The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-13

possibility Of 14O, if everything is
favorable. The weed is still fresh and
growing, and promises an enormous
yield, IN addition TO the heavy crop
now maturcd. 1t is manurcd with
twenty-five bushels Of seed Eund
l20 pounds Guanapc. or this field the
former owner, II good farmer, said:
cit will not make cotton. II Is useless
! to plant it," Several years ago when
told that il would make that year l00,-
600 pounds seed cotton, he offered to
bot his farm that it would not make
half 50 much. Captain Ellcrbc has
been offered 800 per acre for this land
by two ofhis neighbors; but il Is no
! induccmcnt TO him. lie would not
sell for double that price. On six
| acres in the middle of this field, to test
an increase Of fertilizers, Captain FL
lcrbc doubled the manure, and it is
estimated by himself and other good
Judges that he will ga,hcr3 900 pounds
per acre from it. ~ large portion of
the field, including these six acres,
| was subsoilcd (two horse Brinlcy i'm
front Of regular subsoiD to the depth
OF sixteen inches, with excellent re-
suits. This land is light loan, or red
clay subsoil. The rapid Improvement
OF this land with light manurng is in
part due to thorough culture, but
mainly to the canal thc Captain has
run through it and the admirable svs-
TEN Of surface drains leading to it.
The estimate on his crop is that he has
200 acres that will mako 200 bales, and
altogether 250 bales. Besides the
canal already alluded to, through the
Race Path field, there is another
through his plantation, fourteen feet
wide in most of its length, and four
miles long. Into these canals lead
numerous smaller bitches, and to these
is attributable the wonderful improve
mcnt and productivcncss of these fiat
lands, heretofore considered almost
worthless.
HIGHLY IMPROVED PLANTATION.
Mr.. j. c.. liascltlcn has built the
finest gin and mill in the county, and
has it covered with tin, and in it al
elegant, now, ten horse power engine,
with all modern improvements and
fire guards. II lis plantation is also
highly improved, and no planter has
been more successful than he.
TIE MODEL. FARMER OF THE STATE.
Samuel Watson is pronounced by all
the model farmer Of the State. He
does nothing by halves. AS well as
being energetic, scientific and thor
ou%h-goin@ on his farm, he knows well
how To make things comfortable and
convenient about houc-cvcrythinm
complete and in applc-pic order, even
to the fire escape and unhcard of cX-
tinguiShcrs, his own invcntions. We
cannot, however, torbcar TO mention
the completeness and truly economic
arrangement Of his barn lot. The cn-
tire lot (not a small one cithcr) is
covered by huge, substantial, shin
glcd roof, under which, also, arc stalls
Mot bnrS) for horses, mules, cattle,
hogs and sheep, OF which latter he is
making II specially, however not
nc@lcctnG any part ofthc other. This
certainly means business, and is up to
our most advanced idea Of cotton
farm. lie has twenty acres Of cotton
manurcd from this shelter, that will
mako him forty bales Of cotton. His
entire cotton crop-;l large onc-will
average over u bale TO the acre.
RIVALS IN FARMING AND HOSPITALITY.
At Mr.. e. j. Moody's We found a
large and magnificent field Of cotton.
fifteen acres Of which, in five feet
been seen. Mr.. Moody is well knownI
as successful planter. In passing,
line crops were observed on the Ellis
place Of MIR. Samuel Watson and that
OF MIR. j. W. Allen. The party reach
cd Mr.. L.. Is. Rogers and e. a. Be-
thea Tor dinner, and it is needless to
say, received hearty welcome and
good cheer. Mr.. Rogers has q fine
P'aniallon and good crop, but it is
hardly up to his usual high standard.
lie has rcniodclcd and greatly en-
lnr@rd his dwelling, making it one Of
the handsoncSt, as we'll as most spa-
clous and comfortable in the county.
BESIDES, he has built u fine gin house,
Darn and stables to correspond. A
feature Of thc stables that attracted
particular attention, and is worthy Of
remark and imitation. is that the toun-
dation is laid in solid brick work in
stead Of the timbcrs resting upon or
entering into the ground. Mr.. r.. A.
Ncthca had prepared an elegant dinner
tor the party, several Of whom dincd
with him; and us usual exhibited Il
fine crop in good condition, everything
about his premises being neat, clean
and clear of grass and weeds. MIR.
W: Il. Ellcn, hard by, also has fine
crop. 1t is Il hard race between the
three, Rogers, Dcthca and Ellen. Mr..
L. u. Rogers is one Of the most cncr-
gctlc planters in the county. lie may
be put down among the prosperous
and successful farmers. Ills crop at
nome was found very fine, besides
which he has another, the Gaddy
place, which was not seen. Mr.. Mar
Gus Stackhousc deserves particular
mention for his generous hospitality.
nc has Il splendid crop on the Clark
place, for which he paid thirty dollars
per acre three years ago.
AN "ENTENSIyE" FARMER.
"Wednesday morning the reviewers
met at Gcn. T.. II. Stackhousc's, who
entertained some Of them during the
previous night, and who may be writ
ten down as among the first, if not the
very first, who introduced the lntcn-
sVe system of farming into this coum-
try. lie commenced it immediately