The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-06-22
A FINE WHEAT CROP.

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portion Of the crop not yet having
been threshed, enough has been
learoed to establish the fact that no
such crop has ever been raised in
Union county before, and in view of
the fact that the crop in the VIII eat
growing sections is so near failure
as to cause considerable alarm, and
flour is already advancing rapidly as
result, our farmers arc to be con-
graduated upon their foresight in
putting in good crop OF wheat this
year. While quite n number are
contending for the prize offered for
the best acre, there are many others
not contending for the prize who
have crops almost as fine. 1t is to
be regretted that the rains which
have come since the harvest, has re-
tarded the curing Of the wheat for
grinding, and much Of it in the upper
section has already begun to sprout
in the shock. 1t is to be hoped that
we will now have good weather until
the crop can be saved.
Here is what some Of our farmers
say Of the crop:
| Mr.. Miles Smith, Of Pinckney
township, planted about 9 bushels OF
| wheat on 9 acres, and his yield was
102 bushels. Fail oats that with
stood the cold weather are fine, but
u large portion Of the crop was killed,
spring oats are very fine in his sec
tion.
Mr.. B. G. Gregory, Of Santuc, re-
ports that they have not been huct
by the rains, what they have haG has
been very beneficial to the crops,
about Santuc and Fish Dam. The
grain crop wheat and oats both
fine, the yield will be 10 to - Per
cent. greater per acre than heretofore,
and the acreage is 20 per cent. greater
Wheat about all cut, and threshers
are at work.
4hi' VI cOtISSN At''
has crop that is hard to beat. He
planted > bushels Of wheat on one
piece of ground, used 2 sacks of
guano, and gathered 469 bushels Of
wheat. He also made a very fine
crop Of oats. Those he has had
threshed yielded one bushel to the
shock. He has one Of the finest cab
bage patches in the county. He set
out G,C00 plants, and has already
sold more than $40 worth Of cabbages
from his patch. a man who farms
this way is in a position to care very
little about the nuctuation in the
price of cotton. Cotton is not king
with him. We long for the day when
this can be said Of the majority at
least Of our farmers.
There was a very heavy rain in the
West Spring section Saturday. Mr..
Jno. Black, about Is years old, sail
it was one of the heaviest he has
seen. The wheat crop is very fine,
and the oat crop good. But the
recent rains have retarded farm work |
considerably, and the farmers have
not been able to do any work for two
weeks. The grass is gaining great
headway. The wheat has begun TO
sprout IN the shocks, and unless they |
can get dry, sunshine weather,
considerable portion of the crop will
be lost. The bottom lands are over
flowed, and the hillside crops washed |
considerably. The Forest was out Of
it's banks Monday.
Mr.. J. l.. McWhirter, Of Jonesyillc,
has prize acre but it has not yet
been threshed and we cannot give
the yield, but the acre made about
lis shocks OF wheat.
Mr.. Warren Barnett, Of Union, has
prize acre. He used 400 ponds
fertilizer and got yield OF 10 large
shocks. He had a fine crop Of oats.
He cut his oats, and planted corn on
the Stubble, it is now up and looking
fine, he will also plant his wheat
stubble land. He has planted his
corn rows 6 feet apart and will plant
peas in the center. lie intends TO
get what he can from his land this
year.
Mr.. +. +. Vaughan, Of Adamsburg,
says that the rain has not been SUI
ficient to retard farming in his sec
tion. The farm prospects are the best
they have been in several Years. All