The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-19


parts OF the world and have overcome
! all oppoSition
DEVELOPMENT OF coLD STORAGE.
w" cannot overlook WHAT ,hr iuvcn.
| iion Of the rcfriGcratiny machines ami
what cold storage has done 70, he
! farmer. rs we'll aH the city resident
! during the last few Years I'r,c.icuilv
unknown sixty years ago The cold
storage system hats made it p0>S!hlr
| for farmers to markrt their products
! in all parts Of the wOrld 1t has made
poSSihlr the erection of the great pack.
| in% houses in Chicago. Kansas city and
elsewhere. one OF these alour employ
| 'n% 5000 persons and paying %,O0n.oHn
| III wages. and taking direct from the
| farms and >laughlcr.uy 2.2NONm cattle,
hogs and sheep in Il single year, dis
| lrihu,inG throughout tn" country SD
Ouo.ouW WORTH OF provisions. l3Utm'. onu
pn,!n;iS Of "i,'' and l1,NO sons OF fer.
,ilzcr.
It is estimated that ;lcr" are now
1M,WW.Dnu cubic feet in cold Siora@"
warehouses. Onr-third of which is de-
voted to fruits HlGnr. There is Sluu
Wln.UOn invested in cold storage plants:
and the value OF the goods krpl in store
is worth moro ihan SItlO. NUnn As
an example OF the mporianc" 81 This
industry. Dccrmbcr !. 1901 il was cS,i.
mated than there were l.T1l .2tn barrels
Of apples in cold storage in This cOulI-
try alone. Il is said that III thr pres
rn, time there arc in on" hOliS.. in chi.
Gag" 3W|OOl barrels Of apples briu"
preserved for future distributions
NEW YORK LEADS IN DIARIES
Ten years ago. The census OF lS>O
showed that Iowa was the greatest
dairy state in thr United States. 'rhr
| rrccn, census. however. places Now
York ahead of Iowa. with lOU.Nr0 moro
dairy COWS. yic!dlI; I'D gallons more
milk per COW.
WHEAT, INDIAN CORN, ETC.
For years Amcricnu farmers have
prodntpd more wheat than those c!
any other country. The supply OF
| wheat per unit of popul,, ton has NOR,
than doubled itself during the last
sixty years. According to the census
of 1882 it was 1876; in 1910. .l.33: 1859.
| 80; 1869, Tag: while in 1879 !, was
DIG. Sixty years ago about 1ivr-righthS
| Of our entire wheat product was prl.
| duccd i'll Ohio. Pennsylvania. New
York and Nirginin. IN 1880 The output
from these States wal; S4.S23,272 bush
els. The westward trend Of our wheat
producing areas has brcn one of grad
| unl development. and thr total output
in 1900 was COS. 50! .2232 bushels. valued
scntcd more than :,2,5SS 900 acres.
With the perfection Of modern Gle
rarorS for the storing of immense uuan.
titles OF wheat. the completion Of rail
ways and ears for carrying grain. and
the great storage capacity of our ocean
liners. our farmers Of to-day transact
Il commercial business with foreign
countries with wheat alone that was
thought impossible sixty years ago.
In the fiscal year 10O2 exports OF
wheat and flour were 23i ~, 600 bush
els.
Our corn product was reported sixty
years ago at about :1T. .50OOU0 bushels.
while in 1900 we produced 2,G6G, ,NOO.-
COO. covering All area of 9I,016.0O0
acres, representing n valur of SS2S.-
23S,32G. The American Agriculturists
| estimated yield Of 1902 is 2,JlG OOO, ,OOu
bushels. Sixty years ago Tennessee
stood first in corn production. followed
in order by Kentucky. Virginia. Ohio.
Indiana. North Carolina aud Illinois.
The centre Of corn production was then
in the South and the seven States pro.
ductd more than tivr-SiXthS Of the en-
tire crop. Now The Miss iS$ippi River
| may fairly divide the corn producing
areas OF the United States into equal
parts. In 1890 The seven principal corn
producers were Ohio. Indiana. Illinois.
Iowa. Missouri, Kansas and Neh,a Ska
In 1890 these States produced about
l.4l3592. 600 bushels; of con. or nearly
tour times as much AZ the whole cO,m
Try IN 1910. In 1902 these same States
according to Il recent estimate by us.
produced ,1,Ti1.I31, COO bushels The
carry hSlrcs, compared with tho out.
put Tor 1902. give the general idea Of
inc "ohdcriut progress made during
,he last ten years in corn culture. Like
progress has been made among other
cereals.
WHAT MACHINERY HAS DONE.
'otufcclE Inyllllns. Is done on fhp
farm today in which ma chincrv tlocs
not perform the greater portion of tho
labor. Thc shcaring Of sheep. which
il was thought Il few years ago could
ba accomplished only by the skiiful
use OF shears in The human hand. is
now done in q much more economical
and humane way with power driven
machines. With grain sown. cut,
bound, threshcd. cleaned. sacked.
hauled and stored by ma achincry. and
corn planted. cultivated. cut and even
hustled by mechanical devices, while
thc mower cuts. the tedtcr spreads,
the horse rake gathers, the loader loads
and the carrier unloads the hay. the
farmer of to-Cay certainly has the al.
vantage of the tiller OF the soil who
ploddcd along sixty years ago. Hc Is
certainly master of the situation. and
in every sense Of the world is entitled
to his higher and N 'rc diSnilicl poi.
ton as master Of the soil.
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