The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-04
BURKE coUNrY's FARMS.
Farmer Daniels Fertile g, 900 Acres
Other hich Places.

Farmer Daniels Fertile 6, 1000 Acrcs-
| Other hich Places.
The extent Of the farming interests in
Georgia may be conceived from a drive
over the extensive plantations OF J. II.
Daniel In Burke county. Mr.. Daniel has
one place of 1900 acres, 4 900 acres of which
are under cultivation, and upon which he
runs ninety plows. This plantation is di-
| vided into three farms, and a MORNING
| NEWS representative, who was driven over
the place by Mr. Daniel, was impressed by
/ the excellent condition of the stock. fencing,
gates and tenants houses. There was an
air Of neatness in every direction, and finer
corn or cotton was never grown in Geor-
gia.
On oneiof the farms, managed by r. E.
Farmer, the crop is clean and the corn Is the
finest ever seen at this season in that sec
| ton. Mr.. Farmer was a soldier under
Maj A. l.. Hartridge of this city, serving
in the Twenty seventh Georgia battalion.
The corn on his farm will yield 80 to 40
bushels to the acre.
There are two colored tenants on this
| farm, Andrew and Henry johnson, who
are model farmers, and Andrew johnson is
reported to be one Of the neatest farmers in
the country, and he is pointed to as an ex-
ample of what a colored man can do when
he buckles down to work. he Is making
money, doesn't bother his head with poll
tics, his crops are clean and in fine condi-
ton, and his stock shows that he believes In
taking as much care of the animals that
draw the plow as he does Of his crops.
Higgins, another colored tenant, has the
finest cotton in the state. 1t is waist high
and as clean as cotton patch can be. Hig-
gins by his industry, has made money
enough to buy a place Of his own, but he
says that he will not remove TO 10, but will
still remain on Mr.. Daniels place.
On one of the farms, managed by W. P.
Perkins, Is certainly one of the cleanest
crops in the south. The MORNING NEWS
representative, after careful examination
of the cotton fields on this farm, feels salts
fled that a hat full of grass could not be
collected in the entire cotton patch. The
corn on this place is a splendid crop and
nearly matured.
The Daniel plantation referred to If across
Buck Head creek, and just as one crosses
the bridge the old mill dam of st. Georges
parish is still visible. Here was located the
first saw-mi1 in Georgia, and from which
the lumber was obtained that entered into
the construction of the frame houses built
in Savannah In the days of its settlement,
Tar was shipped with the lumber.
Mr.. Daniel has other farms IN Burke
county, upon which he runs thirty plows,
and the crops are looking well. Mr.. Daniel
has kind word for his tenants provides
them with comfortable dwellings, and is
held in high esteem by his tenants and their
families. He is engaged in the merchan-
dising business at Mlllen, being the head of
the firm Of Daniel. Son & Palmer, his son,
Robert, and his son-in-law, Samuel Palmer,
being the Junior members of the firm.
They trade with Savannah, which is also
the point to which Mr.. Daniel ships his cot
ton
Mr.. Daniel is a man we'll in the fifties,
and ne has made all his wealth since the
war. In his younger days he was clerk in
Gray's hotel, at Millen, favorite hosiery
in its day and kept by the late Robert
Gray, well-known landlord. Mr.. Daniel
married Miss Mary Gray, the daughter of
his employer, and after the death of the
latter he conducted the hotel himself until
he turned his attention to the more
profitable fields Of agriculture and mer-
chandising.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and their daughter,
Mrs. Palmer, are at Tybee this week enjoy
ing the cool breezes Of the seashore.