The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-01-27
More Pig Pens, Fewer Cotton
Patches.
News and Courier.

News and Courier.
The most prosperous agricultural
counties in the State are the counties
IN which the farmers have not devoted
their whole time epi labor to the pro.
dusiieu # one crop the "monsy CROP
~ the eotton crop is called. The con-
d tion of the farmer 10 deplorable, and
the husinees depression is grssteot IN
tbo.e ravss pf the State ur,ch have
been lArssl. or wholly dependent up
on 50, Fen aJs,en. We do not neen
to z-y thst sbe l:en syetem is without
its goad cuslitiee cit has been she
raeens Of helping many q good. Indus
triocs r"s, on. Of q hole, and eupp!ied
tbs only b>sis Of credit possible c, tae
close Of the war. Bu, it was only in
teoded - a nak~.hift. and has Doubt
lee. encouraged cpirt OF .ztrava-
gsrce which has initiated against tie
prosperity o. tho farmers uho have
put ther whole truct in it. No tusi-
ness in she world could afford to pay
tie -stes Of interest which have been
required on agricultural advances an
der The lien syster,, and the hrmer
who has persisted In paying these
rater hss sooner or later reached The
end OF his row.
The farmer Who has kept his smoke
houss and his corn crib 10 the West
and put bis hole trust and eonfideu cs
IN cotton is not much better Of to day
than be vss ten o. twelve years ego
while the farmer who hss followed the
old ~sys and r.ise3 his owe corn and
cured his ovn r,eet ,s proof against
financiel panics end is mater Of ne
-h atn-s, .ha oereraI politi-
cal and Industrial cooditiOps TT, re
are many Of this latter claes Of tar-
0eers In South CaroJ,nn. In the Nevs
and Courier's view cf the industrial
condition of the State published on
Tue fret OF Januarv. our correep, ndent
IN Burnweli, Hewberrg end York said
'hef The cribs were full Of corn, that
be smoke houses were et.cked with
home cured bacon: and tia. the far>
ner uere prepared to live r.. home
What these thrifty men have been
able t, accomplish every other far
mera in every other county in the
State ca equally Sc veil accomplish
for hImself. Corn does NOS grow sny
better in Esvberry than in Re..haw
"nc en- enterprieing hog hos a. fair
a chance 10 Lancaster, where the CON.
dition Of the farmers vac reported tc
be "tne vorst In four decades" as j,
has in York. where "more hsmc.rsised
pork Aa~ 'besn slaughtered thsn in
many years"
Western meat and Western csrn
were comparatively unknown in this
State before the war. There would be
no P.afkst r., them now # our own
&Pncrs would turn their attention to
Ihs diysIsificstion Of their ustr;es
Cotton =, 2 cents . pound will DO, pa =
sor sorh At 81 cents q bushel, .or for
bacon at ~ cents pound. 4 "mon.
ey e.op" thst is made only 70 be ua.,-
Cd IN sse nsrcha,s Of supplies tba,
nhosld BE- raised =: home 10 not uor. n
raising and would b rDhrup, any peo-
Pic OF 10 face Of the earth. No
'p"e'sl irsintns 10 required 10 culti-
Yase crop Of corn, and II 10 known
that shs native Forker of South Caro-
lima lies no superior In feetness of
foot and swestness Of meat. II knows
how 40 make It's o.n living, it yields
readily, and without q grrnt, to civi-
lined treatment. and sells we'll when.
svsr u > pat on she market. It
shosld be possible for the farmers of
Sosth Carolina 10 rsise::s and cell svry
pound Of baeon Dseded io the State.
No special education Is reenired Co
raise hogs.
Ins Sew York Tribune Gays. in sD
sssiels Which ve Ereproducs to.day,
tha. on d Jet OF slop o. brand and
oatmeal pigs sani be made ready
for market al 9 months Of age which
will sell at rom $50 to s25 each
fiss make nogs. and sofs are worth
n"se than: pigs beoause'tbere i.Emors
neat on them. and be.ause hog and
'om'uJ 10 the,s tsndard,diet Of the peo-
pie of this State Every farmer in
me State should raise bis hogs. II be
makes more bac IN than hs oan use on
ole own place be can always coun. on