The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-26
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s,l HoLyhnht,safaroh 8.-South Carolina
sf6rdJ vefy. great entioements to the
'E&steyllatsft immisrant. Columbia 10
hsaSf geographical centre of the
the statistics show that the
saIisy is between November
RSlS that the summer heats
fn9s ssn no naalsdies. This rule
q hasdss 81 y, g3S4 E4he State North and
~ q; ~ S3eagsisIA and ON the South and
:ts seat snysagRn TO the coast. Seve-
!4s t4ssha sSoMng directly on the sea.
AsS f9tlsl!yS healthy. Charleston
otst1ns s.smsiier mortality than any city
Of tho North, with the single excention
OF Portland, in Maine. :.
In addition 70 this general ealnbeitv.
tho State enjoys the inestimable adyan.
tage. for an agricultural country, OF
having no winter. Ploughing may be
and ID carried on 10 every month of the
year. The average mean temperature of
Columbia Tor the month Of February,
1878. at a. NJ, Was over forty.eieht
degrees. and at 3 P. NJ. it was q fraction
over sixty degrees. suppose the
month OF April would not make as good
2 showing - thisyin New England or the
Horth. west. But the number of trees
ana plants that grow ont OF doors in 90.
tnmblat and give spch an exceptional air
oi verdoro 20 the winter landscape. NJ
lords proof enough Of the mild Gharac-
ter Of the qlimath. Here grow aud flou.
rtsh 10 theTopen air the camelia japonica.
the lanxuatinusl the cape jessamine. the
English and Spanish laurel, the Chinese
hawthorn. ao-oailed, the holly, the Chi,
neae aud Australian pine, the live oaks,
the trs.' box. ths mock osau9s and the
magnificent magnolia, .beaide varions
others. None Of the plants or trees I
have enumerated shed their leaves dur.
ing the winter, and there need be, no
1ner shade trees than the nook orange
and the massive and graceful live oak.
Columbia is the heart OF a great cot
ION region The oropis cultivated to
the exclusion Of others that can be
raised With equal facility, though not
With equal profit. There is nothing like
cotton for profit. Land that will not
otiDg ten hnshels OF corn to the acre
sEil yprodnce Half; q, bale OF cotton, worth
xlp to- S30.. Nobody oan be long in a
e9ftoq igYoWing conntry without sharing
finlthe destinations OF its culture. and, as
an tasrlcditurist, abiuring all climates
where !ssw1llj not grow. There is no la
bpEFin taistngIit that lis not easy and en-
lelng, and 8: exhaqsts the land no more
thaauS A1a taisAe dawn, il you bat return the
ssed: :tos stta8ronnd. Corn can be pro-
daoed:as Hest here in Pennsylyania
~ hss been. worth all winter in Colum bia
over yl & hasllel; aud hay, which ia
n9fe dimouH to raise, bat which an ex-
Irperienoed English gardener hero says he
can raIse, end has raised, at the rate Of
sWo tons to the acre, simply by heavy
Top. dressing. is steadily worth S45 to
S30 ton in the spme market. But it
ought to be said, that, except on river
bottoms, grass does not naturally fiou.
rish in climate, where cotton grows.
iae summer heats parch and wither it.
There is plenty OF old plantation land
IN the market at extremely low prices.
Lands that were held before the war at
$25 and $50 an acre, and cheap enough
A. that. can now be had at 81, IS, 81 +,
70 and BIO an acre. These lands,afe ali
IN working order, and need only good
farming to make them more profitable
than they ever were. The old planters
wore nearly oil ruined or efeatly.emhar.
fassed BY the war; and thosS who anrSiye
cannot readily adapt themselves 10 the
chenges that emancipation, hos brought.
! s.S y oao itloko 60Gnb 10
be no serious obstacle to revival Of the
taSrtnnlthre OF the State on the new
basis. The transition is naturally at.
tended by difficulties, but none. great
enough to conquer ordinary enterprise.
With every facility for making nnc6 6safe
aud profitable crops as corn end cotton?
| tue temptation to an agricultufist would
appear to be very much greater hero
than is offered on the Western prairie
lands. Let any man take price cur;
rent Of Western agriculture products at
tue point where they are raised, and he
will be amazed at the comparative unre.
munerating figures they show, ,contr asted
with those in South Carolina. Hay six
dollars ton, corn twenty 1--WE cents q
bushel, pork four dollars 100 pounds,
and other things in proportion. Let
! him compare these prices with those OF
the products OF South Ca.o'ina upland
plantation, where everything is as cheer
ful and healthy as on the best rolling
praisies, to say tho least; and where
thero is no winter Of sufficient rigor to
necessitate either extra clothing or extra
fuel, and no weather to impede agricul.
tnral occupation ut all times of the year.
The "middling" or standard grade OF
Sonth Carolina cotton is at present worth
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