Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-12-08
CONCERNING CORN.

The demand for corn increases every year.
Until very recently none was wanted for ex-
portation and little was used at home for 9TH
er purposes than food for men and hogs and
for the manufacture of whisky. The demand
for corn for export is now very large, while its
uses at home have multiplied. The glucose
manufacturers of the country consume i'm.
mense quantities Of it, and a considerable
amount is used in starch factories. More
corn is now fed to the cattle and sheep than
was the case few years ago. For the pro-
duction OF fancy beef and mutton, such as is
wanted for shipping to England, corn is ne.
cessary. Feeding corn TO milch cows is a COM
paratively new thing, but it is practiced by a
large number of dairymen in all parts of the
country.
Attention has lately been called to the
somewhat limited area of the country that is
adapted to the profitable production of corn.
1t is true that it can be produced in every
State and Territory on this side of the Rocky
Mountains, but it is profitable crop in only
small proportion of them. Except in a
few counties in Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee it cannot be produced to much profit
south of the Ohio River. The western limit
of the profitable production of corn is about
two hundred miles west of the Missouri.
North of Iowa corn is likely to be killed by
frost before it natures, and only the quick
growing varieties can be raised. East Of the
Allegheny Mountains, except in favored To-.
calities, corn is only produced at the expense
of large amount of labor and the applica-
ton of considerable manure.
Every year larger area of land is brought
under cultivation, and the productions of
wheat, rye, oats, barley, tobacco, cotton and
potatoes is extended. But the area of corn
land is not increased to any considerable ex-
tent. We have new wheat fields in Minneso-
ia, Dakota, California, Oregon and Washing
ton new cotton fields in Arkansas, Texas
and southern California, and new tobacco
fields in almost every part of the country.
But the area planted in corn remains re-
stricted. Corn raised in Ohio, Indiana, ILL.,
nos and Iowa goes north, south, east and
west. It is wanted in States where large
quantities of other breadstuffs are produced
and where but little is raised. Some hold
that the territory where corn can be protita.
bly, produced is becoming more restricted ev-
cry year. They state that the Indians raised
good crops of corn in the extreme northern
portions of Minnesota, Michigan and New
York, and that climatic or other changes have
now rendered its production difficult, if not
impossible. They also affirm that corn is not
proftably raised as far south as it was in the
early history Of the country Chicago Times.
DOES HER Own WoRK-Does her own
work, does she What of it? Is it any dis
grace2 Is she auy less a true woman, less
worthy of respect than one who sits in silks
and satins, and is vain of fingers that never
labor? We listened to person the other
day, who, speaking of newly welded wife,
said, sneeringly: "Oh! she does her own
work" The words and the tone Of contempt
in which they were uttered, betokened a mar.
row, ignoble mind, better fitted for any place
than country whose institutions rest on hon.
ored labor as one of the chief corner.stones.
They evinced an idea of the true basis of socie-
ty, of the true womanhood of genuine nobili-
ty. They showed the detestable spirit of
caste or rank, which certain class are trying
to establish-a caste whose sole foundation is
money, which is the weakest kind of rank
known to civilization. Mind, manners, NOR
ais, and all that enters into good character,
are of no account with these social snobs.
Position in their stilted ranks is bought with
gold, and every additional dollar is another
round in the ladder by which elevation is
gained in their esteem and society.