The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-29

practical diversihcation that is keep
Ing these millions Of dollars at home
and making the music Of prosperity
that is abroad in the land.
Hog and floniny.
"The most gratifying thing about
|, all Is, that the people are now
aroused and awakened to
the absolute necessity Of proceeding
with the fnIlaat sdevelnn'neni ~ tn"
live stock Industry, which will mean
more hog 10 go with the hominy,
and In the end complete living ut
home.
ut Il articularly gratifying to US
men wb have been pushing the asri-
cultural industry In South Carolina
with all the energy we possess to
know the Increase in yield per acre,
which has been over 1909, as fol-
lows: Cotton, 2 pounds; corn, 1 g
10 bushels; wheat, 1-2 bushel ;oats,
2 bushels, lover 1909); potatoes. 5
bushels; rye, 2-1s bushels; hay. .o2
Of ton.
These figures are particularly
gratifying when we take cotton, for
instance, where In South Carolina
the yield of lint cotton has been
brought up to 212 pounds, while the
average for the United States Is only
1851 pounds. This is higher yield
per acre than all the States in the
cotton belt, save Virginia, North
Carolina, Missouri and California,
and only one of these, North Caro-
lima, is worth considering at all, as
the others are now considered among
the large producing States.
Sources Of Loss.
"This has Leen done notwithstand
ing a total loss Of an average OF 10
hounds of lint cotton to the acre d.
vided as follows from the causes
named:
Deficient moisture, 1876 pounds;
excessive moisture, 23.7 pounds
foods, 81 pounds; hot winds. IL
pounds; storms. !" pounds; other cii
matte, 4.T pounds. Total climatic
All pounds; boil worm, pounds
total insect, IL pounds; plant dis
ease, ia pounds; other causes un
known, 9.S pounds.
"The plan. disease item Is lsrgei!
due to anthracnose and to cottol
wilt. For the former rigid inspec
ton has been instituted to iAsur'
seed free from it and for thu latte
a wilt-resistent variety Of cotton i
being suppli,1 to the growers
an wheat we lack only five hush
els OF being up to the AVERAGE in tn
United States and potatoes onlv thre
bushels, and we are reaching ous TO
the average of the nation In :o:n.
Another significant feature Q! tl
situation as IL is changing with thi
development in, agriculture e n
while South c.. clina had 24f pc
cent Of all her land In crops In 1900
considerably larger percentage
now devoted % agriculture.
Land Now Under Cultivation.
"For instance, between 1880 an
1900, only IA per cent of our Ian
area was devoted to corn, while no.
corn has grown on 9.S per cent
Wheat has increased from l per cen
to 1.5 per cent, and at the presen
time 1913 per cent OF the total Ian
area of the State is devoted to cotton
"The maintenance of the full aV
erage crop OF cotton In the face o
the corn agitation of 1910 is re
markable and is shown by the fac
that up to December 13, 1,108,96
running bales, including linters an
sea island cotton, have been ginned
This would indicate In the ligh
of all past experience, both as to eli
matte and general conditions, a run
ming bale crop this year OF 1,1S4,79'
bales, though in the figures We hav
compiled the running bale crop ha
been placed purposely at 1,176,OS
bales.
1.-The figures apply this year t
square bales of 492 pounds each. A
early as October the State depart
ment Of agriculture issued an esti
mate of this years total crop at l.
10O,0 500-round bales, and tn
ginners' figures for this State indi
cate that this estimate may be onI,
q few hundred bales out OF the way
General Congratulations.
1T has been particularly crafty
Ing to the State department of agri
culture to realize that all forces AM
agencies making for agricultural de
velnpment IN this State has heel
working IN perfect harmony for tn
magnificent result that has been OBJ
tanned, and that all OF these force
feel now that they have but barrel.
entered upon the best Of their work
The State department wishes Ii
making this announcement to con
graduate all OF these men represent
ing these various forces on thei
achievements, and to congratulate
the people of the State that the.
have such forces helping the psopi