The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-11
The Culture Of Tobacco.

N view of the great importance of the
divcrsification of industries on the farms
in this State and the we'll known ad.
vantages to be derived from the produc.
ton of variety of crops, the Ande'
son lNTELLIGENCER is anxious for the
culture of tobacco TO become prominent
feature" not only for domestic consump.
tion but for expectation. Tho tobacco
crop is more valuable to its producers
than cotton, us it can be more easily cul
tivated with fewer hands and less labor.
It is estimated that the crop in anderson
County could easily be made worth from
fifty to seventy dollars per acre, Mt an
expense of not more thai. twenty dollars
for labor, fertilizing and marketing,
giving net income of from thirty TO
fifty dollars to the acre which is more
than double the value of the cotton crops.
The climate and soil Of this State nre
well adapted to the cultivation of tobacco,
and wherever any effort has been made
to raise the plant the farmers have Sc
secured good yield and fine variety
of leaf During the war d great deal Of
the tobacco used in the upper counties of
the State was "raiscd at home" and what
was done under tho hard necessities and
disadvantages of those dark days could
now be easily accomplished with the
new and improved methods of farming at
our command
According to tho census of 1870 the
total tobacco product of South Carolina
i'll that year was 34,805 pounds In Barn.
well, Chester, Clarendon, Colleton, Edge.
field, Fairfield, Georgetown, kcrshaw,
Newbcrry, Orangeburg and Williams.
burg counties no tobacco was raised In
Abbeville County the product amounted
to $50 pounds, i'll Anderson - 4,O87, i'm
beaufort to l6, in Charleston to 329, in
Chesterfield to 1896, in Darlington to
800, ill Greenvillc to 5.9S7, in Horny to
1881, in Lancaster to G7, in Laurens to
So, in Lexington to 1874, in Marion 20
1875, in Marlboro to 116, in Oconcc to
2,?l7, in Pickens to 1924, in Richland 10
%, in Spartanburg to 3,207, in Sumter to
|, in Union to 5, j,2S2 and in York County
to G57 pounds. Wherever il hes been
grown at all, it has broughta profit to the
farmer and produced n handsome return
upon the money, time and labor expcn-
ded i'll it's cultivation. The value of the
average yield OF tobacco per acre, in States
where the plant is an Important crop,
varies, according TO the returns of the
United States Department Of Agriculture,
from $50 to 800
There is always sure market for the
tobacco crop aud it readily commands the
cash at all times. Its ready for market
about the time that the cotton crop has
been sold by the farmers. and 80 helps to
fill out the year. Under the present or
der of things from September to April ere
months Of plenty with the farmer, and
the rest of the year is his season Of want.
The money for tobacco would come i'm
from May to September, and furnish the
planter with the means of meeting his
obligations without resorting to the hard
assistance Of middlemen This would be
one great benefit resulting from the cul-
tivation of tobacco. 1t would keep the
farmers on their feet, and make them
independent Of the world, and so dispense
with the necessity for agricultural leins
which have done SO much to impoverish
and distress the farming districts of this
State.
The people Of Oconce and the other
mountain counties are beginning to give
attention to the cultivation of the "Indian
wecd,' and tobacco factory has been
established at Walhalla with every
prospect Of SUCCESS. This, we sincerely
hope, is only the beginning OF what will
shortly become one the most profitable
industries Of the State.-Ncms and C5u-
rje,