Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-28
chiuery. Something over 700 horses and
mules arc kept on the farm, and during
harvest and threshiug as many as 900 meo

chlnery. Something over 7U0 horses and
mules arc kept on the farm, and during
harvest and threshiug as many as 900 meD
find employment there. Without the most
complete system and order all would be
"confusion worse confounded." The land
is cut Up, into divisions of 5000 attes, with
a general Superintendent over each, who
has under him division foreman aud gang
foreman. The divisions are also further
subdivided ss oonVehiehoe requires. Each
division has its boarding houses, barns, tool
rooms, TO-, but the supplies are all kept 10
one store, from which they arc drawn upon
by requisition, as 10 the army. The
Vouchers, and the uen are paid whenever
they demand is. 10 every department the
most complete system prevails: There tan
DO 90 shirkiug or orookeduess without in
stant detection. Every man in the eatab-
lishnent has his place and must fll it
faithfully or leave.
MILES OF YELLOW WHEAT.
Tho harvest begins this year about
August 10, aud just now the wheat is tax.
ing on that yellow golden tint so pleasing
to the husbandhian. wish the surprising
beauty Of the scene at Dalrymplo farm now
could be adequately described. Overhead
bright sun, your face famed by cool
breeze, while in every direction as far as the
eye can travel you SEQ nothing but miles
and miles of yellow whoat, gently swayed
by the light winds aud giving forth their
peculiar soothing sounds, which I am 10,
clined to name Dakota's native poetry.
The harvest season il always the period
of greatest activity on DaIrymple farm, and
it usually lasts some fifteen days. Near two
hundred automatic self-biuders ore used,
and every two machines are followed by sn
expert Oh horseback, who repairs breaks
and keeps them 10 running ordrr. The
bundles of grain are collected 10 piles of
about one hundred bushels each, but are
neither stacked or shocked, as threshine
Immediately follows the harvest. Over
thirty straw burning steam threshers are
put at work as SOON OBJ The outing is
completed. They each have capacity
of 1000 bushels per day, and the graiu
is taken direct from them to the railroad
and loaded in cars for the Eastern market.
Everywhere steam and horse power arc
utilized to the utmost, aud every part Of
this vast enterprise is so nicely adjusted
'hat tnc Who'e system goes on IKE olOoRH
work. The estimated crop this year ex-
cceds 75O, 900 bushels. A bushel of wheat
eau be produced on this farm for IS cents
including in that estimate taxes, labor, seed
and interest on investmeht, aud thal
bushels of wheat can be laid down il
Philadelphia at slight profit, for 81 cents
Comparing those figures with the current
market prices will at once demonstrate tha,
MIR. Dalrymplc is not losing any money or
his annual crop of 100000 bushels. Ga
this farm the average anhual yield hal
been twenty-two bushels per acre, without
fertilizers or other artificial aids, and it hat
been demonstrated that the wheat produo-
ing qualities of the soil arc practically
inexhaustiblc. The net profits of this faru
last year we're 60 per cent. on the who'll
Investment.