Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-06-24
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considering the general statements which follow:
First Division. The area in wheat is less than last
year; but the grain looks very well, the rust has
done no harm, and fair average crop will be
made Much less corn was planted than in 1868 !;
but in consequence of unfavorable seasons, many
hundreds of acres Of cotton were ploughed up and
replanted in corn, which will bring up the area
in corn to that of former years. The corn has
been backward, but is coming on rapidly, and an
abundant crop will be made. ".-... =. ="
Much more cotton than usual was planted-in
Spartanburg about twice as much. The plant was
injured by frost and large area ploughed up and
put in corn. The stand now is poor, and the crop
is three or four weeks late. Under favorable cir
cumstances, the yield Notwithstanding the increas
ed quantity originally planted will fall short Of last
year. Oats are doing finely. More attention is
paid to the cultivation Of grasses Fertilizers were
used freely and in greater quantities than ever
known before. One planter, and not large one,
spent 81, 500 in fertilizers, and considers himself
amply repaid.
The negroes are working well, especially where
their employers go into the field with them. Poll.
tics receive but little attention. The people gen.
orally are out of debt, and the prospects Of the
whole division are highly encouraging.
Second Division. As rule, less wheat has been
sown than last year, Chesterfield being about the
only exception. The grain, however, is unusually
6ne, and full crop will be made, although the
area is less. Of corn, much less has been planted
than in 1858; in Laurens twice as much cotton as
corn was put in. The corn is now healthy, but
small and backward. A large yield is expected in
Chesterfield but the probabilities are that the
total corn crop of this division will show fall
ing off as compared with last year. Barley was
sowed to some extent in Abbeville, but has proved
a comparative failure OATS on the other hand,
are doing we'll and will be up to the average.
Far more cotton than usual has been planted I;
in Chester one-third more. The plant is back
ward and the stands are poor. From some parts
of the division the reports are favorable; but up.
on the WHOLE the cotton crop Of the division should
be rather less than that Of last year.
Fertilizers have been used in immense quanti-
ties with good results. In Edgefeld planter has
put 10 tons of fertilizers upon IS acres of cotton
These IS acres will give him at least IS and per-
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than usual; but there is still room for improve
ment. In Abbeville most Of the negroes knock off
work at 10 a. m. on Saturdays. In Chesterfield
the women are working in fields for the first time
since the close of the war
Third Division. All accounts agree in report
ling the wheat in this division will give fine yield
and that good crop will be made. In some coun-
ties more corn than usual has been planted, and in
others less. We do not think that there will be
any great variation from the crop Of 1868. Oats
are in good condition.
The area in cotton is larger than usual, except
lin Orangeburg. The yield to the acre is expected
to be as large as usual, which would make the
cror exceed that of last year. The cotton worm
has been seen in Orangeburg and Barnwell With
favorable seasons the caterpillar is not expected to
be dangerous to the crop.
Fertilizers, as in the other divisions, have been
used in great abundance. The negroes are work.
ing pretty WE'LL but are farming on their own ac-
count much more generally than ever before. This
is especially the case in Orangeburg and Barnwel
Fourth Division. The Seacoast region, which is
capable of yielding the most valuable agricultural
uaS, WoA3 AAouA Noliouo Cooo-
es, been more depressed than any other division of
of South Carolina From the facility with which
many portions of it could be reached from the sea-
it was at an early period Of hostilites partly aban
doned, aud the valuable improvements allowed to
go to ruin. From the impoverishment Of the
owners, and the absence of successful crop seasons
the work of restoration has been necessarily slow,
and in some cases has not yet been attempted.
The leading crops of this section Of the State
have been for long period rice and sea island cot
ton. The growth of rice was nearly destroyed by
the war, and only the most certain and best locali
ties have since been placed under cultivation But
with home demand rather greater than the ma
tive product, and with the continuance Of fairly
remunerative prices, there has been some disposi-
ton to increase the cultivation, and the crop Of
South Carolina, which was about $4,000 tiercea in
1868, will probably approach $4,000 tierces for
1869. The growth now coming forward would,
if favored, show still further moderate increase
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