost entirely
upon her tobacco for hr wealth. The whtch word
WAS then, more land for tobacco. Their tuest. lancs
were cut dpwu and run year after year IN tobacco,
until The Virginiana found ont that, IN q lew fnor-
y.nrs, they would not have any more land 10 cut
down, aud that their country wa. then covered all
over with f-lds full of gullies and scars. They dis
covered that, unless d different system OF cultivation
was adopted, they would have Ia abandon their lands
- $50 . ~. .pt IA q ItaAnd hIH ~ h
time 10 Florida aud Aisbama. They, like true patri
ole, get about the work of their own redemption, and
the first step taken was TO reduce The number of acres
planted in tobacco, and increase their wheat in the
came praporlion. They adopted a better system OF
manuriug, by the application at compost, lIme
and plaster to their lauds, and, lately, have made
uss of great quantities uf guano. They, III ad-
dltion to their manuriDg and fine preparation OF
their lands, have adopted the rotation and real
system, letting one fourth of their land lie eiihsr in
clover ur pea iallow every year. The land now pant
ed in tobacco, is better manured tnd prepared, qua
while there is no tiIninution in the tobacco crop. l
find upon enquiry, that there has been . s.eady vi
crpase in The wheat crop from u. U00. UOO vi buehels Ia
1890, to ~ 000, Goo in 1887; and para passu, with the
increase iu the production Of wheat, | hnd that 'Ee
mills have Increased. In fact | wac told by sev-TEi
large planters. that the great increase III he
production OF wheat, was mainly owing 10 tue il'
market afforded by the Richmond mile for the rnf'
chase of III. planters wheat, paging now & ~ ivr
red, and 81 81 for white. The planters OF Soufn
Carolina only getting from 80 10 20 cents per bushei,
may add another great element in the increased
production, namely, the great rail road and canal eye
TEN OF Virginia. | believe these enterprises nave
done much in developing The RESOURCES Of Virginia
They are we'll msnag d and pay good DIVIDENDS
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