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

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rice were made why was it abandon
ell to great extent? The answer
sorms to DO bilious fever engeLder-
Ell by the flooding and amongst the
small fry the difficulty ~ to milling
and preparing for market.
At tn" time they were trying rice
in Anderson county and dying with
bilious fever tho Same disouse was
ravaging this section, Spartanburg
nounty, where no rice was planted.
In agricultural report Of Georgia,
volume 6 r"y" ~, in 1880, twenty
acres of rico was sown broad cast
and Hooded ut once and kept flooded
all tho tina from which ono hundred
bushels per aero was made, and the
same manner is pursued in Louisiana
and cut with machines also.
feel like something has to be
done. | can no longer hire hands to
raise cotton at present prices. |
have to pay the lnhorer & bales then
there can be nothing for me-. 1 have
~ tenants to tuke an acre each.
want to try about 20 more, but am
getting fearful that | cannot prepare
tho land in time az it is now in wild
grass, too much rain sets us back
There is one other matter to which
| desire TO ca.l your attention, viz:
Rice is the only product which has
not gone down III price since the
war. Cotton has gone from 20 cents
to 4 J, corn from ~ to 10 Gems, oats
frcm $l.25 to 30 or 40 cents, but
rice has gore from 3! to H. con,s
before the year, to and ents now
The reason is We mako an over sup
ply Of cotton, wheat, corn, &c, and
have our prices fixed for US in Liver
pool in competition with tho cheap
est labor countries OF the world;
whereas in rice wo do not raise over
half the qnanti'y consumed and con,
scqucntly ii must be imported, on
which Il tariff is laid, (2a cents dur
ing the war aud in 1890, under the
Mckinley tariff bill, 2 cents PEI
pound)
My friend Starke Robinson says il
will pay to grow rico for the ha!
alone, but unless it can be hoodet
the moving is tedious and costly
I job.
BY consulting "Tho Hand Book o
South Carolina" you will find hotl
) swamp and upland rice culture dis
cussed by Harry Hammond. FL
says the average production in Soutl
Carolina is -- bushels por aero WORT
in the aggregate s3o; whereas th
average production of cotton is IS
\ pounds at 10 cents is $500.
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g The cultivation Of upland rice
q Of growing interest to the farmers c
: this State. Tho low price Of cotto
h compcls us to seek other means {
O making money.
Il The farmer must look to the soil fc
l>,;r
y after raising everything possible thu
y he consumes on his farm, find some
Is thing besides cotton to meet necei
e sary expenses. In uplnnd rico W
o have ready money crop, and who
1t the soil is suitable costing less thu
v cotton to cultivate and market it.
# BY request Of Col. Holloway,
ID Pomaria, | will give my broth
farmers Of tho State the benefit
is my experience in raising upland ric
10 Those living in tho middle tier
I'd counties and lowor down need no i
ID formation on this subject
70 !st The soil shonlh bo alluvii
I'd any level pine Iaud, gam bottom
q basin will grow rico Oak and bic
~ ory land, and clay hills or pipo eli
ut bottoms arc not adapted to succcs
be fnl rico culture. In any part Of t
State that have over been, rico CT
Us be grown If the land is selected
at know nothing about raising rice
sr, flooding, have soon it done on
g small scale, but wo do not pract
~; it in Orangcburg county.
IL I'd. The preparation Of the la
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