Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-02
OUR. GROWING CROPS.
Fertilizers vs. Frost Cotton, Rice. Corn
Wheat-Other Cereals-Prospects
Of Yield.


New York Times writes, under the
date Of the 18th inst:
The prospect Of the crop of 1863
have be'n@ pretty thoroughly canvass
ed, and conclusions are becoming
somewhat definite. Two unusual
circumstances have marked the aeri-
cultural world in tho South-my es-
Inmates all relate to South Carolina,
howevcr-this spring; first, an unu-
suaalyocold Spring, there have bcen
frost in most parts of the State in
May--an event that has not occurred
therefore in maybe twenty years ;
and seeondly, an unprecedented use
of commercial fertilizers--phosphatcs,
guano from the tropics, and chemical
fertilizers of various kinds. Of these
the State has used this year fully ten
times astmuch as ever before. The
latcness' of tho Spring has cut off a
good deal of cotton in the mountain
region and almost oil the corn on the
scacoast- ii Its to be observed here
that these crops thus shortened are
the leastimportant onos in their res
pectfse regions, because near the
mountains very littlo cotton is raised,
and near the sea very little corn. In
the>interior or middle of the State
the cotton is the main crop touched
by the frost and it is believed now
that the fertilizers will more than
make up for the diminution caused by
the frost; and then about one-fourth
more lsnd'has been planted in cotton
this year than last. t..
The; cotton ,thiis. year is estimated
by careful calculatora, after compur-
ison Of hundreds Of individual opin-
ions, as likely to roach 1876, 900 bales.
This y an adyagcs on last years crop,
which was 1870, 600 bales. The crop
of 1850 was 1884 bales.
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The crop Of riceis expected to be
this year, 2S,75o, 900 pounds, which
is . large increase over last. year,
which produced: 1s,25O,000 pounds.
Both of these are vastly below the
rice yield Of 1850, which was 1 19, 1oo,.
b2e pounds-more than five times as
much as last year. This immense
falling off arises from the fact that
tho nsglect Of somayearseduring the
war has rendered the plantation un-
ftefor cultivation without thousands
off onuay, which tho impoverished
ownsrs cannot supply. Besides labor
il so difficult. 70 control now: that it
weqif 4beo veryr risky to undertakes
rnEnsng = larga plantation with hands
that might sa4d lpyoBably would,
leave whom the weather gets too hot
for comfort. sTo pnt,a zipeIp plantation
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likes 900, and in. some cases $2o,.
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