The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-07-25
For the Iincs.
That Great Big Crop.

1nat urcat Big crop.
Mr.. EDITOR Though not in the habit of
writing for the papers and perhaps triae rusty
on grammar yet the report Of that big crop by
G. B. Hogan has tempted us to lay aside the
plow for short time ..to take our pen in hand
to write you few lines, toilet you know" etc. &c.
During the last twenty years wonders have
succeeded each other so rapidly that Tie writer
of this humble communication is not surprised
at anything that happens, while he instinctivcly
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 n
moment that there is anything untrue in his
statement ; for, if am rightly informed, he be-
longs TO one Of the purest and most ightoned
churches in the country; hence, l take it for
granted that he is christian gentleman of the
first water Furthermore, it is currently rcpor
ted that Brother Hogan is none Of your narrow
soulcd, hide-bound, close -fstcd skiniinis, such
as Lorenzo Dow described, who would chase n
musquto through five mile swamp for his suct,
and whose souls are so small that when they die
Satan will have TO take pair Of large magnify
glasses and poke long while among the rub
bsh of humanity to find them. But, although
Brother Hogan is such au excellent man and su-
pcrior 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 IIogan's, such
people will cavil nj 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
class, but 10y severe diStension of his believing
faculty, he is able to believe anything however alb
surl to ordinary minds Nevertheless it seems
even to the writer, that logan report is some
what indefinite and Inaccurate For instance,
4 "two-horsc farm is rather an indefinite cx-
preston, when n ''onc-horsc 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 IIo.
gan's was naturally poor, with q whitish, pipe
clay like subsol. If our impression is correct,
Bro. Hogan did not do that big cropping, we
think, without 4 very considerable outlay for fer
tilizers, no matter whether home made or COM
mcrcial. But he does not say word about that.
'''otc; AZ Is tHOUS"t tHat hc rates his col
ton seed and corn too high cotton seed having
been selling at ten cents per bushcl and corn for
from 20 to 90 cts, cash.
Now, Brother Hogan, do take pity on your
less favored, toiling, unsuccessful brethren of
the pillow, and tell us q few things definitely
about this big two-horse crop.
First--lIow many acres did you have in corn,
how many in cotton, how many in wheat and
how many in oats?
Sccond-What kind Of land was it?
Thjrl-Did you use manure, and if so, what
kind, how mach, aud at what cost in the aggrc-
gate.
Fourth-Did two omimals alone do all the
powing for the crop which you report
Fiilh.-lIow many day hands did you work I?
Sixth.-Werc your hands white or coiorcd or
both? If both, how many of each?
Scventh.-Who were your hands. particularly
the two regular hands? Such hands ought to
he known for they will be in demand when
known. The success of any farm depends very
much on the hands.
Also tell us how you raise corn, cotton, wheat
and oats.
y PODR, CNSUtCESSFUl. !. FARMER.
=. S. In contrast with Brother IIogan's pros
pcrity allow US to relate an incident. The other
day going down to town, six or seven miles above
Union, We overlook lad who claimed to be
seventeen years old, going to town "a foot--tair-
teen miles he Sail--with two dozen and a halt
eggs to get tobacco with. Just think of ono
man clearing Sl,0lo on two horse farm crop
AMI Of another walking thirteen miles and
bac! to sc; twenty-five cents worth Of tobacco.
For the Times
The Farmers Outlook for 1879.
The Agricultural condition of the Country is
certainly not very iattcring one mt this time
cold backward Spring, followed by a long
drought at the most critical season, gives a'poo,
promise of a fair return for labor and cxpcndtu c