Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-31
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

| The stock law has been of great benefit
to Orangeburg county, where milch-coWs
have increased 50per cent.
| In the upper part of Richland county,
| cotton has been seriously set back and the
crop cut off at least one-third
- Marion Star: Lice is reported on cot
| ton, brought about by the cool nights. Oats
are not as good this year as they were last
| in Marion. There has been quite decrease
in the number of liens recorded in this
county in the past two years. In 1881 about
| 1900 were recorded, in 1882 about 300, and
up to this date the present year ,6l5.
-Greenville Nelrs: Reports in reference to
the cotton and frost continue to come in.
The plant has been killed in many Of the
bottoms and low grounds. At other points
it has received set back and has been in
iured. In the mountain townships little
damage has been done, and in the vicinity
of GoWensville there was no frost at all.
- Abbeville Medium: The present out
look for the farmers is discouraging. The
grain crops do not come up to expectations
and will fall far short of last year. Reports
are that the cotton as dying rapidly on ac-
count of lack of rain and the excessively
cold night we have had of late. Acreage in
corn is by no means enough to supply our
home people.
-Saluda Argus: For the first time in sew
eral years corn was recently sold on our
streets from wagOns-the corn being raised
in the county. 1t went off rather slowly at
10 cents per bushel. This is precisely as it
should be. Every farmer ought to raise
enough corn and other grain for his own
consumption. And the hog as well as the
hominy should also be made at home. AS
an evidence, however, that matters are i'm
proving as to the system of farming in our
county, we are now eating hOme-bread-
flour and meal.
- Anderson hateltigeacer: The stand of
early planted cotton in this section is not
near so good as that which was planted
later, so some of the farmers say. The
cool nights of the past week or two have
had very bad effect on the plant. The
weather during May has been unusually
cool and if the cool nights continue for any
length of time the cotton will be seriously
injured. Corn is reported as looking fine.
The small grain crops, too, are doing well.
A good rain is needed in almost every Sec
tion of the county.
- -Newberry Herald: A visit to the coun-
try last week convinced us that prospects of
the grain crop are more discOuraging than
they have been reported. The cotton was
planted late, and the unfavOrable weather
has not so much affected it. The wheat is
more promising than the oats, but it will
not bear comparison with last years crop.
AS a rule the heads are short and small.
The oats soWn in the Spring, and unfortu-
nately most of them were sown in the
Spring, have been kept back by the dry,
windy weather, and in many places they
will hardly grow high enough for harvest
ing if it remains dry few days longer. AS
usual, Fall oats are somewhat better than
Spring oats. Corn is backward, and many
planters have been prevented by the dry
weather from planting their bottom lands.
Altogether, the farmers have found this
Spring most unfavOrable.