Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-07


seen ssa ellift a. varistyn Of ylossomsl,Itrisi
really 'delig ghtfufotorridet along and note
the great number !of different, blossoms
that meet the eye at every stepat Some
ofthose Pfairies Iare $50 widei and long
that no treesican be seen, and then the
sky and sher6aoad extended reengrassyr
Pan unite is anu ViI5 Hsky dclouds seem
tp1desend Etosthe eearthsand,dunitg with
saehss othtr. Mnotbur tkindoiseoovAted,
fyitRa low,dbrushyi growth sand isIealleiy
brush Prairie, ithe brushois wild oaonas,i
haw, sngarberry, re1selm and mustquict;
whichtdoesqpbts MotalL bufJdst high
enoughoso5hat ia1man on. az horse can just,
abcutseeioYer 1itdthis rlaud is,verynfich
alsol 4nsome.portions ofthe Rrairie the
aoil.is,veryo sblaek,qclose, and asuaticlsy aal
tar,oand. during wet1 weather 1it, is very
disagreeablei 50 muchlso that the peoplel
esnpot get ,out unless nthey eide, forthe
mud ~ MMiA " stick to the sboesuntil it would
be- eiabbout as as much ms, q mani couldoido to-
falsei one sfoqti I. baYe heard that itfstucki
50 tight thatia man .waulIlldf pull off his
boot iinn king lthropght the mud betore.
he, could eStricate himself. There are,
places in the Prairies that are a little
singular, the sulface is in rows about five
to six feet apart, and this extends for
miles and is called hog wallow Prairie.
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The range is excellent and thousands of
cattle, horse and sheep are to be seen
grazing any where OIL this rich pastureagc
and butter, beef mutton and is veal never
eaten than that raised on the Prairie.
Milk and butter in abundance, and bees
do remarkable we'll, where they have SO
many blossoms to Sip FROM, and many an
old farmer has honey by the Darrell, SO so
it can tdlmost be said that this is a land
that flows With milk and honey.
The Prairis' is very productive, better
wheat country does not exist any where,
from, 90 to 80 bushels is nj, average {; age per
acre, and it is cut with reapers drawn by
horses, thfashcd by machinery in the
fields, and when it is planted it is plough
ed il with sulkey plow,' the plowman
rides on his plow as comfortably as if
seated in a sully; ro stumps, roots rocks
or trees to interfere with the plow; from
80 to rs bushels Of corn to the acre are
made easier than 5 bushels in South Car
ollna. A fact that the moro the soil is
worked and the longer it is cultivated the
better itproduces from year to year the
farmers never think of making less than
bale weighing 500 lbs to the acre, oats,
rhyc, barley and hungarian grass grow as
we'll as any where in the world. The
Piairics are rolling and just undulated
enough to make fine farms, but, are not
we'll watcred, nearly all the drinking
water is. secured by cisterns in the winter
and springs TO do through the summer
and fall, there nrc no springs in SOME
portions, but'out on the Colorado and
head writes Of the Brhzos there are great
many nice clear springs and creeks and
the water is very good. The. stock raisers
Ola dry summer or. fall have to drive
ther stock twenty, thirty, and even fifty
miles to water, the creeks in the Prairie
are deep, have lime stone bottoms and
when it rains the water soon gathers il il
those creeks and run off, and as there are
no springs, the holes and little lakes soon,
dry up. 1t is soiten, the case shat the
farmers haul their-fire wood and rails ten
to fltcn li.ics.' Our Greater neverIplaccd
all the good things IN one place But It
seems likessemd places have received more
than others, ahd if l am any Judge this.
prairie .connlsy has received more than
any country have ever seen. ,dI .
Since the war immigrats have been
pouring into Texas from all the Southern
and middle States, selecting homes, and
cheep, rich lands accordingto their fancy
Or taste in the different parts of the state,
and have opened farms and are now pros
porous and happy. Our population has
about doubled since the war, and there is
q tide of emmigration pouring into our
State all the time and yet there is room,
and will be for q long time to come. for