The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-09-04
A SPLENDID FARM EXHIBIT.
The South Leads the Nation in
Farming Industries.

and will continue to move in lncreas
ing number. Their chance today Ii
in the South.
Figures covering tho past twont,
years, as analysed by tho Southern
Farm Magazine, proved it. Tho ad
vance of the South ayriculturally in
comparison with that of the rest of the
country appears III the following per.
cottages of increase between 1880 and
1900:
reputation. n.............. .43.6 500
Number of persona engaged in agrlcul-
turc. 1868 31.1
Value of farm property. .735 G6.7
After deducting the value of pro-
ducts fed to stock and the amounts of
money spent for labor aud for fertiiz-
ers, the proceeds OF the farms rop-
resented at the close of the twenty years
period, 25 per cent. returned on the
investment in farm property in the
South and 11.2 per cent. ON tho invest
ment in the rest of the country.
These arc the conclusions of an elab-
crate survey Of Southern farm progress
in an article in the September issue of
the Southern Farm Magazine, which
says:
"In the twenty years under review
the value Of farm property in the South
95l ,G3l ,G32, or Isl ,GGl ,2G7 ,3ll, an ad-
vance Of 72 per cent, and in the whole
country from $l2 ,1S0 sol ,538 to $780,
430, ,00l ,1G4, or IS ,259 $780, ,G2G, or G7
per cent. The values Of farm products
as gwen arc tho value Of gross pro
ducts. They include the products fed
to stock. a clearer idea of the relation
Of products, or the income of the farms,
to the value of farm properties or the
Investment, is to be had by dcducting
from the gross value of products not
fed to stock the amount Of money
paid for labor and the amount for fer
tiliZer, which in manufacturing might
be classed as the free capital. The
remainder, in the absence Of figures
for insurance, taxes, etc., may be re-
gardod as fairly representative of farm
incomes, and the proportion that it is
of the value of farm properties may be
regarded as fairly representative of farm
incomes, and the proportion that it is
Of tho value of farm properties may be
considered tho rate Of interest on tho
investment.
Hero the showing made by the
South ls emlnontly satisfactory, on the
whole, for upon it's fixed investment of
$3,95l ,G31 ,632 1t received $0S9,905,-
593, or 25 por cent, while the whole
country on an Investment Of 800 ,439,-
9Ol ,lG4 received $3,33l BOG GIT, or
1862 per cent. The percentage IN but
one State--Maryland--was below The
percentage for the whole country, tho
District of Columbia hardly being con-
siderable in this connection because Of
the Investment represented by govern
ment properties. The percentages in
other States were as follows: MISSISSIPPI
pi, AZ; Alabama, 4l.4; Georgia, 34.6;
Arkansas, 34 8; South Carolina, 1873;
North Carolina, 29,6; Louisiana, 27.3;
Tennessee, "a; Florida, 23.9; Texas,
20.4; Kentucky, 20; Virginia, 1911 and
West Virginia, 1877. The rank of the
States in net value of products was:
Texas, $10G 1888, ,8l3; Kentucky, $94,-
G16,G75; Mississippi, $S5 1884 ,3O4;
Georgia, $40 ,1G2 ,63G; Alabama, $74,-
377 ,0G9; North Carolina, 500 ,276 ,7G8;
Arkansas, $62 ,733 ,020; Virginia, $G2,-
073,225; Louisiana $54 800 ,232; South
Carolina, $51 1923 1862; West Virginia,
$34 ,1G1 ,2S9; Maryland, $2G,7l9,119;
FLORIDA, %13 500 ,0G4, and the District
of Columbia, $G25 ,037.
(" In every one OF five typical groups
of States in othor parts of the country
the percentage of the investment as
thus estimated ID below the average
for the country, and of the mneteon
States in those groups, but four
Maine, with 1913 per cent; Vermont,
lG.9; North Dakota, II s.; and Kansas,
l7.3-are above tho average, the per-
centages for the other States, including
two below The lowest percentages IN
ahy State in the South, being South
Dakota, 15.8; Nebraska, 156; Ohio,
1873; New Hampshire, 15.3; Con-
necticut, Is; Rhode Island, 14.8; In
diana, 14.7; Missouri, lac; Now
York, ID; Massachusetts, 1877; New
Jersey, 1877; Iowa, 1874 Pennsylvania,
1873; and Illinois, IL.
I" The value of lands with improve
ments increased 67 per cont in the
South and G2 per cent in tho whole
country; of implements, 120 per cont
in the South and 81 per cent IN the
whole country, and of live stock, IS
per cent in tho South and 05 per cent
Ill eAo VhoAo SouhVly' vi tIlo IOCtl III
creases in values in the South, 81 ,G61 +,
2G7 ,311, the increase IN tho value o.
lands, 81 ,237 ,240,G2O, was 74.7 pc
cent; live stock, 1882, ,574, 1856, was 19. :,
per cent, and implements, $01 ,451,
956, was 6.4 per cent, roughly calcul
ated. OF tho increase in the who'll
country, 8,250, ,300, ,G2G, the increas
In the value of lands, sc, AT ,550,715
was 77.6 per cent; Of live stock, 81,
49S, S,5o2 800, was 1872 per cont, and O
implements, $343 1866, ,015 was AZ pc
cent.
Gratifying is tho exhibit here made
1t reveals the capabilities of tn
agricultural South. 1t is the golde
side of the shield. But there is anott
er side. 1t is really just as COLDER
circumstances, however, for which tn
South is not entirely responsible hav
blurred 1t and reduced it's attractive
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