The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-27

tho sick could bo fed, and have substituted
rooe fpds p itBss g;SatRered fSn nsthss gand
cd some sixty miles to q relative, who hnd
loaned him cow then: in milk, and there was
joy in that family when the COW came. They
sla srs sI Sslas Sss Ilis &c
milk restored their vigor. The man also
brought small parceli Of seed corn, aud the
COW was harnessed to the plough and small
patch of lead was prepared for a. future crop
Tklt Sanity sonsiltA of hthes, Mother, ssnd
Eve ehildfea To tie question, 'swhy don't
you work r. 20, sir, tell us where we can get
we will most te egladlyy ldl e Work, * but everybody is
like We are" And this is the G9aRdsioq ssaN !; If
Thousands. t'N'''" f"''
Cd,m.-More has been plahtad this year
1 than last. In many instances hut little cotton
1 is planted, and the energies Of the farm deyo-
ted to corn. Yet they are iii 10 badly in debt
that an effort is made toi grow all the cotton
possible. In the census the corn crop is put
iidown at t15 ,065, ,666 Bushels. It will fall far
below that this)year. doubt if it reaches half.
TO furnish any permanent relief it should be
doubles The pIant'is veil cultivated and looks
prelmrissi9g., 9ss5i ~ sei sta,r.isao bns ea.s.t
Wheas-Only 1885, ,6s1 bushels are report
ed by the census for this State pFofF the 1ack
of seed. and labor, but qssman breadth was sown
last year; it Is bsibg hfyested iii good EcS6di-
/ tion and yields well. but so pressing are the
wants of the people, that lbuta little will be
left for seed. In many instances the green
wheat and and rye have been out UP md fed to
the mules to enable the farmers to work their
glowing Cotton and corn cropk!Ie ~ sd'lfiii
.0atsa ~~Butoa, small propa only e36,s7A
bushelf, were made, as reported by the census 7;
it is, therefore, Of sfialI CONSEQUENCE, though
an effort has been made this year to SOW con-
Siderable buttt scarcity pf The seed and the
poverty Of the people have prevented anything
Ike the usual breadth being put in,
Rice.-The census reported 119, ,10O,528
pounds of hullcd or merchantable rice. The
great destruction of the expensive fixtures on
tho tics POLARIZATION the WAR has nearlyibro-
ken up the cultivation; added to this is the
want of capital and Of labor, and the cultiva-
ton of q plantation is the exception rather
than the rule, NOR will the vast rice fields
be again cultivated till new system of
labor Sia established resort must bo had
to the Chinese. If proper efforts are made
/ haye no, doubt abundant labor of that
kind could Ebc procured. at San francisco.
And the Chinamnn once domiciled on these
plantations, there wiabe no further want for
labor, and cheap labor, too, for there is scarce
ly .angpace on this continent where China
man cap live 50 cheap as on the. rice ,planta-
tions Of the South.
.sos'sysa .iE,@zEii ,,aia1
7obacco--This crop has been considered
Of small consequence in this State, the, census
only reporting 1O4,912 pounds. ii / Whether
there be really difficulties of soil or climate, or
both, in tho way of successful and profitable
cultivation, I did not learn TAsa part of tho
State, is on the same range of the Blne Ridge
with Virginia and North Carolina, there seems
no good reasons whyit cannot Be grown as
well as inithose States ts'137sfg