Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-08-06
A NEW crop IN KENTUCKY.

4 NEW CROP IN NbNIVSNI. III
Among the staples ef Ksnsrky, blaek viii
hcnccforth DO ennmesatcI- A'ensrWpeMds@e I"
the Cincinnati Gazette gives ses~unt ii tho bar.
vcs,;nr Of the A,ck!,e1ry crop in Kentucky the
present season:
M,Lrox, TxxslK CorSr,, Nv.
July 81 Is'o.N
When YOU and your readers vt down At your Ia.
hes take your newspaper in your hand AMI cat
fcriy IL blsckberries, w xoasc ouc n the many l
shat g in which they come rcady Tor the Pan'c'
do you ever wonder where ~ many conc hn,n.
or dn you ever think that men Of your own city |
invest, this ycar, in their purchaser at least <s'
w.!
This (TrimLlc, cnunsy probably turns ont mcrr |
berries than any other place of its ixc in the world
Until this year the fa'mrs have generally hrvn |
accustomed ~ speak of the bricrS "thc farmers
pest" - little did they Know IL the ways "t
Pruvidrncc. who, in giving thcm this unia'l'ns !
cror has put rcady - hand, without toll ot cui'
tivation. crop which this year brings them in !
larger income than would the space 81 gro'.nd
planted in whcSt ut ninety CENTS pcr b',shcL-
Walk from this town tn licifari and even beyond |
that branch out tn Palmyra the enc sr'c, or I"
lialrS landis,g OH the other. and so long ~ the
fecstonc formation lasts there the hricrs arr run
ming with berries bearing them down IN all sorts Of
cntang dement's
On the ten mile line, between this and lcsifort
there arr ten buyers in Bedford there are two; al
Palmyra thrrc; beyond Bedford two and in the ".
entity Of Halls landing ore There arc trw Others
who visit points OH the river but these do no Srrs,
amount Of business. These buyers are the agents ot
ruitcrcrs in Cincinnati who receive two dollars each
per day, for receiving the berries and shipping thc'n
Generally these men owncrs of brcr patches 81
their own They arr authorized 10 pay at this time
thirty CENTS PER bucket inr all berries taken IN bat
at the commencement of tho season, when the rips
berries were scarce upon the bushes. ~ high
as sixty cents was paid and two days later, forty
cents.
will explain the operations at ono stand. which
will show how the business Is managed at all then
will make up the figures to show the extent Of the
outlay.
The buyer, whose business I am going to explain
OWNS several patches ri bcrrics onc he reserves nr
the picking Of his own family all 1t which from the
mother who is well nigh an tn fifty years Of aSc
down TO the yo, n ;cst child. out in that tickl-
>ii,s these, hc las in other patches. Their "vn
and their ncishbcrs. fourteen prkrrS. These stut
ont at break Of day. and pick until about IN oeiccs
when, the sun being very hot. the hrrry doc M,
stand so we'll when ricAcl during the cooler
hours Men. women and children now shoulder
their buckets carry them to the rcc,ivCr who cnp.
ties them into the stands. each drawer of which
holds one L,,shel and one pcck. The number cf
buckets arc now set down to the pirkcrs crv,ht 81
the rate of thirty cents per bucket and occasionally
4
OH additional five ccntS IS addc,! To its cost.
Wagons now come along AMI brin. the stands Ia
the river at this point wtctc each day. 'Stwcyn
one and five o'clock. there can be seen from hun.
bred to one hundred and fii,y stands. equal to
about 500 bushels Of berries which arc daily ship.
ped
In the evening some picking Is again done. ,h-
berries hciny brought in the following mornin.-
! On Friday evening and Saturday p;ckin. is DONE
for the reason that the packet dues not run on Sat
! nItay to your city.
| was present on Friday at the paving cf the
pickcrs at no less than three stands AMI ! faun,l
upon inquiry that the rckcrs collectively at each
earned about 81? per iirm. THIS yields from 81 80
to 81 III to each picker the result of their sy
. cxertions Ono family received for the works
picking Ss1 and over. Not bad Wages for ch.ldrvn
. to make.
! Up toward Bedford the farmers have only thi.
year got into the business. the consequence os
which tina, they arr very liberal and they allow
the rickers pluck the fruit aud make no charge
therefor, but down nearer this place. where every
ripeniny berry is watched anil pluckr a. II
Is black, the pckrrS pay cents per bucket TO the
owner Of the patch. 80 that he has not only the
profit made by picking of his own family. but the
additional clear profit Of about Is crnts per bscl
on the berries, which. consiciin; there has bCcn
cost Of cultivation, and that there il surety on
the crop. is not so lad The season lasts frum -Four
to six weeks.
All the buying here, nearly all of IT, bcins fos
two or three firms in Cincinnati ] have been cna
6lcd to come pretty near the exact figures: There
arc in all ~ rccei"crs at cost Of SO per day; 90
p;ckcrs averaging to receive 81 ~ per day haul
err, averaging to receive 81 10 per day; fright
! l3D stands Of 4 drawers Ter nay. at 81. making
daily outlay in cash, payable weekly, of $.so an
or for the season of It's usual length. equal to sss
iis5, all Of which is expended within the county
except about S4.uiN Add to the total amount III,