The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07


Three acres yielded 50, SO and 81
bushels, respectively. 800 dozen, re.
quiring 8 TWO horse loads per acr, to
haul it to threSher, making 10 lads
of straw worth 50 cents per hundred
pounds. The rice grew 4 to 6 feet
high. Tho yield of straw in the
rice region is 2 to 8 tons per acre
and 40 to 60 bushels Of rice, water
culture.
Col. Taylor said my lands ought
to mako 80 TO 50 bushels per acre;
that he had made rs bushels on /
aero. The low country man will tell
you you cannot raise it because of
freshets. Col. Taylor says last year
bis was overllowed several times and
once while in full head, and it was
completely covered, and he saw no
damage to it. Another party who
tried one and three quarters acres
last year, says his was overfiowcd
time and again; that creek running
over it did not wash 1t down, whilst
it hattened young willows and all
weeds.
| think, however, IN overflow if
deep enough to cover the heads when
in bloom would completely ruin it.
A noighbor of mine, Jim Switzer,
some years ago planted it and mado
three elegant crops ont of four one year
making so bushels on ! Of an acre.
He quit the business as it was too
laborious to pestlo out. 1 will here
say that it can bo thrcshed Oh Il
wheat threshor.
Tuylor's throsher was tho Ault-
man Sweepstakes. Upland rico has
been tried for several years about
Fair Forest station in this county. |
went up there few weeks ago to
Mr.. j. j. Gentry's who told mo he
raised 40 buslcls per acre and when
he fod my horse 1 saw 1t WAS rice
straw he gave for fodder Upon ex
animation I found it better hay than
the native grasses. 1 cut off my
low bottoms The universal experi
ence is that it is better than corn
fodder and that horses will quit fod
der to go for it. You will under
stand that rice commences to ri per
at the top and goes down; when the
the lowest grain is still green il
should be cut, the stalk then is greer
and if cut and not bound for 2
hours will cure into beautiful, green
bright hay. When I was at Fai
Forest | was told that Lauran Cald
we'll last year planted 3 5 O.. an acre
from which he sold $34 worth 0
rice mill"d by Taylor; sold his father
in law = two horse loads Of hay an,
had enough left to feed horse,
mule and cow till March withon
broaching his other fodder. This i
a pretty big tale, but it was told m
by reputable man. Starke Robin
son planted II acres Of low branc
, bottom where the branch runs int
Lawson's Fork on which he ha
completely failed for two years witt
corn. He got poor stand, some
times ten feet between stalks bein
missed. After losing 20 bushcl
which got washed away between th
cutting and binding (ono night h
made G3 bushels after imperfet
threshing, and the greatest quantit
of hay he ever got off piece ,
!, land. He was perfectly carrie
away with his experiment.
[ have great confidence in h
Judgment for I know him we'll, /
having lived once adjoining mo, an
when he left he sold me one hundre
acres Tiger river bottoms at tt
crossing Of railroad between here ar
Spartanburg. He said was
, blamed fool if | did not quit tryir
to raise corn. His idea is to pla
rico which will grow in water and
done with it.
u Col. Crayton, Of Anderson, ga,
growing rice is profitable. Th
/" John II. Cochran raised ono yet
y near Anderson court house, makil
. an immense yield from 100 acre
+ that he wns a greater success in po
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