The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-19
IN THE LAND OF COTTON.
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T. Herseiy. Esq. OF Dayton, Ohio. was
In town last week. He and others have
bought two hundred acres OF land NJ Cal
Su 70 move % down VI % mere 10 spy out The land. and
10 report back To their people their couvic.
lions OF q country Of which the outside world
knows nothing. There Is, perhaps. no part
OF Uncle sans domain which ls 90 little
undsrstood abroad as this Southland Of ours.
For thirty years We have been as completely
cut on f.orr intercourse with the people out.
been built around us. Not in quarter o.
century have We seei any man from dis.
| tapce come here 10 examine Into the actnai
Inviting nd vanIages OF this section for fsrm.
Ing.
| Now and then a stranger has come into our
cities, but who has seen man IN search of
home with as on the tarm? We can count
on the fingers Of one hand the names OF all
the people from distance Who have come
their ss,sies. one prospersd. and ono has got.
tsu rich. They are with q. today. we
do not recall the facts n 10 others-if
mt M. asrssIs Hs Iso vas much impressed with the
idea that he and his associates bad secured
good place, and he thought that they would
plant one hundred acres OF IN nay. he
70 hire 70 plow II or break IL up. This In o
country where you couldn't nnd two
horse plow 10 days journey.
Minded ind % isis editor Of hi: W szpsfienss 10 plant.
log oats on land adjoining the land which
Mr.. Hersely snd bis associates have bought.
l. was in ls.e we rented Gr.at ns'as , OF ,he me
were for hire In the neiynoorhooo, ano n<uL
reed down there In great wagon loads. Seed
were h,ah then. possibly 81 30 10 500 ou-
shei. We expected when tho harvest lime
should come 10 have more oats than tGs
mythical Carter ever dreamed OF possessing
We were In much the frame Of mind aa 70
oats that We conceive our 96io friends ends 70 s oe
the hay. than We we're In oats. II they woold
avoid danger they must mus. modify no ,ns.r p.as p,.us:
their money. In our farming experiment.
We had many drawoacks noon xhich We had
not counted nj the beginnins. The seed vent
hs,. we asrs no. sSo sos po~s ;Ssn there
are no Two horSe plows nov. All we had 70
do then was 10 wait results.
The Data cane up alright: Ate. Anss that nat sss, cane
got taste OF the young osts and evsry body
knows that cattle sno sneep cant % seps cn
oats afIer they get tnste OF "; Inen oIy
That cut short what the sheep LEFT Then
when harvest time came. the nins. col 10 and
lcontinued for ABOUT Two weeks SONG o. oos
oats and wheat sprouted 10 the helo, end
some oft fsI! down before The rsspsrs gould
get there. When We mad gatnered wnst tnere
vas 70 DO gathered the price went dowp, epa
it took . large part OF the small crop at tne
On rounding up tho n:urea OF proat and
loss We were moro tnan wv out OF pooket or
that crop Of oata. Except one otnes s@sn
,9slsnt snReinis iiss1. ~ % Tne o osher eapsIimens on
email scale wee equaiy oisastLoIs. We IuI-
nished The lsnd and tne seeo iot naI We s ~ ~
duct Ine sowea o' wy go @ y. I, .,rlc on ar ~.
tbe held. Toe prospect next spring wss n0s
bright, but got u cut and naeied 70 toe osIn
lone half Tor the othcr. NY Dali didnt
amount 70 much. we 90 not KNOW Wnas 70
come Of the other bali. 49,
IL might a wei oe ,tated r;gnt mere tnst
We are now peImenenty GUY OF tn9 oes ous,.
ne:s even - our UnaG n,Snos rss, Es no oooo'
This editor once had another experiment ~
farming. he nad always neAfo snst sne
growing o, Pea w. va. noi ,,sm,v Sny ::
q land en- iicher. sonie tnIee yen sso ne
determined 70 w tne ekPeslWens % Msa
log money and enriehins his land. a pro,
dt In the POCKET v0uld not 90 tess picesent
70 contemplate than the enriched Iand; % !. ne e
could not get tne COW PEI Sut psso 49, s~,ns -
the unknow pea, WHICH nao ooen heoom-
20 soaea a,% n ss sss TSsy os
i sk ha
rlXnt anu gIew ou uSy. ~ - ~ .ssi.
| wouio make Peas Snouk. !" p SsS ".Sss
place next year. Wnen tuo .su y. uo yess
Icamo We watched tne pea vlnes ous ~ no
peas. We then feli oack on me VneStton
that We could gather au abundance OF COW
feed. We thought the time los cutung va NJ
hand, and made arrangement 70 move tbom
next week. When We went there the land
looked bare, and ve Thought somebody nad
gathered the crOp, but the tenant orphaned
70 us that the leaves o. the unnno1n