Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-10
Crops Near Oconee Station.

Crops Near Oconee Station.
July 8, 1870.
Editors Keowee Courier:
The citizens in the vicinity of Oconee. Station
desiring to have q school IL fell to my3lot TO
oanyass the community to solicit subscriptions,
and as found the citizens busily engaged In
their felds,lit opened ON excellent opportunity
for mo 10 see tho drops. as Tho farmers in
other seotions Of the county would liko.to hear
how'crops are looking withfus, I will try to give
you brief sketch. am an unable to givo tho
percentage Of each Of the farm products in
cultivation, rs could not get complete report.
MIR. +. F. Alexander's farm was tho first +
entered. ! found his corn and cotton email
compared with his notghbops below him Mr..
A. moved TO his present homo this year and
found II bad condition, consequently got behind
in planting his crop. lie had q largo harvest Of
oats, rye and wheat. Reports his small grain
not good. " lGl tt>. .H'TtgI VA,
next passed through Mrs. Ross crop. Her
corn would average about as high as o mans
shoulders. Cotton would ayorhgo about ten or
twelve, inches high; about two acres, however.
was knee high -. A.Nt aEs sNE s,3S. W.
next entered Mr.. J. NJ. Calhoun's farm.
His corn and cotton about IN average with Mrs..
Ross crop. Wheat and oats not good
Mr.. s. V. Siassey's farm was next in order.
His corn looks we'll; cotton toleraby well; about
oigl't acres. OF" good oats; wheat not good.
Mr.. j. N Todds farm was noxt entered. IIe
has about thirty acres in corn; it looks well.
Scyon acres In cotton; Some Of it over kneo
high, Twenty acres in oats; about half very
good. Three acres in wheat; not good.
] next entered Mr. W. W. Erskn's farm. Io
has twenty aores in corn. have seen somo
better md somo not 80 good. IIo has ten acres
in cotton and used no commercial fertilizers.
lie snys his cotton will compare favorably with
his neighbors.
l next went to Mr.. II. II. Cowan's, and as it
was the hour for dinner did not SEQ much Of
his crop. IIo reports his corn MS looking we'll;
cotton an average; oats goods; wheat good; rye
not good. lie gave me glass Of MADEIRA wine
of his own make, which pronounce good.
His grape vine is we'll loaded with fruit. Mr..
and Mrs. Cowa1 were both unwcll.
l next went 10 Oconee Station. Found Mr..
G. Green at home lie said .'ho was about
worked down, having just finished cleaning his
cotton" Mr.. Green has fifteen acres in cotton.
have seen some higher and somo lower than
his. lie has forty or fifty acres in corn. Not
so tall as somo that have seen during tho day.
His corn and Mrs Mashburn's Is needing rain
Tho most of any that have seen. AS it was
growing laio did not have time to look over all
of Mrs. Mashhurn's farm. I also did want to
visit the Mitchell place, but could not get there
today. I;was informed that the cotton on this
place is the best in many miles around. About
thirty. y.fv9Jacres aro sad to bo in cotton on this
farm. This farm is at tho base of the mountains
aud II is snid 10 be much warmer here than few
miles South of 1t, which accounts for The cotton
looking better here than on adjoining farms.
Garden vegetables orc generally yellow and
about dead. Sweet potatoes arc looking worry
unfavorable. Irish potatoes are much better
than were expected, considering tho great need
of rain during the fruiting Time. Sorghum cano
does not look we'll at present. Oats would have
becn something better with an occasional shower.
Upon the whole, Think corn and cotton look
we'll considering that we have not Ind good
rain since tho 18th of May, nearly seven weeks
ago. Some Of our farmers arc beginning 10
despair. Crops are generally clean. Il.
PRorER USE OF WmskEr Tho Rev. DR..
Guthrie says: "Whiskey is s>good in it's own
place There is nothing like whiskoy in this
world for preserving man when he is dead.
But it is one Of tho worst ,things in the world
for preserving man when ho is living. If
you want to keep q dead man, put him in
whiskcy, and if you want to kill a living man
put whiskoy into him. 1t was q capital thing
for preserving tho dead Admiral, when they
put him in rum punoheon; but it was
| bud thing for The sailors whom they tapped
the cask and drank tho liquor till ,hoy left
tho Admiral Us he ncyor left tho ship--high
and dry" -.