The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-05


Field Crops,
and great praise is due the Intelligent far
mers Of Abbeville County for the fact
which the various and excellent speci-
mems made mauiteSt-namely, that our
farmers and planters are not combining
themselves to one or Two crops, but are
to Il much greater extent than formerly
planting i variety OF crops. No d1ubt II
is sill true Of Southern crops that Cotton
is king, bat it is also true that his throne
is not now in South Carolinu. He has
moved his metropolis from the Atlantic
Southern States to the Southwest, and the
capital of King Cotton may ROW be found
in Texas. Now that the plains OF the
Lone Star State produce their million
and a half bales Of the tcecy staple
one-fourth of the whole annual CROP
Soutn Carolina must awake TO the fact
and act upon it that she is now only one
of the outlying provinces in the VIDE
sorcad domain Of the Great kipg-the
Observation-Disclosures of the Southern States.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS himself according to
HOLY Writ was once sen to grass, and,
according to the same high authority, the
change in diet worked nightly for his
rood; and the farmers Of South Carolina
will show themselves wise when they Is
a hpdv turn their co,ton-tieids now and
arain into hay crops and wheat and oats.
The farmers of Abbeville County not on
" believe in this doctrine OF variety ana
rotation of crops but they "practice 1t III
their lives" as the Shorter Catechisni
SAYS. AS q consequence, the year OF
grace one thousand eight hundred and
seveutv-ninc finds our agricultural popu'
lation more independent than they have
been for many years. Some say there IS
more one in the country; we hope
this is true; but one thing we do know
our farmers are this year more independ-
cnt, have more good feed tor man ana
beast, than in former years. The farmer
should be the most independent man thai
brcathcs the breath of life, and he can be
50 only by taking out of the ground as
much of the necessaries of life as he
needs. If he will Only rear oats, wheat,
corn and bacon enough for his needs, and
dabblc in cotton as a luxury and a super
Auitv, he will be as he can easily be like
Lonrfellow's Village Blacksmith, who q
Looked the whole world in the face
Fo: he owed not any man.
Tho numerous and beautiful
Specimens Of Flour,
ON exhibition,-tlour groundi in Abberille
Coun,v-atrurded one of tho most salts
factory and wholesome signs at the Fair.
One of our intelligent Abbeyille mer-
chants recently assured us and we
thanked him and took c~ourage-that the
native flour of Abbeville County was this
wear so abundant, so good and so cheap,
that hecould very rarely sell any import
ed flour. He said, and very truly, tina
there was scarcely anJ use III bringlhG
flour from the West or Northwest When
the flour barrels OF almost all the far
mers in Ahbeville County were filled
with flour as good as, if not better thar
anv he could buy in st. Louis.
We could linger over this department
longer, but we must pass on to the
Household Department.
Subdivision "a" in this department
was very we'll filled up with choice spec
linens, There was a specimen of tailow
which looked so like an iced a thai
several ladies of Il acquaintance
thought it had strayed into tina wrong
place. and should have been ON exhibit
bition in subdivision &C."
Subdivision "B" had not nearly as
good an exhibition this yeGr as it usually
| has, owing, of course, tothe utter failure
of the fruit crop. Still thera was a very
good display.
Subdivision "C'' contained a full sho"
OF cakes, breads and candies, and the
committee in this department were much
envied about lunch time.
The Wine Committee,
| one Of whom we were which, organized
! themselves for work OF Thursday before
we arrived on the Fair Grounds, did al
their testing and tasting, made theil
awards before we appeared in the flesh
Bv constituting ourselves u Supreme
Court for hearing appeals against theil
decisions, we were enabled to taste and
try several very fine specimens of the
Juice of the grape, of the blackberry,
the elderbcrry, apple, and tomato.