Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-02-05

tivation that is given to cotton. The rows
should be laid off three feet and three inch
es apart and the plants set two feet and ten
inchesapart on the row. New ground should
be hilled and old land bedded as for cotton.
The plants should be kept on high ridge,
that the water may readily pass off. The
cultivation should be shallow and the
crop kept clear of weeds and grass. The
weed should be planted in February or
March and the plants set out by the middle
of May. Early in June will do.
"rhe first brood of wormsappears in May,
the second in July. The egg that is laid by
the fly develops into a worm in about tWen-
ty-fve days. They do but little damage,
however, until in July and August.
"The agricultural bureau at Washington
places the yield in North Carolina at an av-
erage of 500 pounds per acre, the yield of
Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia-three
great tobacco raising States-at an average
of 600 to 900 pounds per acre, and that OF
New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts at from 900 to 800 pounds
per acre. In the last named States greater
manurng is resorted to and superior skill
applied to cultivating and curing and diff
ferent variety is planted, which is heavier
and commands high prices.
"The report of the commissioner OF
agriculture at Washington of the crop of
1882 shows the following results: In New
Hampshire the average yield was ,4l2
pounds per acre, and the average price
paid was - cents per pound or S169.44
per acre. In Vermont l All pounds, which
sold at 13 cents per pound making $1S4.2l per
acre. In Massachusetts ,435 pounds, which
sold at ~ $40 cents, making $179.H per
acre. In Connecticut 1,12S pounds, which
sold at 13 cents, making Sl46.64 per acre.
In Maryland 749 pounds, which sold at s
cents, making S44.94 per acre. In Virginia
G2l pounds, which sold at ! $40 cents, max, *
ing 1883 per acre. In North Carolina 500
pounds, which sold at II cents, making $50
per acre. In Kentucky S2l pounds, which
sold at s cents, making SG5.6S per acre. In
Georgia 254 pounds, which sold at II cents,
making 1856 per acre. In 1884 the tobacco
crop of North Carolina averaged 800 pounds
per acre, and was sold at an average OF Sl4.1O
per hundredweight, making the average
money value of the crop S70.50 per acre.
The cost of production, curing and handling
was SIT per acre, leaving the farmer net
profit of $3.50 per acre.
"The comparison of tobacco with cotton
makes the outlook for tobacco very bright.
According to the agricultural reports for
1884 the average yield of cotton in South
! Carolina was 152 pounds of lint per acre.
The crop was probably sold at an average OF
! 9 cents, or S13.6S per acre."
Assuming from the particulars above Civ
en- as to soils, &C., that the upper counties OF
this State can equal North Carolina in pro-
duction, Col. Moore is hopeful that the culti-
vation of tobacco will prove Il profitable in
dustry to the farmers who apply to it the
necessary skill and attention. In the fore.
going figures it must be borne in mind that
general averages for the States are given,
! else wrong impression as to the possibili-
ties of the industry may be conveyed. A
whole crop thus averaged includes all the
cheaper shipping grades which constitute the
bulk of the crop. Figures thus given over
shadow completely the results in the pro-
duction of the finer grades used as wrappers
which sell at fancy prices. 1t is the produc:
ton of these that the intelligent farmer will
strive for and which will bring him hand
some profits. Prices vary according to the
manner in which the leaf has been handled
and cured. Rough and careless handling
while green, for instance, will bruise and
scar the leaf so as to greatly damage its
quality, and the more perfect and uniform
its color the higher the price it will com
mand. Skillful handling and curing, there
fore, is where the money lies, and in order
that the reader may know to what extremes
prices ordinarily 90 the following report Of
sales at Halifax, Va, on September II, 1884
as taken from a Virginia paper, is given: