The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-22

Gibson has done and is doing. but he.
1t Is his preference Ishall saw noth.
lag III reference to the many interesting
details OF his work. The ii .ures which
ne mas gwen and which were most
accurately prepared for me by his ac-
complished bookkecper, Mr.. r.. t.
Hart, will certainly be instructive,
Mr.. Grbson's plantation contains 4 20o
acres II these are typical South Caro-
ma acres. About 500 people live ON
lnis me reservation, and the nine of
peace Is smoked while the crops do
grow n. store, which does n safe.
large business, a saw mill, large pri,i
mil and Il steam ginrery are some of
the more important j ems which M,
GIBSON considers as being necessary TO
inc proper establishment of a well
rounded business. Mr.. Gibson apn,e-
cia'Gd the intent of this article and de-
sired me to cmphasiz the FACT tha;
iarhcrs must, in order to succeed
make everything ut home that it is nos.
slDlc TO make. He says Tie men who
MAKE PROVISIONS are really the success
tul mt and that even renters who
40 TINS are making a living and SAVING
some money. Rotate the crops. make
everything that you can at home and
on South Carolin lands and with South
carolina climate there will be very
llltl" TO Duy. Mr.. Gibson does not think
laVoraoly oil "hvc-cent cotton" hut
says a farmer who rents land, works
with his w family and raises his own
provisions can and will make money.
There be many who will no; beliye mi.
statement, not because they have tried
u, out because they have not done SO.
W COURSE, nose who cannot comply
at once with all the provisions of the
aDoVc bill will realize that a little time
VIII overcome all obstacles.
III older to subStamtiate the abov,
statement | have secured abundon,
PROOF IN the following ,ecord of las
years farming, and This work was don,
by Il colorcd man. Henry Moses is
/, tenant on MIR. GibSon'S plantation. an,
/, ne Is an honest, Woodworking coIorct
man. Ten years ago he began worl
on 90 acres, which his predecessor ba,
5 abandoned because he could moi M,
5 his rent. Mr.. Gibson's books SHOW
lha' Moses has paid for his fertilizers
4 rent, store account, a fine rak suit O
iurniturc, paIlor hanging lamp an,
e other home comforts aud has S24O.5
cash IN his pocket. Moses has a II
T.; DER n par of horses and a 600
a buggy and wagon, has plenty of corr
G meat, molasscs and rice for anothe
o year, n made everything on his 5
acres OF rented land. No one wa
S hlrcd, as Moses and his family did n
G OF IL e work, and this is one man VIII
$ Is not complaining about "lve Ger
cotton.n
o What docs ii cost TO make five Ger
cotton? 1t seems to cost almost an
mount, hNe TO ten cents per prunt
AIR. Gibson prepared for me the follow
i ing statement, which was CAREFUL
nude from his books. The figures III
o absolutely reliable and Include ever,
lhlhS from tax receipts to hocinu I'll
crops.
o Mr.. Gibson has three distinct cotto
plantations, "Longstrect,n "Whit
: House." and "Wiygins Ill., III
accounts Tor each place were kent sep:
rately and accurately and from the tot!
c figures were obtained the followir
results
o Longst"eet Farm. One hundred an
fourteen acres, yield rs bales, or 81:
pounds lint cotton cost 81 ,4Sl so,
) $50 cents for one pound.
White House Farm. One hundr,
Z ana thirty acres, yield IS bales, or As
p OH pounds lint cotton cost 81, $3.50
}. or 4.5l cents for one pound.
Nigg ms Hill Farm. Three hundre
. acres, yield 2O7 bales, or 1851
S pounds lint cotton cost S4,a42.44,
4.l3 cents for Il pound.
The t"tll figures from these thre
3 farms make the following averages:
Five hundred and forty-four acre
=, yield 81 bales, or lS9,l59 pounds lin
. cotton average yield lint COTTON y,
! acre = l-3 pounds ; average cost {
hut cotton per pound 4.1G cents.
Farming in South Carolina is De
= maps. as Il rule, mOle pl olitablc tina
. an be found in o:hcr agricultural sc,
ions. This is a free country, so som
people think, and the right of wa
:, from Hawaii to The seal fisheries wi
= not materially show q finer countr
: than is our section of this tcrri,ur,
Cotton, corn, Tobacco, llav, grain, vcgt
tables, fluit, timbGr-e\cn wild hou
and wild oats-all flourish here. and II
inner stock country can be found i'm tin
world. The figures given inthc exam
pie clicd here are not only reliable, bu
they arc'all safely within The mark.
j. f.. NORMENT.
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