The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-28
FARMIXG. IN THE STATE.
What tho Planters are Doing Sn tho Dtsc
ysSS' ant Cnnnffo,

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| FARAIHG. IN, THE STATE.
What tho Planters are Doing in tho Diacr-
1 E5 80 eht Counties.
/ III consequence oS tho drougtiE a
number 0f farmers in have
suspended all farm operations and
gone to cutting cross.ties aud o,hev
work. M
| E3lr. Thomas A. Wingard. Of Lex.
i'gton, has threshcd over {, 900 bushels
If wlN at aud oats.
The Cheraw Sun says: 1--WE were
favored with copioi,s showers OF rain
on last Sunday, accompanied will,
considerable wind. The cora crop
has a.ecn seriously injured by the
drought. but If we have continued
rains we believe that an tiveraxe' cror,
will be made"
The crop report from the Carters-
vile section OF Darlington county ls
much more encouraging. On Thurs
day last many portions 8: this section
wc1" visited by good rains, and also
on Sunday last the rains fell pretty
generally over the entire community.
Should tho seasons continue there will
DC little corn made, and probably a
tWo-third crop OF GOTTEN. Farmers
have commenced planting peas atrcsh
since tic rain, bu1 this crop will be de-
pendent on late frost.
Reports from nearly every section Of
Abbcvillc county show that our farm
ers arc suffering drcadfnlly tor rain.
Some have not had season since
April. ~, =
In the Imdiantown section of vii.
liamsburg county corn is almost an
entire failure. the March planting in
particular. Corn planted in April and
| May will. with rain. produce fairly.
MIR. Thomas w. Shannon, of Ches-
ter county, harvested this year fifty
four bushels OF wheat from two acres,
; and MIR. John Boyd made seventy-tive
bushels from three bushels soWn.
People IN these parts have gone to
work tor second gardening. Beans.
beat and cucumber seed are in great
dclnand.
The Kershaw Guzette says tho
planters should lose no time in taking
steps to supplement- very short corn
| crop. The best way to do this is to
plant plenty of peas, rye and corn for
forage now and in the fall early plant
an abundant out crop.
Several portions OF kershaw county
were visited with good seasons Of rain
last week, though about Camden and
in the Swift Greek and Pine Tree Sec
tions the people and CROPS are still
suffering on account Of the dry wealth
er.
In some sections of Orangeburg
county the farmers are cutting down
heir corn, and others arc Watering
their stock.
The Orangeburg Democrat saws:
lit costs our farmers about twenty
five cents per bushcl to raise their own
corn; but Notwithstanding this they
prefer to pay four times that price for
Western corn which is far inferior to
their own than to raise it on their
farms. This is n strange inconsistent
cy which we have never been able to
get satisfactory explanation Of
Perhaps time may unravel the mySte-
rv in the way of making bnnkrupfs of
those who persist in having their corn
cribs in the West.'
The Pickcns Sentinel saws: .t4ood
rains fell at this place on Friday, Sat-
nrttay and Sunday last, and the farm
ers Hre much iriniccd thcrcat. Rain
has also fallen in other sections Of the
county, and we suppose there is not
section that has not had rain. The
farmers arc hopeful Of fair crop,
siderable damage to upla,.d corn and
cotton"
A more disastrous drought than the
one prevailing now has never been
known within the memory of the old
est living inhahhant of onr county,
says the Orangcburg Democrat. Ac-
r"rding To the most liberal estimate
there cannot possibly be more than
halt enough corn mi. ed to feed the
stock of our farmers even though an
abundance Of rain falls from this time
to the harvest season. This being the
ease it becomes necessary for our
farmers to determine by what ,neu,s
they may inci~nsc the supply of pro-
visions. This may bc done by gather
ing and hovsing the entire pea crop,
10y cutting and curing all the hay it
may he possible to cnt, by yet plant
ing corn for forage, and by sowing
every available acre in fall oats. If
farmers neglect these wise precautions
hey will have no one to blame but
| themselves.
-Kccnc, Flood, Mackey and other
millionares are organizing new telc-
E.nrh company to operate throughout
INC Cnltcu States.
Take Ayers Pills for all tho pur.
p"ses of purg"tivc, for consumption,
| Indigestion. headache and liver COM
paint. by universal accord, they are
the best ofall purgatives for family
use. -
-'rhe four Grccnville inccndiares,
MM'iI1am w Dodson, Pleasant Adams,
Richard Bates and Joseph Burton,
who were a second time convicted of
burning the Academy of Music, have
been scntcnced by Judge Hudson to
be hanged on the 9th day Of Septcm-
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