The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-07-25
For the Times.
That Great Rio crop. IS

Mr.. EDITOR Though not in the habit of
writing for the papers and perhaps trihe rusty
on grammar; yet the report Of that big crop by
G. B. Hogan has tempted <ns'tos lay aside tho
plow for short time, 'fo take our pen in hand
to write you few lines, toilet you know, =, etc. SO.
During the last twenty years wonders have
succeeded each other rapidly that tie writer
of this humble communication is not surprised
at anything that happens, while he instnctively
believes everything he hears, without any regard
to reason or evidence. Nevertheless, this crop
ping of Brother Hogan must be q somewhat
wonderful affair. Not that it is suspected for q
moment that there is anything untrue in his
statement; for, if l am rightly informed, he be-
longs TO one of the purest and most high-toned
churches in the country hence, take it for
granted that he is q christian gentleman of the
first water. Furthermore, it is currently rcpor-
ted that Brother Hogan is none Of your narrow
souled, hide-bound, close-fs.ed skin1ints such
as Lorenzo Dow described, who would chase q
musquito through FIVE mile swamp for his suet,
and whose souls are so small that when they die
Satan will have TO take pain Of large magnify
glasses and poke a long while among the rub
bish of humanity to find them. But, although
Brother Hogan is such an excellent man and su-
perior farmer, there are good many persons
in the country whose minds are so narrow that
they cannot take in au idea that is more than
half an inch in diameter. Hence, when q big
idea comes along, like Brother Hogan's, such
people will cavil At it, merely because they are
unable TO take it in. The writer of this, how
ever, is happy to know that he is not one of this
I'll bufh nv ,licsa S;n oc holo oy;,
faculty, he is able to believe any thing however alb
surd to ordinary minds. Nevertheless, it seems
even to the writer, that Hogan's report is some
what indefinite and inaccurate. For instance,
"two.horse farm" is rather an indefinite ex-
preston, when "one-horso farm" ranges all
the way from fifteen acres up to we don't know
how much Furthermore, in passing through
that portion of country some time ago, we got
the impression that the land about Brother Ho.
gan's was naturally poor, with whitish, pipe
clay like subsoil. If our impression is correct,
Bro. Hogan did not do that big cropping, we
think, without very considerable outlay for fer.
tilizers, no matter whether home made or COM
mercial. But he does not say word about that
Furthermore, it is thought that he rates his cot
ton seed and corn too high cotton seed having
been selling at ten cents per bushel and corn for
from 40 TO 90 cts, cash.
Now, Brother Hogan, do take pity on your
less favored, toiling, unsuccessful brethren of
the plow, aud tell us few things definitely
about this big two o-horse crop.
First--IIOw many acres did you have in corn,
how many in cotton, how many in " heat apd
how many in oats?
Second-What kind Of land was il?
Thrd-Did you use manure, and if so, what
kind, how much, aud at what cost in the aggre.
| gate.
Fourth-Did two onimals alone do alf the
plowng for the crop which you report
Fiflh.-IIow many day hands did you work
| Sxth-Were your hands white or colored, o,
both? If both, how many Of each?
Seven,h.-Who were your hands. particularly
the two regular hands? Such hands ought te
be known for they will be in demand wher
known. The success of any farm depends very
much on the hands.
Also tell us how you raise corn, cotton, whea
and oats.
| POOR, UNSUCCESSFUL FARMER.
P.S. In contrast with Brother Hogan's pros
perity allow us to relate al incident. The Other
day going down to town, six or seven miles abov
Union, we overlook lad, who claimed to b.
seventeen years old, going to town foot-tair
teen miles he said--with two dozen and hal
eggs to get tobacco with. Just think of ON
man clearing 81 ,Ol9 on two horse farm crol
and of another walking thirteen miles and
back to get twenty-five cents worth of tobacco
For the Times.
The Farmers Outlook for 1879.