Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-09-01

~ Western paper has recently published
table Of statistics of tho tobacco crop of tho
several States giving the yield per acre, price
per pound and gross profit per acre. Fro
this table it appcars that in Connecticut the
tobacco crop yields per acre l450 pounds
worth 27 cents, making the gross return
$50 80 per acre; in New Jersey it yields
1900 pounds worth II cents, or a gross re-
turn Of $3l5 per acre in Massachusetts il
y cldS 1900 pounds worth 2G cent or 1912
per acrc in Michigan it yields 1000 pounds
worth 20 cents, or 500 per acre; in Missouri
the yield is 002 pounds worth 10 cents round
or 5000 per acre; in New York the yield is
500 pounds worth II cents. orSl ll2 per acre
in Arkansas the yield is $50 pounds worth
l3 cents, or 50 90 per acre in Indiana the
yield is 73l pounds worth cents, or 500. IS
per acre; in Ohio the yield is 700 pounds
worth 6 cents, or $l2 per acre in Kentucky
the yield is 3G7 pounds worth cents, or
S60.03 per acre in Illinois the yield is GG3
pounds worth cents, or S530 per acre in
North Carolina the yield is sos pounds worth
l3 cents, or sG6O4 per acre; in Maryland
the yield is 500 pounds worth l3 cents, or
$65 per aero in Florida the yield is 500
pounds worth 8 cents, or Sl5 per acre in
Virginia tho yield is .ilS pounds worth 10
cents, or 81 50 per acre. and in Georgia the
yield is SIS pounds worth 10 cents, or ST. 25
per acre.
On examining the above figures, it will be
pcrcci we'd that the profit from growing tobac
co in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New
Jersey is very large, while in Maryland and
Virginia the yield is very small These re.
markabc differences are accounted for by the
fact, in the Northern States, only very fertile
tracts are planted with tobacco, and that the
best and most careful management is pursued.
The great gain in the wait of tobaccn, it is
stated, is caused by the manner Of manuriny.
Thus in Maryland, the planters, it is said,
think they are very liberal If they dress their
crops with three hundred pounds to tho acre,
while very few comparatively use anything
more than the manurcs of the yard, poor il.
quality, and mcagrc in quantity and then
sprinkle each plant with the lightcst appca.
ton Of plaster. On tho other hand, in Con.
nectcut the planter manurcs his ground
heavily at first with stable manure or waste
from tho tobacco factories, and then gives at
the very least, three hundred pounds per acre
Of the best Peruvian guano. yield of from
$500 to $500 per acre is SO certain from this
treatment, that tho Connecticut planter does
not fear to spend sl0O to the aoro in manure.
asD- The Cherokee Indians of North Car
olina will, for the most part, accept the pro.
visions of tho law by which they are, in nc.
cordanco with their own wishes, to be rcmoy.
cd to reservation in tho indian Territory.
There arc cighty.nlno now in camp st Lou.
don, Tenn, thirty three Of whom arc under
twelve years Of age. There are two other
parties in North Carolina, Of about fifty and
thirty respectively These aro awaiting the
arrangements for transportation and other
prelininarics to their departure. Chief Jas.
Obadiah will send complete roll to tho In.
dian Office Of those who arc to remove, show
ing the ago, sex, &c., of each individual
Tho Indians arc anxious to get away as
s>on as possible.
- A new steamship is being built at Rich.
mond, Virginia, at "a cost Of sl05,000, tho
lowest estimate for which at tho North was
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