The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-29
SOUTH CAROLINA PROGRESS.
increase In Live Stock IN Compared will,
Other St.stcs.
Correspondence Nc.ys and Courier.
WASHINGTON, June

WASHINGTON, Juno 10.
South Carolina seems to be getting OF
very comfortably in an industrial way.
and although we have been beating our
breasts and lamcnting that we were un.
progressive. the census reports begin to
show that the State has made more pro-
gress in various respects during the last
decade than her moro pretentious neigh
bors. A bulletin just issued by the cen
sus office illustrates this TACT in connec.
ton with the live stock industry. North
Carolina and Georgia have been widely
believed TO be advancing in material
prosperity much more rapidly than our
State, which lies between them. South
Carolina is just starting IN earnest on tho
rond of progress which her sister Com.
monweAlths have been travelling for
years. and yet the figures show that in
this division Of farming she has not been
distanced. Here are the figures of the
live stock on farms on June /, 1880:
Horses-North Carolina, 1873, ,68G, rate
Of increase between 1870 and 1880, go
per cent South Carolina, 6O,G6O, in.
crease 38 Der cent Georgia, 98,520, in
crease 20 per cent. Average increase in
United States, 45 per cent. Mules and
Asses-Nortl Carolina, 1851, increase
in decade G2 per cent South Carolina,
67,005, increase 62 per cent. Georgia,
1908, increase 81 per cent. Average
increase in United States, 81 per cent.
Working Oxen-North Carolina, 50,48S,
increase in decade IL per cent. South
Carolina, 24,507, increase 80 per cent.
Georgia, 50O26, decrease 8 per cent.
Decrease in Union, 25 per cent. Milch
Cows-North Carolina, 2S2, 1873, increase
l8 per cent. South Carolina, 1885, 1881,
increase AZ per cent. Georgia, 9l5,O73,
increase 36 per cent. Increase in Union,
80 per cent. Other Cattle--North Caro-.
lima, 375, ,l05, increase 81 per cent. South
Carolina, l99,32l, increase so per cent.
Georgia, 1000, increase 32 per cent. In
crease in Union, 66 per cent. Sheep, ex.
elusive of lambs-North Carolina, 46l.-
63S; no noticeable increase or decrease
South Carolina, 1l8,S89, decrease 8 per
cent Georgia, 527 $50, increase 2G per
per cent. Many returns of 1870 in
cluded lambs, which accounts for much
Of apparent decrease. South Carolina
has, however, just fairly begun sheep
raising Increase in United States, "a
per cent. Swine-North Carolina, ,453,
64l, increase 35 per cent. South Caro-.
lima, 628,l98, increase SO per cent
| ASNA6i"j tb1t tsOVo, ibClCltSC III per cent
Increase in Union, so per cent.
The statistics of Indian corn and pop.
n!ation are give in the bulletin for pmr.
poses of comparison, and the connection
between the increase in food raising and
live stock is apparent, as also the de-
mands Of increased population for both
Indian Corn-North Carolina, increase
81 per cent; South Carolina, 55 pei
cent. Georgia, 81 per cent. Population
North Carolina, increase 81 per cent.
South Carolina, al per cent. Georgia
80 per cent. These figures are encour
aging. If after only three years of peac,
and progress in the last decade Soutl
Carolina can show this improvement
while the adjacent States had been fre,
and prosperous for years before 1877, W,
ought surely TO do still better between
1880 and 1890. Let the good work g,
on. With rapidly augmenting farm
stock, with our provisions and meat
made at homo, we can in few year
challenge comparison with any State no
governed by "Bourbons." "Bourbon
ism" in South Carolina seems to be pro
dnctive of considerable material prog-es:
Mahoncism, do not think, would Civ
us any moro live stock or corn or oats
and there is nothing to "croak" about i
the above figures.