The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-09
FCn The HERALD.
The Secret Of GeorgIa'S success.

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The question is asked almcst daily,
WHY is it and how is it that ''e"rgia
is 50 far ahead of South Jatolloa Po-
liticaIIy aud fnancially, aod as we
have been travelling III the State OF
Georgia for the last six noDthS We
feel iat We are prepared 10 answer
the question. The success Of every
State is based Oh IT,, success II It's
agriculture. Bread is the staff Of
life; without it man and boast would
cease to be; without bread money
would be of 10 use, without Dread
polifics would not weigh heavy in the
scale. Then everything which seuds
to facilitate and advance agriculture
in country, tends Of course to ad-
vance all other industries. Tue first
place of importance at which we
stopped in Georgia Was Atlanta. and
as this letter is intended to De strictly
AGRICULTURAL, We vii! not speak of the
great manufacturing Of the staple
after it is made: but Will co!hae our
self to the n'auufacture ot agricultu-
raj ilnp'cments Hai,aau's Southern
Agricultural Works wnu}l cIalm the
attention of visitor tG Atlanta for a
whole day. His Southern Pl0w Stock
is well known in aluost every field in
Georgia. Then his fae steel sweeps,
shovels, turu.plowS, rooters. scrapes,
etc., are household pets in Georgia.
Next to Haimau's plow factory in
Atlanta is the factory at Harlem,
where nothing is uade fro'n one sea-
sen to another but cotton planters and
seed drills. We learned from resi-
deut Of Harlem thar over 1900 cot
ton planters were made and sold last
year from the Harlem shvp alone.
We said to the foreman Of the shop.
Il suppose you supply the State Of
Georgia from your shop?' 'OA. no, .
said he, I'VE ouly supply about fifteen
counties There is d sbop at Culver
ton turning out 500 nachines year,
and one at Fort Valley that makes
$500 to 5000 a year, but the Fort
Valley company has 10000 machines
made up North every year and shipped
down South beside these, there are
1000 or more made at Macon, as we'll
as a large factory at Columbus" "
care ali these machines" We asked,
used in Georgia Z" The biggest
half" he said, lis used in Georgia,
but sual nuu. Der fad their way into
every cotton State, ard the demand is
growing every year. The cotton planter
business he CONTINUED, stands to-
daV where the sewing. u;achlne bust
ness stood fifteen years ago, but the
business will advance to the front
MUCH faster than sewing machines
did. | knew the manufacturers, at
Culverten. Of the Rhodes and Black
lidge cotton seed and guano drills,
FIVE years ago. wheo they bought one
county right Oh tlne-not being able
to pay cash for it-aud TO day Brad,
streets Commercial Reporter rates
them at $1,000"
We then asked: w hat is the great
advantages Of planting cotton and
other seeds by n.ach;1ery over plant.
ing by hand - In the first place in
the seed saved" said he. III the
second place, the time saved in plant
iny-one hand and one horse and ma
cliuc doing the work of two horses
and three hands, and when the chop
piog is cntumeuced, two hands will
chop as ,ru:h after uachine planting
as three will chop alter hand sowing" "
How is that p We asked. WELL" I"
be replied, ''tbe machine puts the seed
in a row about Que aud half inches
wide, and the hand plants il a row
about six inches wide. Our second
plowiDg cleans the cotton after ma
chine and keeps it SO, as it is not zig,
Jagged trom one side Of the row to
the other, as is the haud planting "
We ther asked, about what is the
price of cotton seed drills % From
ten to twelve dollars for q standard
machine - How long will stand
ard machine la<t?'' 1T should last
ten or twelve years if properly taken
care Of; that is, keep the working
parts we'll oiled: and after planting is
over put them under shelter uotll
wanted for another season" What
patent has proven to be the best p
Now" he replied. you are rather
too hard for me, besides | may not be
competent to decide, being welded to
the kind We Observation-Disclosures Rhodes
patent. This is a splendid machine,
and for the length Of tiue it has been
out has made wonderful progress aud
is growing in favor every day. The
Culverton frm make the Rhodes and
the Blacklidge. The Blacklldge ma-
chine has mauy advocates and some
strong claims to superiority, as tertili-
zers may be put in at the same time
with the planting. The Fort Valley
company make the D&w Law machine,
but this is now considered rather
clumsy as compared to u,ashInes Of
later date. Tie three H'acbiues |
have named are :hc standard, and
sta0d in the catalogue of cotton seed
drills about where the Howe. the
Singer aud the Wheeler 4 Wilson
sewing machines staud in the sewing
machine world. But auy cotton seed
drill or sewing machine will beat the
haad to death.
EceIiu~ that we had purhans tres