Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-01

in the same bounds will scarcely make any
thing. Bottom land is pretty good. AL
east of the railroad to Steele creek, and down
in the fork of the river and Sugar creek, will
make about three-fourths Of crop of cotton
as compared with last year. As for corn in
that section, they will make sufficient quan
tity to meet necessities until next crop, pro-
vided there are no freshets or other disasters
to the low lands Upon the whole, do not
think this township will make over one third
of crop as compared with last year. As to
supplying the deficiency in provender, our
people are not doing anything more than
sowing all the grass and corn they can. Tur'
nips have been sown, and were benefited by
a 6ne rain on the morning of August 18th.
Red oats will be sown largely.
Capt. S. E. w., Fort Mill, replies: There
is some difficulty in giving correct estimate
of crop. Farmers, as class, are easily dis
couraged, and often underrate their crop pros
poets. Since receiving your circular, | have
been making observations and diligent inqul.
ry, and have concluded that the cotton will
Weld about one half in comparison with the
crop of 1880 the corn crop three fourths or
seven eighlhs. We depend very much on
our oat and wheat straw, in connection with
our corn fodder for long forage. Then, with
what hay we can gather, think we will have
nearly supply.
B. n. NJ, Fort Mill, says: The crops Of
both corn and cotton in Fort Mill township
will be short. Cotton will not average more
than half crop. Corn on bottom lands is
tolerably good, but on uplands an entire fail
ure | think we can gather two thirds of a
crop of corn if we have no high waters to de.
s.roy it on the low lands. We will SOW large.
ly of wheat, oats and rye to supply forage.
KINGS MOUNTAIN.
DR.. A. P. c., Clover, writes: In answer
to your inquiries Of the 18th, I will give an
opinion of the section of York county bounded
on the north by North Carolina, east By
Bethel, south by AllisoD's Creek, and west
by Kings Mountain battle-ground. In the
scope embraced in the above boundary, up
land, corn will not make an average Of one
bushel to the acre. Bottom land will make
half crop. Cotton will not exceed one
fifth of crop. Many fields will not make
the seed that was planted il the spring. Far
mers are generally cutting the corn stock to
make more bulk for rough feed, and will
SOW oats-which are the only preparations
being made to supply the deficiency in
provender for stock.
Capt. M. H. c., three miles east of Clover
says: The corn and cotton cropsin my vicinity
are very poor, indeed. On high uplands one
bushel to the acre will be the general average
Bottom lands will yield a good half crop.
The yield of seed cotton will be from 200 to
300 pounds per acre. No preparations are
making in this section for supplying the def.
cheney in provender for stock. We had re
freshing rain on the night of the 18th of Au.
gust
j. D. G., Clover, reports: From what ]
have seen and heard of the crops in this vi
cinity, cotton and upland corn crops will
prove almost failures. Twelve farmers imme.
diately around here give the following as
their prospects: !, one sixth of crop; 2
fifth; 6, one fourth 2, one third and
onehalf The one reporting one hall
lives near the Alison creek section, in which
is a narrow extent that has had more rain,
and crops are something better than with Us.
l have no knowledge Of any united effort as
yet to provide supplies of provender for the
coming season. 1t is evident, though, that
some action will have to be taken, and the
sooner the better. 1t is also evident that the
amount of supplies furnished next year by
perhaps majority of the merchants will be
in proportion to the amount of their collec.
tions this fall. If the one falls short so will
the other.
IT. McG., Bethany, writes: Comparing
crops in this vicinity with last years crops,
we feel very safe in saying, from present pros
poets, that there will be two thirds of cotton
crop made. One. third of corn crop on up
lands, and two.thirds of a crop on bottom
lands. The majority of the farmers in this
neighborhood will have to buy almost all the
corn and provender they consume in making
next years crop. The oat crop was almost
failure. We made two thirds of wheat
crop. At present no preparations are making
for provender. except the sowing of peas.
Many speak of sowing grasses.
"Farmef," writing from Zadok postof6ce,
six miles north of Yorkville, says: The
cotton crop has been injured very much by
the heat of the last two weeks. Rust and
lice have caused it to shed large portion Of
the forms and leaves. The present crop will
fall short of that of last year one. fourth, and
on some farms one third. The corn crop on
uplands will be one.half less than the crop Of
last year. Bottom lands will yield about
equal to last years crop. The preparations
for the deficiency in provender are very lin.
tied SO far. have sown 1t acres in turnips-
sowing in drills and applying phosphate in
the drills, in the proportion of 300 pounds to
the acre. expect to SOW more turnlps, and
also one acre in lucerne.
YORK TOWNSHIP.
in. R., al miles north west of Yorkville,
reports the cotton crop in his neighborhood at
about two thirds of the crop of last year.
Corn on upland will make about one-fourth
as compared with the crop of last year. On
bottom land the corn crop will average about
the same as last year. Though it should be
remarked that last years crop was not full
one. AS to provender for stock, the only
preparation made, 30 far, is the planting Of
corn on stubble land, to be gathered for fodder.
H. K, two miles north of Yorkville, on the
headwaters of Turkey Creek, speaking for
himself and immediate neighbors, thinks that
section will make of cotton one-half crop as
compared with the crop of last year. Corn
will make about one.fourth crop.
R. H. G., whose farm is about 2 miles
west of town, OH the Adair's Ferry road, says
the cotton will be about one third of the crop
of last year on the same land. Bottom corn
will be about three. .fourths of a crop, and
uplands complete failure. His observation
is that bottom land will not yield fully as
well as appearances would indicate from the