Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-11-09
The Wealth Of the State.

COLUMBIA, November IA part Of the
statistical Information that will be cn bodied
in the next annual report Of the Commis..
sioncr of Agriculture to the Legislature
has been tnbuatcd and shows wonderful!
advance in the agricultural aud material
prosperity OF the State. The cotton crop
of 1882 will exceed the crop of 1881 by
81 ,2]0 $50 pounds OF lint cotton, or
u lracticn over lll,l99 bales, wcishin.
500 p.unds each aud worth, ut ten cents
per pound, $5 724,9S6. The corn crop of
1882 exceeds that of 1881 ty S,0l6570
bushels, woth, at 75 cents rcr hu>hrI.
Sb 1U0 ,026. The oat c,ou is SOIL ,0l6
bushels IN excess of the crop Of last year.
worth, ut 90 cents Il bushel, 81 sos sos
The wheat rrrp exceeds that OF lnst year
by 95l ,2G8 hnshels, worth, at 81 80 y r
tushc Sl.42G 002. The yield of lice will
be rs, 1913 III pounds 10 excess of last
years cr"p, Which, at 3 cents per pound, ),
will give an increased value uf SSI5 1913.
The sor:.hum crop will produce l0S GIT
gallons "t mo!nSS,s nor" than The yi"Id of
last year and the Sugarcanr crup 1872 $40
gh''onS m"rr sIr3p than last years, show
ing 40 increased value in hcsc two pro-
ductl"hs, at G0 per g'linn, of S2U4 7r2
The sweet pntnt" crop exceeds that of last
year hy 1,7l2,290 hushels worth at so
cents per bushc, SS56,l40. The Irish
po'aso crop shows an increased yield over
the production oi last year OF lSl 1913
bushels, worth, at 81 per bu-hc! &lSl S3S
HE pea crop is 257,379 hush, Is il excess
OF last years crop, worth, at GO cents per
tushcl, Sl57 ,427 The value of market
nrHI IL
Increase OF $l2.293 "ver last year Nineteen
thousand aud seventy eight NOR gallons of
milk have heen m,ikctcd this year thnn
last, representing an Increased value in his
producer Of 81 G3l The butter made on
The farm is 325 056 puun,s 10 excess Of
the product last year, representing, ut 25
eents per pnund, an increased a'nc of
SSl OH The number of poultry raised
IN 1862 is 5S 522 in excess of the number
raised last year, showing an increased value,
at 25 cents per head, of sid $50. The
sale Of eggs has amounted to ITO GIG
dozen more than 10 1891, representing an
an increased value, at 20 cents per dozen,
of S35 925. There was an increase in the
peach cr"p Of 2,o38 bushels. wolth, at 81
per bushcl. S2,S3S. The sale of grapes
has been 1888 pounds in excess of the
production of 1881, worth, al Il per pound
Sl,053; and the production of wine has
been S34 gallons in excess Of tho produc-
ton of 1881, worth, at SO per gallon,
$l.G74. The yield of apples is given at
4,277 bushels less thnn last year, represents
ing decrease in tho value Of this crop of
s4,277.
Compared with tho returns Of last year
thcro has been n reduction of ,847 in the
number of oxen, 0,0S0 in .hc number of
milch cows and II 833 in the number Of
other cnttlc, and their value is placed at
Sl6l ,0O2 The Dumber of sheep and
Iaubs is estimated at the figures of last
year, and the wool production shows
decrease of 2,576 pounds, worth $644.
There has also been reduction of 62, lU4
10 tho numhcr of swiuo, representing in
value S62, 2,lO4.
Tho aggregate value of the difference
between the crops of 1881 and 1882 shows
an increaao during the present year Of
Sl8,S03.3ll. The estimated reduction 10
tho valuo Of cattle, swine and
wool and the loss 10 tho apple crop nggre-
gates S229,027 Dcducting this amount
from the gains of tho year ns given above
and tho formers Of the State orc better of