The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-03-13
EARN, sRARDEN. AND.~HegsGR0LD
Farm Crops Of the United s,ates.

governed entirely by the quantity pro-
dUced and the consumption. the quantity
exported being too small in proportion
to the enormous amount raised to e1er-
cise an influence on the price; therefore
th crop of 1878, which exceeded the
immense one of 1S77-the largest ever
raised in the United States brought
the figures much lower than those OF
last year. The lowest State averages,
according to the special report issued by
the agricultural department at Wash
ipgtop, are in Iowa and Nebraska, both
OF which States increased their products
largely-too great for home consumption
and too remote from leading markets
bringing the price down to about one
half that of 1876. The States showing
the highest average price are the Gulf
States, from Georgia to Texas, where
the consumption fully equals the crop,
and where the prices are little less than
those of last season.
In the case of wheat, the price is
greatly influenced by the European de-
mand. The average price of the in
creased crop of 1877, stimulated by the
war in Europe, was $1.08; but for the
year 1878, with an addition of upward of
$4,000, 900 bushels, the price had fallen
to sevepty-eight cents per bushel on
December 1st, 1878.
The great value, of the cotton crop is
also founded on the demand for export.
Statistics show that in 1878 we had
regained the position held prior to 1861,
ana that four.fifths of the cotton used
and manufactured in Great Britain come
from the United States. The proper
tion of the total crop exported to foreign
parts was $4,000 bales, out of
crop of 4, $50, 900 bales during the year
ending September l, 1878. Basing the
calculation on the prices returned by the
producer, the value of the crop for 1878
IS given at S194. zoe, 900, while the num-
ber Of bales is 5, 200, 900, the average for
the whole country being about 81 cents
per pound.
The price Of tobacco is low this year,
the average crop being Sc cents per
pound on December l. This price is
mainly due to the result of an overstock
of poor tobacco last year. The quality
now on hani is generally better ard
heavier, making yield per acre more
than that of the former season, except
ing in Kentucky, where it fell off slightly.
The total crop OF 1878 is estimated at
393 900, 900 pounds (worth S22 600, 0,000)
against 490, 100000 pounds the year
before.
The price of potatoes has not advanced
yet to the relstive, proportion that price
bears to production. With crop almost
identical with that OF 1876 the price is
much lower per bushel; while the crop
is some 46,0O0,0 900 bushels less than last
year the total value does not eqnal that
OF the excessive yield of 1877; the
product for 1878 being 1927, 900
bushels, at 5S.9 cents per bu-hel-the
total value being $72, 900, O0O.-Nes0
York World.
TreatinK UnDroductIve Land.
On many farms there are patches OF
land that are 30 unproductive that it
does not pay to. plant them with any
kind of cultivated crop. They may pro-
duce some grass, but scarcely enough
to COMPENSATE the cost otcutsing it. In
many cases the land does not earn
enough to keep the fences around it in
repair. Sometimes these spots are un-
productive on account Of being covered
with stones, but in a larger number OF
cases the surface soil has been washed
away, leaving little or nothing but hard
pan, or clay or gravel. Land that Us sit
uate1 on Side; hills is liable to be badly
washed as soon as the turf over it is
broken. If it has been planted with
tobacco or corn for a number OF years it
is the more likely to- have the surface
soilwasheS away. % '-'F-' ~. =.
Land of this description can only be
made productiTeby 'sheroic treatment.
1t requires che formation Of new soil.
To this end it must be broken MP to as
great a depth as can be- reached by a.
subsoil plow. In England, France and
some of the Eastern states, dynamite
has been resorted to as % means of
breaking up the clay or pan that is too
hard to be easily pplverized with plow..
Blasting enables the frost to carry on its
work of disintegration. 1t also enables
water and dir to circulate among the
broken masses of earth. Brush fires
render good service in making this Sort
of land fertile. The addition of lime is
recommended, as it acts to produce de-
composition. Hard clay that has been
broken is mechanically benefited by the
addition of sand, peat, chip. manure, or
even saw dust and shavings. OF course
the ordinary fertilizers will be required
to insure q crop.
The first crops should be turned un-
der. Rye, millet and bnckwheat are all
suitable for this purpose. 1t is practi-
cal to raise and turn under two crops
year. The frst crop to raise with view
to gain should be red clover, the roots of
which penetrate to long distance. Land
too rocky to be plowed should ordinari-
ly be set out with fruit or timber trees.
The labor of preparing a spot of land OF
sufficient size for tree is not great, and
only small number of tree are required
for on acre. Trees may also be planted
to good advantage on unproductive land
that is not stony by breaking up and
subduing the soil in the places where
they are to stand. A little manure goes
long way when applied to trees plant
ed twenty or thirty feet apart. Many OF
the best orchards in New England were
planted on land too rocky to be plowed
and too unproluctive to produce crop
OF grain.-Chicago Times. .....,'
Heath Hints.
WAsHFoR THE REMOVAL OF FREcK1Es.
Barley water, made thick, two fluid
ounces; distilled water Of bean flowers,
two auid ounces; spirits of wine, two
fluid ounces. The skin is to be washed
frequently with this preparation.
To CURE A FELoN.-Take out por-
tion OF the inside OF lemon, and thrust