The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-25
What is an Acre Worth?


large or small one, will rightly compute
the value of an acre, and set tic proper
worth by it. we may then expect that
material and real wealth 10 tile State
that is only now imaginative. We call
ourselves an agricultural pcop!e, a5hd adj
nit that the wealth Of our State lies in
its productions. To u great extent, we
may say altogether, that as Il people we
arc dependant upon our cotton. rice, and
tobacco crops for what money VIC make
AS to our corn crop. VIC hardly feel like
counting it in, if wejudgc from the thou
sands of bushels that are bought West TO
supply the dumaiids of our people, and
the thousands upon thousands of dollars
wc send out Of the Slate for that article
alone; not counting the millions Of pounds
Of bacon that we buy also from the West.
Every man that cullivatrs Il fcs' acres
of land. imagincs that he rlrst put half or
two thirds in cotton; that cotton is the
only Thing that will bring ready money.
We would not have Il word to say about
planting cotton. if each acre planted
brought bag but when we know that
it takes from three TO four acres of our
worn lands TO make il bag, we feel thatit
is labor and money thrown away, and
that the farmer has never for moment
sat down and calculated the worth Of an
acre well manured and well worked
An acre of land well manured, we'll
taken care OF. is worth from $50 10 $50.
An acre that will bring twenty-five BUSH
els of wheat and thirty bushels Of corn
the same year, is worth sl00; and any
pains-taking farmer can make an acre
produce that. The manure dropped in
stables or yards by horses, COWS, hogs,
sheep, &C., will manure one acre well.
We speak of tho small farmer, the man
with but little stock. Care and ecohomy
is all that is needed 10 save manure; but
so long'as SIC drive along in our slip.shoa
way Of making and saving manure, we
may expect but poor returns from the
soil If the small farmer could be induced
80 take half the pains the New England
farmer docs on his place, there would not
be a farm in Baldwin county that would
not be worth at least $50 to the acre.
Bnt what we desire to call the especial
attention OF our farmers to is the import
ancc of manuring at least one acre well,
and planting it in something that will.
bring him 800 clear II can be dorc
and done easily, but there must be system
about it. Let TIC small farmer who reads:
this lock at the nearest city or town, to
which he trades and see what article Of
provisions sells readily. Take. for in.
stance, sweet potatoes; everybody cats
them. and they have a ready sale; they
keep we'll and can be sold Ivy the wagon
load or bushel, at from fifty cents to one
dollar.
A farmer knows how many bushels an.
acre will bring, anu he knows that he can
get hundred doll.rs an acre even ut fifty
cents bushc. Take the ground pea it
will seal readily and bring IL good price.
Take onions, take Irish potatoes. take
peas Put the acre in anything but cot
ton, and it will bring more money than
cotton would. Much manure is some
times saved and wasted bJ- trying to ma.
nuro ten or twenty acres, when it shond
have been put on one or five. Farmers
get discouraged and say it won't pay to
save manure, because they have tried it.
and their crops were failure, and failed
because they tried to do too much with
too little. just rs foolish housewife would
try to make one blanket cover three beds.
Southern Recorder.