The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16
For TIE IAURENs ADvERTISER.l
PORT JERVIS,
On -AH 10
September 1st, 1885,

September 1st, 1855.
EditOr LuUrens Idrertiser:
The first number of your paper
came to me from a mutual friend,
with these words: "Will you not
send to Mr.. Darlington n brief ar
ticlc when you have time to write ?
one on agricultural matters I think
would be of interest"
DO not suppose that n correspon-
dent so far away in the North and
unacquintcd with your modes Of
growing cotton and the other crops
to which the planters of the South
have long given their attention,
will presume to attempt to inform
readers of your journal. They
know much more than I do regard
ing the crops ordinarily made in
your section.
n stay Of some time in South
Carolina, not long ago, enabled me
to see some things, in which change
in the direction of some of your
industries would, 1 think, accrue to
your interest. l noticed that in the
South, as at the North, farmers, as
a class, are very slow in entering
on new schemes or new modes Of
working the land. They are as in
telligent Is any class, md vet they
do not seem readily to discover
that the new conditions created by
railways and Waterways opening
up regions to markets before in
accessible, renders it practical to
commence producing all varieties
of crops made profitable by near
ness to market.
Now it is the object Of this brief
paper to speak in II general way of
what we feel sure may be done,
and ought to be Immediately done,
in your State. First, some sugges-
tons with regard to fruit growing,
particularly grape culture. Then
of improvements in your method
OF cattle rearing and milk produc-
ton.
That your climate and soil are
both adapted to the growth of
grapes, there is no longer doubt.
So with the production of fruit, of
which the quantity grown is very
small, you must be aware that the
consumption Of all kinds of fruits
is very greatly on the increase in
the United StOtes-far beyond the
ratio of increase in population.
l am quite certain, we're YOU to
look upon the variety to be found
in almost any n of our town
markets, you would be surprised
and delighted by the display of
apples, pears, peaches, plums,
grapes, etc, grown here in our
colder North.
will send to you shortly, a
specimen of grapes grown in half
cultivated vineyards, by inexpe-
rlenced farmers, and sold protitably
ut five cents per pound Wholesale.
From your latitude they could
have been put in the market here n
month sooner and have command
cdfftecn to twenty cents per pound.
Are there no suggestions from
these facts to induce your owners
of land to add to the growing of
rice, cotton and grain, the cultiva-
ton of the Vine. More fruit is
desirable as healthful food in your
Southern homes. Thcre is scarcely
a yard in the villages with us that
is not filed with fruit-bcaring trees.
Plant the trees and the vines, and
do not delay to do so. Those will
have the start who do so immedi-
ately; others will certainly follow
when once the example is made.
From grape vines, two years af-
ter planting, some clusters Of fruit
may be gathered; afterward, year
by year for a hundred years, if
properly trimmed, fruit can be
taken. AS to the best sorts, infor-
nation can be ascertained from
almost any publication on fruit
growing.
a few remarks only, on milk
production in your portion of the
country, which comes from the
County (Orange) noted over all
the States for its milk and butter.
L recently received a letter from
a gentleman OF Greenville, s. c..
asking me to find him a man, to
take charge Of a dairy near that
city. The person, with whom /
was personally acquainted, 1 knew
began improving his stock when /
was in that place some three years
ago. He is now taking the second
wise step, in my opinion, toward
producing milk in quantity, i'm a
portion of the country that is not
adapted, by reason of it's not be-
ing a grass-producing region. A
COW is, and must be regarded
as n milk-machine, and mus,
be intelligently used for this pur-
pose. Consider TINT yours is not
naturally a grass growing country
and that much juicy food Is re-
CURED to make the milk after you
having the proper machine; and
the SCRUB stock" which / sew Is
not the implement with which to
produce this, though the breed has