The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-20
CULTIvdf b WITH WATER.

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HOW R1cn xSl AxsHD roR MARKET
N pXIeIANA.
water ts>c ifst and Last Want
Of RtcS 5fpRcrs--Grasstng the
Croplthe Nhisaucs Of the Birds.
ssTell xoa sJsomethipg shout rice in
Louisis1A repeated Andrew q.
Wilkinsof5 the owner OF o largo rice mill
in New 7fleasl, where the rice grown
ON his "a tnthtiA Aps Is cleaned, ct the Gil.
sey Houxs. s II 8 that tho papers have
: just found out nglishmen are tfy-
ing to buy up nd d6fm p trust Of tho,
rice mills in tho South, although the
agents have been down there for soms.
thing over six mouths. Nobody Is
quicker than JohnBull to scent q bargain
and when the South began i,s march on
the road Of its present marvellous growth
he simply poured his money In golden
stream into our Southern States. BE
bought our coal aud iron mines, our
timberlands, the phosphate beds and now
he is trying to form trust in the rice
mills. While it will take several mil
lion dollars to in any way give them fhs
CONTROL of the rice market, II they dc
succeed in getting it mighty good pay.
ing investment it will be.
''New Orleans is the chief rice mill
ing city In America. Fifty years ago
we did not have such thing as rice
mill, bat now we have sixteen, working
220 rice Founders aud employing more
than twelve hundred men. Working
these sixteen mills all the year and
helped by four other large steam mills,
vein New Orle{Ss will be hsrd pressed
louisiana has al why's been known % the
Sugar State but we also want to add to
it that of the Rice State OF the Union.
Chow ls il tcultivated2 Well, the first
necessity of profitable rice culture is a
comparatively level piece of land, prop
erly prepared for the seed. This field
must be located SO as to be conveniently
irrigated from the prairie reservoir or the
fume in the levee. Highland rice does
not pay in louisiana, the only profitable
rice being that grown in water. Water
is the first and last want OF sprouting,
| growing and ripening rice. Before the
ground is ready for the seed it is divided
;p ~ y G;,.Sss r. i then n,onteS IN dtili.
AZ, bv nac,,;res-.or rather shouid
saw that the machine is the proper way
to do t,but the seed is frequently broad.
casted with us in Louisiana.
"Then comes the most delicate part,
in the water manipulation. After the
seed is planted the soil Is thoroughly
saturated whH water 70 sprous IT. ou'
the water is at once taken OH whsn the
SEEDS nave eVeniy germina'eo, ano kept
OH untli tne 'euaer snoots Oh tne pau
rise two or three lncaes aooVe tne
GROUND. You can easily see that 'nt
young Piauts ndy Dc eitnet oro"nso ou'
or drieu up oy sns ieast inat.ention IL
regulating the now. On the other hand
Win TOO mucn wafer, craWhsn inVaoe
the heios ana oeyour tue oehcats plants
~hiie Win nonsat an, rice ca'erpiiar'
cut thefl aowp ana XIII 'hen. IL Jo'
neglect tne man NUNS you NOT only riss
the total loss ei your crop, out oy pee
uniting the water TO get ahead OF 20,
.he'e may eou,o o,eaA s ~ sne '''''' "u''
""ay A 70 sou' .a..so "au oiops -.
ne M pa..
S.owins sonivs Mneu ~ ~, aUouV Io1
Isn, a ~ as D !, ~. H;S W.
: sn .,. 'ny snss. y, 10 M -,
ses' sno .soos.s Isa3n. sa3 SI9s n
thy<sas add water grasses they End
This grassing costs on an average abou
"a an acre, ana after that ia over the ric
planter has but little to do except t.
give it plenty Of water. One peculia
thing about irrigation is that tho head
of the rice plants never 6ll out. no mat
ter how much water you give them arti
hcially, unless there are plentiful rains
lone feature of rice cultivation woul,
be great fun to city sportsmen, but it's
terrible nuisancSto us. mean the birds
Talk about your ducks and geese hidin!
the sun. Perfect clouds of rice birds
English sparrows, summer ducks, raj
and other fowl pf the air and water
come to see If they can't harvest ou
crops for us. From daybreak to dark
perfect fusillade from the guns and oil
muskets is heard in hundreds of squar
miles OF country. Over in this field 20
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