The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-30
TOBACCO CULTURE.

For many years our most progressive
and practical agriculturalists have been
urging upon our people the importance
Iof diversified industries upon the farm,
and US part thereof the production Of
q variety of crops, in order that their
years operations might not be depen.
dent upon the success of any one staple,
and also in order that the time of the
laborer might be more uniformly en-
ployed, the.ehy rendering the profits of
thas labor more remunorative, and giving
to TIE country greater prosperity by
raising, as far as possible, the necessaries
of life at home, so that as little of the
income from the marketable crops as
possible shall be sent..out of the country
10 pay labor which should be encour-
aged in our midst. We are satisfied
that this is wise in theory, and wiser
still in practice. Our people have since
the war been cotton crazy, and as con-
sequence have produced immense crops
Of the aeecy staple, which have annually
given to the South an enormous income,
but unfortunately this income has in
large part not belonged to us. AS soon
as made. and in many instances before
1t is mn|e t has to be spent in the West
TO- hour, ccrn, bacon, and even of late
for hay, upon which to gubsist our peo.
pie and their stock. In addition to
thsss sapetidd;s:sa11ceSS, 7a t.ss to buy our
clothes, furniture, stock, wagons, bug.
gies and farming implements, &C., &c.,
from the North and West, when these
things could be made as we'll in our own
midst as elsewhere. In this article, how.
ever, we viii conflne our observations to
fsld crops entirely, and hope our plan.
,ers will thi,k of the immense gratuity
they are trstowing upon foreigners by
their course. We are paying the West
ern producers of provisions profit
upon their labor, we pay the long
lines of railroad over which we haul
these things o profit for their trans
poltation, and We pay two or three sets
of merchants profit for buying and
selling these supplies, besides warehouse
and drayage charges. Allof these items
should be made at home, and the profit
divided between the landlord and the
laborer. The country can never attain q
true and full prosperity while onr grana-
fies ere kept from six hundred to two
Thousand miles away from home: We
may continue to mako large cotton crops,
but as long % we have TO buy everything
we use, our people Will be but little
better than hewers Of wood and drawers
Of water for the food producing sections
OF the Union. The beat proof that this
j Is true is ito rapid development and very
/ great prosperity Of these regions. They
ere filling up with population, and bnild-
ling cities and grest railroads upon the
/ money which thav constantly draw from
our rottc, crops. It has long been time
for our anters to aee this, and rcmeiv
the evil by 0 well:diyersified aysteni of
planting, by which at least all Of our
breadstuta and provender, ana tho
greater portion of our meats, shall be
raised ut home.
In this liberalization of agriculture
we arc anxious for the culture Of tobacco
i TO become q prominent feature, nos only
to the extent of producing aufisiency
To supply the copsamption of our county,
but alao for export. Until i recent
visit 70 portions Of the tobaeco region of
North Carolina, we had 40 idea of the
| possibilities Of this crop, which Is mora
] Ils.AlsaelzlA1 tlte.a s.,ait.... n. IA. =
end which rsay 20 8 cops.d dsrable extent,
be produced in connect; Ion with tho cot.
ton esp, the difficult iin its production
Ebeing principally eusG bag after maturity.
j The cultivation Is easieF Il & u cotton, be-
caas.s the lioaing Is 40. 90 diGisult oS
I e7iss nj s.5iivs ono ksnd cap cniti.
I Ehto snore land sn tobacco than ID cotton.
I .rhe crop in thin eouuty could EASILY bo
nnads sorEh from iitfS to sssensy dellara
psEacse, ut ah expeRsoo of not mcsael,an
twenty dollars fcr laoos, fsrtilisine and
naskssings giving i net fncofae Of ifo1a
! thiEsy o any dollars 70 she acre; which