The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-17
For the TINES.
Practical. Common Sense Reading for Union
County Farmers.

Practical. Common Sense Reading for Union
County farmers.
Mn. EDiroa while the weather Is to,
Tad for work ous doors ny The Farmer, II Is
good iime for him to put on his cap and
20 to thinking. The farwers Of eur section
are peculiarly situated-diferebt from that
"f a-- :..ss. -ss:::::S.. y; eur country, IN inst
We have the privilege Of pursuing a"y OF
the various brsucbes Of farming, or d.vcrsi-
fyng IL according 10 cur environments.
As the srason is ut hand for us 10 settle
our plans as 10, the crops We will raise this
year, II would be well TO look at the condi-
lions that exist now, compared with that Of
one year ago.
least not since the war, when our rural
poi u.aiiou were in m"rs Independent cir
Gums ouces, resulting from the abundance
snd cheapness Of provisions, all through
this section Of our Stale. Corn eau be
bought cheaper in the country than in mar
ket, and no doubt will be shipped from our
stations.
Bacon, alone, OF the necessities Of the
Farmer, is very high und will continue 50
this year, ns reports from the West show
that hogs are very scarce, comparatively
Only 4S per cent of the usual amount IS
put up by The packers. Bacon is now worth
III in market, aud those who have to buy
will have freight and commission on that to
: epy. This should not he the case with any
mai -ho follows farming for living; for,
by lit Ne plannit g and attention, all can
raise II, Dir own meat without IN outlay Of
money. Aud this should rpply 10 every
1c,Sssis isN .5at can be made OF raised at hume.
- S'SsiSot couut otIr labor m thu item nf
ovcioPcu ih;ng supplrs for our own use.
scsreRraNpJAnie result will likely be m with
The old sun dial, when, after counting the
strokes of the pendulum IL would have t.
make for IL nths, became appalled, and
stopped at once.
Our people have raised cotton since the
war at betrer prices than it i. likely to bring
again, and when the sale was mere product
i've than now, without any prosperity or
material Improvement in their condition.
Mos, Of II at the expense of home supplies,
which they counted could be bought cheaper
than raised and hero, it seems to mo, the
calculations were wrong, from the failure TO
carry the amount to balance.
We have reached just conclusion OF the
whole matter by experience, and wise will
we be 10 profit by il, and not fall into the
oil system Of all cotton again. have OBJ
served in travelling over the c7tton cit that
in the best aud most productive c,tton
countries, the mass If the people are more
destitute and dependent, than in those less
productive, aud | nscriGc it to their depcn-
dence OH That crop, while in the latter, en-
tire dependence is not placed ON it.
Again, there is great interest being de-
velopcd AMI matcrinlizcd in cotton factor cS:
three being under hendway in our own
county md two in course &c construction
near the line in Spartnuburg county. This
means large expenditure of money for
labor and supplies to feed the laborcrs and
their families.
They will require just such things ns VIZ
ought t. he able to furnish them, and will
&c in easy reach, where we can l.. adily find
profitable sale for all our supplies; and
then We get cash for our products and have
some money in circulation al the
time. And in view of this, let us begin
now, or rs soon rs the ground dries will be
II good time. II we have not done it before,
plant u good orchard Of fruit trees and
manure the old ones. Nothing pays better,
all round, than plenty of good fruit for the
family, which, if good selections are made,
may bc OH the table for q months in the
yenr.
Also the garden should be made lit:le
larger and manured better, and you will
find II handsome profit from your vegetables
if near n factory.
Then comes the dairy. To have milk and
butter requires care and preparation.
There il, no better dairy country than this
Piedmont section of South Carolina. But
there must be grass rs well rs cows, which
we can have simply for the setting. mean
the Burmuda, which is getting TO be com
mon here, and is easily set and permanent,
furnishing more grazing than any known
grass. have seen it pastured for 20 years
and still it seems to get better, and it also
protects the lands from washing and leach
ing. | know Of no industry that would
Jay our farmers better than cooperative
dairying. Thus insuring IL profit and furnish
ing vast amount Of manure for the fields
1 wish that our turner's would set n rcs0-
luton that they will depend on no one to
support them, but that they intend TO fur
nish all the wants OF our coming population
and have some left TO send TO Iowa and
Illinois. i starvation comes on these States.
J believe that South Carolina has n bright
and grand future before her tlIa. the dawn
of This era is upon her That the farmers
of our State can reap n rich harvest in this
prosperity, if they On'y will but they must
not sit still while the dawn is coming.
Farmer
LINDEN UNCLE SAN San Francisco, Feb
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