The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-01-25
Facts md Figures.

cOue1t SSa1OAiheS IL 1oOS Heso 90 ~
lows Cotton, 1,4o9,32S; corn,
1,356,S05; wheat, 201,S15; oats,
362,375. The acres in grain out
numbered the acres in cotton, by
half million.
The vast agricultural advance
ment made by our State is shown in
the Nesos and Courier of the 18th
instant. The facts are taken from
the report Of the Department Of
Agriculture, and are as follows
.In South Carolina the area in
oats was 362,373 in 1882, against
258, ,343 acres in 1881, an increase
in acreage of 40 per cent. The
yield was 7,929,970 bushels, or an
average of nearly % bushels per
acre. The increase in the yield
over 1881 was 10 per cent.
In 1882 there were planted in corn
], 1,356,305 acres, an increase over
of Alp per cent. The yield was
.17,045, ,735 bushels, or Il, ,3,5 bushels
per acre. The increase in yield
over that of 1881 was 10 per. cent.
The yield of sugar cane increased
LAG per cent. The average product
was 127 gallons of syrup per acre.
The increase in yield of sweet
potatoes over 1881 was so per cent.
The average product per acre was
80 bushels.
The yield of wheat increased 81
per cent. over that of 1881. The
product averaged 9 1-2 bushels per
acre. The increase in acreage was
20 per cent, or 34,246 acres.
The acreage in cotton decreased
8 per cent, yet. the yield increased
114,500 bales Of 500 pounds each.
The yield, as compared with that of
1881, showed an increase of 26 per
cent. The average product was 1913
pounds of lint cotton per acre.
The number of bales produced per
plough is not known.
That the condition OF the farmers
of this State is as progressive as
that of the Georgians is shown by
the fact that the money value of the
crops of South Carolina in 1882 ex-
ceeded that of 1881 by $1S,572,525.
In addition to the increase in other
farm products South Carolina re-
cords an increase in the crops of
1882 ever those of 1881 of %, 1885,.
PIT pounds of rice, 198,677 gallons
of sorghum molasses, ,181,838
bushels of Irish potatoes, S42.243 in
sales Of garden produce, 49,787
pounds of honey, 324,056 pounds
of butter. 58,522 head of poultry
and 179,626 dozen eggs. Twenty.
five per cent. of the great crops Of
1882 were fertilized with made
eomposts, and 10 per cent. less
commercial fertilizers were purchas.
ed than in 1881. The value OF the
erce$s of last years products over
those Of 1881 amounted to more
than the whole value of farm sup
plies purchased in 1881. The farm.
/,
ers exported large quantities OF
grain and reserved an abundance
for home consumption
There is no speculation about this
showing; it consists of facts and
figures which speak for themselves,
and which register what our farmers
have done.
But the half has not been told,
The almost startling growth of our
manufactures is shown in the fol.
lowing figures: In 1860 the nun,
Der Of cotton mills in our State was
II, looms 525, pounds of cotton
consumed, 3,978,061; in 1880 mum.
Der of mills 49, looms i ,776, cotton
consumed 1869, 800; in 1882 mum.
Der Of mills 26, looms 4,120, cotton
consumed 29,946,269 pounds.
The following interesting totals
are given by the Department of
Agriculture for 1882: Number of
cotton mills in the State 26, looms
APO and spindles 1S0,621; capital
stock $4.547, 900, number of hands
employed, 4,262, wages paid per
year $72S,900; cotton consumed per
year 29,946,269 pounds; value of
products of the mills $3,047,033; +;
yards Of cloth produced 43,537,S64
and pounds of yarn 8,032,975.
The progress of our industries
has surpassed the expectations of
the most sanguine; and, in view of
the political and industrial Difficult
ties through which the State passed,
this development is astonjs'dg.
These reports show that>f farm
ers have avouched4 4selr merit and
manhood, sp1,Shat the busy toilers
in ogs>4hlls have done much to
bp.4d up the wealth of our State.
The results shown should awaken in
US feelings of pride; but they should
also nerve Us for the future, and
eause US to press forward to the ac-
complishment of the still greater
results that lie before US.