Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-05-16
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1879.
0rangeburg Agricultural Society.
Quarterly Mceting-lnteresting Dis
cuSSiOns.

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the Fair Buildingi i'll quarterly session.
The attendance was rather larger
than usual. In consequence Of the
absence Of the President, DR.. w. F.
Barton, Vice President Capt John l..
M.orer took the Chair. The meet
ling opened with short discussion on
the Jute culture, and the Importance
and practicability of obtaining the
seed, participated in by DR.. j. G.
Holman, Nr. JAS. Stokes and Mr.. II.
Riggs.
The President then called for re
| ports rs to the condition and pros
poets of the grain crops, in response to
which verbal statements were mad
by the following members reprcs sent
ing different sections F: DR.. w. G..
Wolfe, ID Fcrsncr, 1nabinet, Bennett,
N L Baldwin, j u Vosc, Dir. j G
Holman, Smoke, Jude Robinson, NJ
Robinson, n n Hayden, w w Cul.
leh; G w Cutler, l. T. Bcckwith, j j
calley, w p Hadlcy, JAS Stokes, W
A Mackay, Capt Ed. Fielder, A NJ
Sailey, w Hoffman and Ii Riggs,
from which it appeared that larger
area than usual Of oats was planted
and that the crops were generally
promising. that wheat as a gener-
al thing was not good and that
smaller area was planted, the general
opinion being that this crop was too
uncertain to pay. The reports also
showed that oats tnlowi ng or planted
after corn in the cora field was far
better than that planted after cotton in
the cotton field. Various opinions were
expressed as to the nj amer of manur-
,.ing lor small grain, especially in refer
e,icS to The ash clement. Some sawts
little benefits from it. The turning
under of pea vines was highly recon
mended.
Mr.. A NJ Sa!ley noticed that oats
sowcd where the pea vines were cut off
were not half rs good as in fl elds
where the stock fed them off.
Some little disc ussion was held on
the causes Of rust. An opinion was
advan ced that it belonged to the land.
but the majority assigned coll nights
and hot days as the cause.
Inquiries we're made as to the con
diiion Of the corn and cotton crops.
The responses showed that the stand
vas bad on all the early planting, but
much better on paintings made since
the frost. Reports from ST. Matthews
show bad stands.
Mr.. a NJ Sallcy spoke of the fat of
hogs fattcned on chufas melting
away, and being less firm than on
corn fed hogs. Mr. Jas. Stokes cx
perience was the same as Mr.. Salley's.
But, in spite of this disadvantage as
well as that OF crows and ground
moles, these gentlemen regarded
chu ias as q most valuable crop, and
the whole Society agreed with them.
a discussion then followed on the
sorghum question which in view of
Mr.. Cornelson's proposed Refinery
was very Interesting.
Mr.. Mackay was very favorable to
the sorghum. He thought it would
pay we'll, and that the grain pro
SdIccd from it was very valuable for
stock and other purposes. He intend
ed to plant large quantity.
Mr., j. j. Saliey, together with
others, had male Il careful calcula-
ton Of the yield and cost of produ-
cling, and OH the basis that land that
produced 1000 lbs. of cotton would
produce 100 gallons of syrup to the
acre, and putting the syrup as low
down as 80 cents per gallon and the
cotton Mt 3 cents, the balance was
clearly and decidedly in favor Of The
sorghum.
DIR. Holman mentioned that the
sorghum was n great exhauster of
land, which these gentlemen admit
ted, but they argued that the return
Of the refuse from the mill to the land
compostcd with stable manure would