The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-28
RECORD BEATEN
be Value Il f.,n 'Ioduels Sew Great
Srd Du,i g lie Var

Srd Du,i, g tie Y,ar
/ OVER ALL OTHER YEARS
i State Department o: agriculture In
! Aanu.I Repor: Places Value o!
Farm Products In South Carolics
., SI45. 1918, or Nore Than
Eight Million Above 1909.
& statement .Ssued Wednesday
c.sh. by e. J. Watson. commissioner
o: agriculture. commerce and indus
tries. SHOWS ;ha; the year 1910 has
been one oi progress in agriculture
IL South Carolina. The value OF the
{, products grown upon tae lands OF
th.s State aas reached the enormous
sum OF I;5.iSa.5S3. which IS three
times sae 1900 Ggu,es aot more thai
sS.0o0.00o above the 1909 value OF
products o: he se!c.
IL Col Watson's summary Of con-
/ d:;.ons were given cut :abula;!ons
showing increased ac.ease OF corn.
waea: an6 osae. produces OF the field.
Tobacco ard rice shcw ..-c-exsea,
h- rice a:.~:,:. Tor 1870 IS l7.31v
a"a:us, ls.soo for las; year. The
production figures place cotton at
l.lI6.0Sl bales and cora at ti.I33.-
o0G Col Wa,soa's corn figures
stirred Up The Government stats
.c!ans recently.
summary.
Coz. Watson.s statement Is ss FOL.
.owc:
agriculture in South Caro!ina IL
the year 1910. though as ye; The re-.
development has but just begun. has
brought this State again 10 the fore
front. among the agricultural! pro
ducins States OF the Cn:cn. and as
business proposition Agriculture Is
again assuming the leaC ne value
OF the priac!pa! agricultural! pro
ducts tbs year being greater than
twice the value Of the manufacture
output O. ali the textiles and the
cotton see.l OIL mills combined. !;
IS not improbable tina, the total value
OF the leading agricultural products
Will practically equal the value OF
al manufactured products in the
State. including fertilizers and lum-
Ser
That revolution has been
wrought IN the pas, decade may be
gathered from the fact shat IL 1900
South Carolina ranked t*enty-seeond
In agricultural products among the
States OF tee Union. with a total
va!ue OF s.;r:cu!:.r.! products in that
year OF S5l.3ci.0G0 For 1905 the
. State had .!ssn il rank to e!:htcea,h
and this year VII! rise still higher.
The to:a! value o; :he principal as-i-
c;Ii;S.al products his year. Including
tAe co.tc2 crop with the seei. cora.
Nay. wheat octs. toa.cco. potatoes.
rye scd rice. w!thcu: tak.ng into con
s.te:1:icn az a.! ;ha truck industry:
which has probably ne:ted four NIL
Lon dollars. II not more. IS s;45.-
1855. a!mos, thee times the ts
ure c"o:ed sho"e for 1900. ana
a-a!os. SIS. ..!So.0s7 70: BE yea,
1909 Cor ;he sam" crops. a. Increase
52r the Agricultural Industry. re-
Sa-a!oss o: truck and i've s;ocA dug
Ing tbs year. OF sS.3o.4.s
The Increase il the cotton crop.
as'rS hsurcs which are probably sew
e:a! thousand bales less :5an the
ac,ua! crop. IS 81. 5000. aad th!s
has been accomplished nc,w.;hstsc1-
!ag :se immense !:npetus c!vea 70
co-n-c-owiag. which resulted In the
ore yea! In crop being Increased >.
ss.692 900 "a value.
He'd j. no: been FOR the dacce,ss
o. aea-ly oae-:our:h million dollars
IN the rice crop and nearly three.
=! :curths n1:,!ion dollars IN the tob,cco
! crop. or j. these crccs had even KEEP;
! up 10 last years ag".cs. the grant
! :o.al increase Tor this year would
have reached OUT 70. zen million co!-
lars. J., is &c ,. doubted X hardly
~, ~
han1sc;ce- Increase IN hi. wonter-
=! =! yea. .n agriculture! development.
States Increase.
II: IS noteworthy that South Caro-
l:nas percentage Of Increase "a tie
n;ne ye"rs. :-om 1900 10 1903. was
ia-c... th.n any o. the States o: the
Union. with tAe e1ceo:ion o. sixteen.
wi:h Su: OF. exception. were the
cew S.2.cs where :he perc"Etage
would naturally be large. aac With
which {: wo:id be hardy FAIR TO
raa-e II 1909 the State OF III
nc:s was he lea ,!nS State n a:-!-
~r'-r:e. iev!ae products valued a.
So. oSa.oo0. With this Dsgn'ecent
r-"re Souia Carol!na's record this
yea. compares :avoraaly. Being at a
.rr; wh!~h wo:ld place her on the
hae.s o. las: ves-s result immediate
Il following The twri.:h State =
-ank I, Is particularly aoteworth.
r>.:wi,"s;gHG.nS I'll ;h,: .s sa!d in
;he above % corn. magnificent crop
raised w:-hou, 6e,r;meHt 30 the res
uio. cct.on cro> 20 note the Increase
o. ae,-lr million bushels n wa~a:
bringing - nearly on"-hal. million
dollars more 20 .hc producer, than
;hc yea before.
All Of these figures indicate tas;
a; l-st :hA P."ol" OF this St3te have
awakcned &c the fact that they hart
! \ 7o1o?cIr ro,ev c-on. which is al
nos. never falling n is aveca-e and