Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-06-06

poorest hill sides, adapted to nothing e'se
and on which the proprietor can live anll en-
Joy health, whilst other crops require richie
lands, always more or less sickly. On sand.
pine lands, such as would bring five or eigh
bushels of corn, the yield of wine, in an ave
rage season, will be about 300 gallons. Oh
richer clay lands it is said to reach 1000 ant
over. These arc not surmises, but positiv
facts"
Around Aiken 500 to 500 acres are nov
planted in grapes, and the quantity increase
annually. The vines are healthy and vigor
GUS the peculiar dryness of the atmosphere
the rolling surface and the light porous na
ture of the soil, which quickly discharges al
superAuous moisture, makes it specially adapt
ed to the grape culture. The quality of th'
fruit surpasses that Of other sections, both II
high flavor and per centage of saccharine mat
ter. The grapes begin to ripen about the mid
die of July, and are ready for the press some
time in August.
The vines arc generally planted in rows ter
feet apart and about six feet in the row, max.
ing about $50 plants to the acre. This dis
tance is preferred from the more vigorous
growta of the vine here. An idea of tn
profits may be conceived By allowing only
twenty lunches of grapes to be produced on
each vine, making 1000 punches to the acre.
which, ifworth only two cents per bunch,
would amount to $500, or, ct five cents per
bunch, $3.50.
They are rarely injured by the late frosts,
but sometimes cool or wet spell of weather
occurring in June or July causes rot to par
tial extent, more or less, according TO its du-
ration. a vineyard once properly started is
an inheritance for ones children, as the grape
vine is noted for its longevity, frequently liv-
ing more than one hundred years.
Mr.. AXt, of Georgia, offered to guarantee
Twenty five Hundred Gallons of wine per acre
to those employing him to superintend and
plant their vineyards. And Prof. Hume, in
en- address delivered to the A. V. G. Associa-
tion in 1860, stated that he was commission.
cd by New York houses to purchase all the
Aiken wines he could get at So per gallon, as
dealers in wines found these best for making
their bases.'
What has been accomplished indicates that
Aiken, at no distant period, will be the cen
tire OF large vine growing region. In those
properties requisite for wine, the grapes
grown here compare favorably with those from
which the most celebrated wines of France
aud Germany are produced, the maximum
aud minimum specific gravity Of the must
manufactured At Heidelberg, is 1899 and lO9l
that If Ncckcr Germany varies from l04O to
1880 Burgundy wine is made from must va
rying from lU7l to 1885, the must of the
Rousillon, represented as the strongest French
wine, has the specific gravity of llU7 Grapes
grown in this neighborhood produce must
varying in specific gravity from lOlOto llOS
1t is estimated that wine can be produced
at cost OF 20 cents gallon, and the demand
even at s. is fully equal to the supply. II
is an article that will always be in demand ;
costs but little to transport to rnarket nc
annual expense Of seed as in, cereals; does
rot require as much manure, or dcteriorate
the soil as other crops; is light and pleas
ant employment, not as labo,lous as common
field work; improves in quality by keeping
and its general use would promote tic cause
Of importance, it being o noted fact that ver.'
little drunkenness is seen i'll vine growing
c0untriea.
In addition to brandy mad, from the cuti-
waited frnits, the various wild fruits and ber-
ries that grow in such abundance furnish ma
tcrials that find ready sale at The disti!ierics.
At home we have the haw brandy, cherry
brandy, pluil brandy; persimmon brandy,
peach brandy, blackberry brandy, potatoc
brandy, gooscbcr9y brandy, sorghum rum, &c.
&c, but when shipped it assumes other names
and forms, and ere long at scine OF the cool
Springs which gush from our hill sides, an ad-
di1ion will probably be malo to this list BY
the establishment Of u lager beer brewery.
Among the resources Of Aiken your Com
mlt.ce would place, most prominently, the
remarkable effects. its climate on pulmona-
rv disorders as already incidentally referred
70 believing that moro favorable combina-
ton Of the essential requisites for the success
lul treatment oil consumption cannot be found.
embracing opportunities for profitable employ
mert and social and educational privileges
for tie various members of q family with
the sanitary chtc;s of the climate Gu The in
valid.
A more extended publicity of tic fact OF
such q conjunction of favorable circumstances
would, undoubtedly, bo the means OF alievia,
ting the sutJerngs and prolonging the lives o
no inconsiderable number, who would gladly
avail themselves of the knowledge when
brought to their notice.
A glance at the bills Of mortality Of tho
Northern States will show hcw general aut
wide.sprcads is this fell disease, under its varl
Gus notifications Of asthma, bronchitis, pneu
monia, emphysema, tuberc!css, helnorrhag(
of the lungs, etc., etc. Hereditary predispo.
stion to consumption hangs like al incubus
over the heads Of many, paraly lyzlng their ener
pios. DESTROYING their usefulness and elnbitter
iinr their lives. BY it thousands are annually
driven forth from their homes to seek relic
in more congenial climes, as it is now conce
ded that the medicine capable OF arresting it
progress is, as yet, undiscovered.
The preventive treatment consists IN atten
ton to the various functions; exercise in tn
open air freedom from mental anxiety o
physical exhaustion; liberal and nutritious
diet: residence in dry, light, and elastic
atmosphere, which invigorates the lungs ant
air passages without irritating them; and som
pleasant and agreeable employment, which
will induce the patient to exert himself ant
prevent the mind from dwelling on the all
ments of tho body. AT ND place can tnes
Indications be better carried out than in thi
vicinity, where the hygrometic condition Q
the atmosphere is such as to challenge con-
parison with any of the usual resorts of con
sulnptives-even of the famed table lands
Mexico, and eycelling that of the Islands Q Q
Cuba or Madeira, or the cities Of Italy. Thi
popularity is attributable to the porous ne
ture of the sandy soils. which readily permi
the water to percolate through and dscharg
itself at distance, and to its situation on tn
'summit Of ridge at such an elevation as t
ratfy the atmosphere, and at the same TIM
gives most thorough ystem ofdfainase to tn
neighboring country. Being surrounded b
immense pine forests, it has also the advan
tages Incidental to pine regions.
In regard to the beautiful effects Of the eli
,,o,,, n,i4too cpon1y from nnrcor