Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-05-27
An Unsettled Question.

An Unsettled Question.
at tho South Dcericd (N1ass.) Farmcr's
Club, in u recent discussion on tobacco
culture, several Massac husotts farmers gave
their views as to the best variety. q. Il.
Williams said that the best variety is as
yet an unsettled question, as Havana had
not been sufficiently introduced to the
manufacturers. Secd-lcaf paid tho best
last year, and ho was discouraged iu grow
ing Havana He sold it at Id cents and
his seed leaf OF l0a cents, and the income
per acre was in favor of scod.lcaf. Ho
recommended ploughipg in tho fall to do.
stroy the ground worm, and would mix tho
manure and plough it in shallow ia tho
spring, plough again before fitting, and
harrow in either fine manure or special fer
lilizer, aud use ridgcr. Get good plauts
with good roots, and handle carefully from
beginning to end. Mr.. Williams suid that
tobacco raising Gid not pay. Ho had not
raised crop since 1872 that paid for
raising.
". w. Sandcrson thought that many
mistakes have been made in growing and
tilllng Havana; it should be grown only
upon land that will produce heavy crop,
and the fertilizer ought to be near the
plant. Ho recommended medium heavy
soil, with light coat of manure ploughcd
in and the land furrowed out, and fine, woll
rotted manure aud Peruvian or fish guano
strcwn ia q furrow and covered with a
ridgcr. Set the plants two feet apart, keep
clean, top high, sucker clean, handle caro-
fully and raise mono but fancy crops.
IL. Jackson said that seed leaf is tho
most profitable to raise. Half an acre each
of seed leaf and Havana grown by him last
year resulted in obtaining 1000 pounds of
wrappers from the seed leaf and GIG
pounds of wrappers from the Havana, and
tho same amount (about 200 pounds) of
filters from each kind The crop is not sold
and buyers do not offer any more ior tho
Havana than for the seed leaf, although
both are called good crops.
Mr.. Mono, who had obtained tho samo
weight aud price for Havana and sced leaf.
believed it would pay to raise Havana on
suitable land, as it can be grown with less
manure than seed leaf. For either variety
ho would work over the mauuro and
plough it in shallow and plough again full
depth,
A. j. Billings said he liked Havana, but
at present prices it does not pay as wol as
tho seed leaf. lie believed that a kind
called improved seed leaf was the best. 1t
Isl broader leaf than the red seed leaf,
but is not the broad cafcJ variety. Tho
only way, in this gcntcmans opinion, to
raise tobacco at profit is to fcrtilzo high
and grow only as much as can bc cultivated
in tho best possible manner.
Another member said that only tho best
crops paid for raising, and recommended
growing Havana upon suitable land. A
crop OF Havana is almost worthless, and if
set too thick it will make thin leaf. In
cultlvating, do as much work with a horse
as possible; pulvcrizo tho ground thoroughly;
use iino manure that is ready for plant food,
exercise great oare in handling from be-.
ginning to end to avoid all damage, and
sort and pack in the beat manner possible
Mr.. Sandcrson's observations lead him to
believe that last year nm average crop of
seed leaf paid better than Ilavaua, but the
best crops of Havana better than the best
of seed leaf.
AN INDIAN Preach En.- Among the
dclc4atcs 10 the Presbyterian General AS
ecmbly now in session in this city is tho
Rev. Allen Wright, full bloodcd Choctaw
Indian, and formerly chief of the nation.
Mr. Wright is a man of education and re.
linemont, graduate of Union College,
Schenectady, and of Union Theological
Seminary, New York, City, lie is accom-.
panied, as lay delegate, by Elder Milton
Brown, Of the Choctaw Presbyterian
Church, and q noblo specimen of physical
symmetry and strength. Both are guests
of the Rev. DR.. Fcddcr, Of this city, who
was OF Union College at tho same timc with
MIR. Wright 1t will be remembered that
whilst the Greek and Seminole tribes were
divided in tho late var the Choctaws wcro
unanimously for tho Confedcracy, and had
their full regiment in the field, Of one of
which tho Rev. Mr. Wright was chaplain
and Elder Brown and officer. They arc
both Jealous Christians, and represent an
earnest Christian Church lying since cstab-
lishcd among n noble people.
Charleston Nc,yS and Courier.
Comparatively fcw persons know how
tho White House at Washington got ita
name. It was given to it because of its
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