The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-26
MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1880. q
Tho lcaIlIYatIOn q IIIpllana alee..

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The experience OF the past few yeats
has fully demonstrated the fact that by
far the most profitable employfp snt for
the fatmera Of Southern GeoFria IA the
cultivation of the white, or iiiefiiStid rice.
ThelfSrisas: has tested the elynatterE fulIy.
both. lby. experiment and .,5passsatios.
While this variety Of rice fioasishe e best
in d wet, alI1yial soii. bToduciua "a Ia FSs
b Yield Under such chi ftu,llstS gss ia iSe
Carolina fgoldeu,n yet itIdGes Remarkably
we'll on ordinary uplands. which .nrs
usually devoted TO The, growth of, the
cereal0 or cotton. Indeed. i iE nav ia
stated as a fact that any land, however
elevated o, sandy, that vi!l mste unaa-
sisted, cay FROM oig,js 10 twelve bushels
Of corn per acre, viii easily produce f from N
fifteen toitweDty.five bushels OFFICE with
the came cultivation. rs Is sirf
The only difference between .tss nm,
land or Carolina rice exists la thu outer
covering or hull Of the grain, which Il 6f
q pale, light color in the former. and q
bright yellow In the latter. In weight.
quality and excellence, rs, an article Of
food, the one is the equal Of the other.
Upon corn or cotton upland, planting
should; begin about the Goth 1s March.
and may continue with sucqess "a, late es
the. first Of June. 81. .s;3 4.
BY way ofpreparation, pimpIy flush u,,
tho ground with q turning plough, and
smooth the Bnrface, il pnssible, with an
ordinary wooden or iron, harrow. Then.
with n narrow scooter open .trepches two
ieet aspnder, and apply in the drill any
fertilizer that may have been provided.
Ii the soil is high and dry, the seed, In
small handfplls, say thirty or, forty grains.
should be deposited Mt interyalsof liffeen
or eighteen inches, to, allow of sthe free
passage of the hoe. in cultivation. Cover
Withsf board as youwouId Where
the land 10 low and strong, more especially
II by lying fallow. tho crab grass has been
ex.erminated, the seed may DO drilled ae
The rate Of about one and Il half buahels
per acre. Thus treated fifty buahelB
may be easily made in average seasons.
Cultivate land with frequent plough-
ings between, and keeping the Hills free
from grass or weeda. sit, sllt'
aiNo crop is more easilyfmade orr will
prove ss -remunerative. With equal sea-
sons, aud planted aide by side with corn. !.
Che rice will produce dot,ble the yield 81
corn, and Is worthj In the rough state,
fully a third, more in the market. Tho
writer has seen forty, bushels nrnduced ON
the ligl sea island cotton lands on the
seacoast Of Liberty county. g .s5, y g. 8
He has also cultivated THE rice as YOU
would peas. between the bills of corn,
where the soil wss low and uloiat, raising
o. full crop of corn and fifteen bushels ot
rico to the acre.. III the latter CASE Tie
rice received o thorough working, aitet
the blades Of the corr were remaYed for
fodder. &, {.
The rice straw. Il protected from the
weather, furnishes good proyinder for
sheep horses land cattle, and oItentiimes,
in O wet season, the stubble will pitt forth
9 second growth1, which canibs cut wban
hay. @ 1i,s. - ~ ~ ~ hl:sss
iRice ard oats should be staple cfopsin
| Georgia, and both can be SUCCESSFULLY
cultivated from the base Of our, mountains
to the Southern border of the Common.
Wealth.. FL, j., Il. Ncins ana C.Suriey.