The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-21


1t also possessed the additional ad-
OF, destroying voluntary rice. |
/ DR.. j. @. Holman said that land
"here guano was used grew a fine
straw bat the heads were false and
badly filed. Rice needed trash to
render the land porous.
Mr.. Nc. Salley grew rice on
lands manured with cotton seed and
Atlantic phosphate-that on the lat
ter it grew well, but frGitetl badly,
while rice on the cotton seed fruited
twice as well. lie thought the most
successful rice planting was on rested
lands. H.#i1 'if
Mr.. J. j. Salfey thought that the
above failure: Of the phosphate land
was due TO the season. .s.,,i
Captain Moorer's experience with
rice cad him to believe that crop
needed high seasons, and if the ma
nure Was not supplied at certain
time, 'SlIen it was heading, the rice
would fail. a,.. a, ...
MIR. Nc. Sallcy said oats grew well
on, old rice patches. yc.,
DIR. Holman said rice did not need
ammonia, and manures containing
that clement was positive injury to
the crop. ..l" ..H.
The President, in conclusion, said
rice was too uncertain crop to risk
manures on, i.;,,r si.r,f
DIR. w. f. Barton related conver-
sation. he, had had with Mr.. Mu~-
doch, ,tof Cbarleston,. rho thought the
raising of this plant .wouid be advan.
tageoue Ito the cotton planters, and
thought it, could take place Of COTTON.
Dr.. Barton was promised one, hun.
dred pounds of seed, and would dis,
tribute them to- the members for. trial.
Low, moist lands, suited the Jute best.
Mr.. Harpin Riggs asked if the bark;
would slip bx i,s own, heat in piiing,
pr must it be pnt in .water7 II the
latter be the process, in his, opinion,
il. was too much trouble: !.a .,t,,i,
!; Mr.. +. ,J. Fielder said the Jute was
put in slowly running water, which
very soon made the bark leave. the
stalk: and thus it, was prepared for
}market.,y $50! ;tni 1nl,n lq,a 9 ,,.rg'
- oNnr,,n !, INDIGO. ,i,,,!, ,.a;l
a. DIR. Barton ,also said MIR. Murdoch
thought the raising of;Andigo could
again. !be. ,made o profitable. crop be-
cause manufacturers. ..of :, this, country
and of Europe, used. large quantities
lofi this, article in their dyes. The
British government had also repealed
the duty.of six pence upon Indigo.
Heretofore the weed had To be cut at
o certain stage of its growth and the
Indigo made,immediately, but it had
been J ascertained That. the weed
might be cut and cured like oats
and stored away, TO, be worked Unto
Indigo as the convenience of the
planter demanded. j.. rsq,,,.y,..
y Mr. Riggs thought the foreign III.
dlgo, Spanish. was q different and
better plant than that with which we
are acquainted. Ours was known as
spurious Indigo and would not be
profitable in competition with the
better variety. l,.-,.c ,,s..,.
{, mr.. Nc. Salley3 said this was all
very good, bat the better plan for
our farmers TO- pursue was to utilize
the crops we already had to. the best
advantage. Cotton raised as cheapiy
as citn might be-: at present. prices,
would entail loss upon, the, farmer.
Oats cost hinr three dollars and
half per acre to raise them. Ordina-
ry lands would yield crop. of fifteen
buslelsrper, acre. These lands in the
same year might be ,pastured or
planted in pens as suited the farmers
necessities. On the pastured lands
beeves could be fattened, and on the
pea crop bacon could he raised. Con-
sidering the expense of raising corn
Ire thought the CAT crop the best. .,
=" DIR. Holman thought the profit, was
not SO much due directly to the oat
crop, but indirectly to the crop that
followed. Grass and pea-yines i'm
proved the land, and it was a mis-
Lake, to cut the latter as the stock
wQuld cut them in the field. The
were ja great manure for