The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-07
COLUMBIA.
Tues lay Morning, January q 1858.


we have been favorably struck by
the hopeful spirit Of. Mr.: David
Dickson, OF Hancock County,, GA,,
who, in the fall of 1866, when the
failure Of, crops generally was pal
pable. said that enough and to spare
conld have been made that year,
with the,proper ind dastry and econo.
my. Mr.. Dickson is one of those
men who utilize, every thing, and
thoughtfallys apply science and the
lessons of aoiose observation to all
their planting operations.S He puts
mind into. .hiswork, and is in large
measure independent Of variations of
price and uncertainty of labor. He
dlDays succeeds.
Our people. ere wasteful, md they
are not sufficiently perseyering. Just
now they seem paralyzed by the half
crop and half price Of cotton. But
all is not lost. New fields OF profit
lie open TO the explorer, and invite
occupation. Our soil and climate
. are favorable to the production Of .
large variety of crops. Corn, wheat,
rye, oats, root crops, peanuts or
pinders, cotton, RICE, &c., fruit and
the small berries. Our woods abound
in merchantable products. The
sunsac, for instance, grows luxuriant-
lywithout cultivation. It is worth
in New York $120 q ton, and with
proper care in gathering, packing
and shipping, viii bring the same
price as the Sicily, viz: $240 q ton.
The hop and thel cranberry are the
most profitable crops grown. The
former will, no..donbt, do we'll on our
rich low grounds, and the latter,
which fourishes wonderfully well in
the bogs Of New. Jersey, will, it is
thought, succeed well in similar 81
tuations here, In New Jersey, bogs
worth only about $5 an. acre, have
been raised in value, by being set in
cranberries,, to $1,000 an acre and
more. Will some one who has the
knowledge, inform US more fully of
the improved method of cultivating
thepeainut, adopted in the 'neighbor-
hood of, Wilmington, North Caro-
lima? It affords valuable oil, is
easily worked as compared with cot
ton, and great Improvement has
been made in the process Of gather
ing the nuts. We are informed, that
as much as from 5000 to $40, 900
have BEEN realized clear, by indivi-
dual planters, from this crop, in the
region of the Cape Fear, for the year
1867. - '''- y
The object Of this article would
not be fully accomplished, unless it
called attention to the abundant
water power which flows past us on
all sides, unimproved and neglected.
As the shoemaker thought that there
was nothing like leather" SO we
think water is the best" of earthly
blessings. We have but to employ
certain easy adaptations, to derive
from it incalculable benefits. Who
that has the power of thought and
calculation, can fail to perceive that
our policy now is to manufacture
thread, cloth, paper, &C., from The
abundant raw material which we pro-
duce? Cotton thread can be manu-
factured here and sold in the great
d Northern markets, at high profit,
from four to six cents cheaper than
it can possibly be spun North.
Northern manufacturers will admit
this themselves. Is this not field
worth occupying? We call upon our
enterprising men, of every class and
calling, to wake up and aid in diver
styling the pursuits of our people,
and opening to them new channels
of profitable employment. Fortu.
nate will we be, indeed, if we only
rightly appreciate the blessings a