The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-07-27
A BOUNTEOUS HARVEST A SERIES OF FIST FIGHTS
THE pee DEE PARTICULARLY BLESSED
SAYS NEWS AND COURIER
The BEST CROPS IN YEARS
News ana Courier's Correspondent
Visits the Pee Dee Section and
Tells of Some Wonderful Crops.

Visits the Pee Dee Section and
Tells of Some Wonderful Crops.
Florence, July 23.-Special: Esti-
mating crops is one of the most diff
ticult tasks that men Set for them
selves; the results of these esti-
mates quite often prove their use
lessness. To declare at this time
or year just how many bales of cot
ton and how many bushels of corn
Will be harvested from the present
crop is uncertain business. But a
peep at the growing crops, taken on
an eighty mile automobile trip gives
III 'measure some idea of what
may be expected from the lands
viewed; conversation with represen-
tative farmers from many sections
OF the State also from many sections
OF the State also affords another
means of, in measure, determining
what the results of this years har-
vest will be. And while this cor
respondent does not essay to give
estimates (for he has not consult.
ed the cotton authority of the
State,) with the information gath
cred from many sources, it is not
hazardous to state that the fields
this year will yield one of the
greatest harvests ever gathered by
the farmers of the Pee Dee section
of South Carolina.
A Bounteous Harvest.
The statement, however, should
be equalified to some degree for
1t is certain that some sections of
this country that have very poor
crops - those sections where there
was too much rain at one time and
that were later hurt by the long
L
COTTON are very far below what is
expected from the early paintings;
besides, cotton, that was replanted
VIII make but poor showing. But
taken as a whole the yields will be
Dounteous this year, and the crop
VIII be a recordbreaker. With
some OF the farmers in this coun-
try IL Will mean the pulling dowr
OF the old barns and the building
or new ones for the old will burst
with the glorious fruits of the har.
vest.
That the farmers OF the Pee Dee
are expecting fine crop may also
De learned from the manner in
which they themselves regard the
SITUATION. They say very little, and
that is significant attitude. Al
VINO know readily agree that the
farmer himself is the most conserya
tive OF all who attempt to estimate
growing crops; he fears TO trust
himself in the venture, he fears dis
aster and from the busines.
standpoint, because OF il.
erect on the market, he will not
as a usual thing, give utterance tc
MS hopes. But on the other hand
1t ne is convinced that there will be
but poor harvest, there is never
any doubt as to where he stands
Ihls year the farmers are SAYING
very little, but it is apparent thai
their hopes are high. And in these
hopes whole people join most
heartily.
Cotton Crop.
In Florence county, on the road
from the county seat to Olanta. are
10 be seen some of the finest fields
OF cotton to be found anywhere.
The stalks are large and well-color-
ed, and the fruitage is splendid.
mere are very few fields that have
Deen drowned out or burned up in
the drought; old cotton is healthy
In appearance and wealthy in fruit.
true, there are spots that are most
nlscouraging, but they are rare.
and then from Olanta on the. road
toward Timmonsville are still more
line fields. 1t was noticeable, how
ever, that in the very southernmost
part OF Darlington county. skirted
Dy the road taken, the crops were
not so good, and in that immediate e
secnon or Florence county the same
condition prevailed. Out from Tim
monsville a mile or so there were
also some fields that were not so
good. But taken in the whole, the
cotton crop seen on that eighty
mile Jaunt is hard to beat.
Corn.
Corn is something beautiful TO
look at. Great fine stalks in broad
f1elds present a most pleasing sight,
ana each OF the stalks has its allot-
ed ear of fruit. There are MANY
prize acres of corn in the county,
possibly more than sixty, and the
planters are expecting great things
from these acres. Jerry Moore
had better look to his laurels or
Ills fine record of last year will be
equalied or outstripped by some one
III this neck of the woods. There
were seen also many fields of corn
planted on the Williamson plan.
Ihe writer had the idea that his
/ plan was not purused so generally
In this immediate section. but the
trip Saturday convinced him not
only of its general acceptation but
OF its obvious merit. The fields
planted according to Williamson s
method were among the very finest
seen and the yield will be for these
among the very best.
Tobacco Outlook
| AS to the tobacco crop this year
there seems TO be little division in
estimates and opinions. The crop
is short and there is no getting
around it; the yield will be just
about 60 per cent of normal How
ever the grade of the weed seems to
| be a little better and the prices will