The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-08
500 for tho bale. 1t weighed 4OS

pounds. '.''... q ~ ~ |.
~ 1t is an improved cotton, from what
is termed tho sold Pe,tigulf seed"
80 Hamed from a point below Vicks.
bu'g, aud took its name from being
there first introduced. 1t is the
most commonly planted cotton Of the
country. A. II general thug it has
worry much detcrioratch, it being
mixed up with other varieties.
Since the war, in picking c3tton my
son discovered that there was great
d'fle'.ncc IN the texture of,hc lint, and
IN picking, lie made selection from
the choicest stalks and buls. For
the past six years he repeated the
same process, aud has succeeded in
cbtaiping a choicc variety. Three
years this fall we took it in our heads
to exhibit our cotton at the fuirs.
The first premium we obtained at
Memphis, Of $500: on fnc bale Gu
try. The next season, 1870, we
made one-bale cutry at St. Louis,
and touk the first premium of $500
also the sweepstakes of $l. 600, and
| with one other balo at the Mis,issip-
Ipi State fair at Jackson, we
carried Of the first premium of $50
same year.
now enter three bales; on one I
get the state premium Of $500, and
the general sweepstakes Of $1,000.
On the second bale get premium
OF ST. 900, making in all $1,000 at
this Fair.
The merit of the cotton depends
on it's fneness aud silky texture. 1t is "A
hard discrimination to make between
long aud short staples, if raised on
upland, because if we'll cultivated the
length and strength is improved by
good culture and manuring. When
| first commenced experiment in
the matter, and preparing cotton for
Fairs, my principal object was to in
ducc others to produce cotton If bet.
ter quality, believing that it would be
more remunerativc to the planters to
produce and make better quality of
cotton than un3er our old system of
labor, which has been changed, Il
great deal being made by white labor,
they being better capable of hand
ling it than under slave labor. In
answer to query, Mr.. McShan said
he served nine months in the State
militia during the war, under Mai.
George of the Confederate army.
lle said that while the negroes
were slaves there was some profit in
their labor, out since they we're turns
ed loose there is M profit. l consider,
he said, free negroes dead weight
and incubus on the industry Of the
country. wish that they had
colony and turned to cannibuls.
You may employ negroes, but when
they get their bellies file they 90
up town, lock at the raiIruad ears,
and dent look one day ahead. had
$4,000 ia slave labor before the war
Tut by emancipation my estate was
reduced one half.
now employ white labor. have
to pay white man more th,n a ne
gro, but he is more reliable. But it
costs more considering that you have
to board the whites. 1t costs from
50 to 80 per cent. moro. We have
to pay them higher wages. The ne
gro, when n slave, got great deal
better fare than now; was housed,
clothed and doctored much better
than they arc capable of doing them,
selves
There IS now great more mortali-
ty among young negroes than when
they were slaves. They have, as q
general thing, no physician to look
after them unless vouched for by their
employer. About three cars acc
| had negro family on my place.
gave them II piccv of land, g, one.
half they raised. WelI, il ! lad boS
paid the strictest attention to them,
they would not have earned their.
food Since then l have no dread of
the lash. 1t is the next thing to an
impossihility to get them to work
Saturdays, as they want two Sundays,
to lounge aoout the depot and SOC
the cars.
There is an idea among our plan
tcrs to cultivate smaller area, and
cultivate it better. 1t takes much
less stock, less seed, and the product
is much better. There is saving
in fencing, in the interest on the in.
vcstment in land, and a great saving
generally.
The frankness Of Mr.. McShan was
admired by those who listened to his
tit-hand statement.-&. Louis (Mo.)
Republican.
The following paragraph from the
World, shows how little respect Conk.
ling aud Murphy pay to the Philoso.
pliers warnings and ontreatics
In one Radical Senatorial Convon.
tion of this State it was charged by
prominent. Republican present ,hatono
OF the candidates for Senator had re-
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