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

roof Fpd stBa sIsered 4 q the fIeldg; syanas
ed soma sixty miles to q relative, who Had
loaned him COW then iip mil}k, and there was
Joy IN that family when the COW came. They
ssss Sag@ sSlas Ess IIiss as
milk restored their vigor. The man also
brought q small parcel ef seed cosn, aud the
COW was harnessed to the plough and a small
patch Of land, 1as prepared for future crop g
|Tkis amiIs sonsktea Of Iather, Hmsothefs @@nd
|6ys ehildkssh 3. 70 tie qusstion, siVhy don't
you work r. so, sir, tell US whore We can get
even m peck s s 81 a !x.ssssss ss.s and !.
lilo We are And this is shs G9Rdi.ioP rl9ff If
thousands :, t'ss''''9 as''s
Co,m.--More has been plahtad thisS year
than last. In many instances hpt little cotton
is planted, and the energies Of The farm dcyo-
ted to corn. Yet they are All a0 badly in debt
that an effort ia .made tos grow all the cotton
possible. In the census the corn crop is put
down as15 SB5, ,868 Bashels II viii fall far
below that this,year. ! doubt if it reaches half
10 furnish any permanent relief IL should be
doubles The pIahtlis asiIaaltisatsd and looks
pF9.mlIst8slleges ssst y ,s 6,ts. g,ssssi
Wheas. Only 1885 ,631 bushels are report
led by the census fSr thiaa 1s' u ma l6k
IF sss 1a |9pgE hRs sps sTgra'h yss ssyn
Ition and yields well. but. SO pressing are the
wants of the peopleg gthatbdtna little 'twiDt ebe
left for seed. In many instances the green
wheat a99dIEye hpye been out YP and fed to
the mules to enable the farmers to work their
glowing Cottoh ana corn drops! drGpa !!In s,t s1titaI
0atsa a. But oal small props only es6, ,s7A
Ebushelf, were made, AS reported by the census !;
1t is, therefore, Of ,sfHal rccSasedaehce, thdagR
an effort has been made this year to SOW CON
B1fyhe scarcity > 81 the seea e sand tue
poverty Of 6epeopisshays pseventsa s anything
lie the usual breadth being put in,
Ricc.-The censds reported 119, ,f00,52s
pounds Of hulled or merchantable rice. The
great destruction of the expensive fixtures on
shss fics; planta the has nearlybro-
ken up the cultivation; added to this is the
want Of capital and of labor, and the oultiva-
ton of p plantation is the exception rather
than fthessule, ,sipor Will tho yast f7ce fields
be again cult isated till 4 new system of
labor Sia established resort must bo had
TO the Chinese IL proper efforts are made
u shaye no. doubt abundant labor of that
kind q seoald sbo procured 1t San Erahsiisco
And the Chinaman once domiciled on these
Plantations there villbe no further want for
labor, and cheap labor. too, for there is scarce
y aasplaes pnthis continent where 5 China
man can live 20 cheap sas on the: rice planta-
tions Of the South.
.uedsnra ttfta siii siaiaT
Tobacco.-This crop has been considered
iof,snaal consequence in this State, the census
only reporting 104 ;91 Q pounds. 4fs; Whether
thssesbe difficulties of soilor climate, or
both, inthe way iof successful and profitable
cultivation, Itdid not learn! fAsa part of tho
State is on the same range sof the Blne Ridge
with Virginia and North Carolina, there seems
no good feasona wis Garnet f;ts fP;ts x grown aa
well as in7those States issse a ~. j 7;isfy