The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-29
Enr INLAND Rice.

In the fatWoods region OF Alabama
much upland rice is grown, says e.
writer in Southern Magazine. It is
planted from March Is to April'15,,, and
harvested from Aug. 10 to Sept.s 10.
Lands can be purchased in this region
for from 50 to So an acre. accordlng5 to
location and improvements, and can pc
prepared for the crop at not exceeding
81 an acre. The soil is deep, of a 'choc-
olate color, and is suitable for great
variety of crops. A farmer can. start
in finely with forty acres Of which ten
may be planted TO rice and the rest
given up to corn, oats, hay, cotton or
other crop. OF course there is ample
opportunity for those who 9sire..uto
cultivate large areas Large rice plan
tations, managed with business care,
should be most profitable investments.
There are many splendid rice growing
sections along the Southern Railway
in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi. The coast region of
South Carolina and Georgia is. especial
" well adapted to profitable rice cdl-
ture, and lands are to be had at low
cost. ~
In Alabama the rice growing districts
comprise a wide extent of territory
along the main line running from
Birmingham, Ala, to GreenVille Miss.
A correspondent considers the country
around Itta Bena and Moorhead unus-
ually well adapted to the crop IhaIl us
a very healthy section of country. The
lands are very rich but are, to be had
at from $3.50 TO SO an acre. They VIII
yield from forty to seventy-fiVe bush
els an acre. ttS ~.
Farmers from the North would find
this a crop worth attention, and loea,
tons in the rice regions more valuable
than those in grain DISTRICTS. At any
ordinary selling price pf2rmer VINO
makes from twenty TO foFtS cents, a
bushel on his wheat crop is TdoIngj well
A wheat crop Of twenty bushek to, the
acre is much greater than the Beverage
one. That would pay the tat}F2 hut
IS an acre With rice crop prod!e Ton
OF only forty bushels an<acre the save
profit would be realized. While thf
Weld generally viii be much greater.
No special skill is required :, I'M -fthe
culture and harvesting Of rice 1t Ais
cultivated just like corn. with theseH
ception a distances in planting. AbQ4
three pecks OF seed to the acre is thf
ordinary amount sown, and chat is TO
be had at from IS cents 10 $l25, a
bushel. An acre can be made 20 pro-
ducc scVeuty-five or eighty I'VE Rusn-
els If located i'm "a god rice scctionTQne
farmer on the Southern Railway alast
wear who raised only forty bushels 40
the acre had total cost Of culuNatio
OF less than ten cents "A bushcl He in
iured 10 Boo storing but even then sold
il at nftv cents q busheL yielding him
net return of SIG AN acre. one man
can cultivate ten acres OF rice. besisles
that much corn and as many acres Of
oats.
Rice ns food is steadily growing
Boa favor n is used all over the world
and no country is better agopteisf FOR
ne cultivation than thc Ininl states.
our market for r. is steadily growing.
especially HF rho recent tendency 'haa
boon 90 Improve the character M tln
cf0n N is not unlikely that we shall
room o. exporting it even tO thc EHfi-
EN- countries Tire grain lni fho rough
IH Ono fur horses hogs ono upulfw.
NruF consider ifH straw HH equal fo
Um0fhr hHr Recent lWpf0f mfufr
hare mafe If possible t0 erect rIeo MN
ln ttfrF uef crossing community
Southern F.fw MHrHlinr