The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-25
CREATES WEALTH
What THE FARMERS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA DID
PRODUCTS They RAISE

And What They Contribute to the
| General Prosperity and Wealth Of
| the State and Nation by What
They Produce On Their Farms and
| Other Ways.
Statistics for farm products FOR
South Carolina are presented in a
bulletin soon to be issued by Direc-
tor Durand of the Bureau of the Cen
sus, Department of Commerce anc
Labor. The returns for live stock
products obtained at the census OF
1910. like those for crops, relate 10
the activities Of the calendar year
1909. 1t is impossible to give total
representing the annual production
Of live stock products for the reason
| that the total value of products from
the business OF raising domestic an
| imals for use, sale, or slaughter can
| not be calculated from the census
| returns.
The number of farms which mace
| any report Of milk produced during
1909 was 1879, and the number OF
COWS on such farms on April Is.
1910. was 10000. The amount OF
| milk reported was 37,S62,000 gallons
assuming that there were the same
| number Of cows in 1909 as in 1910
this would represent an average OF
a7S gallons per COW. The total thus
obtained for 1909 is s2.S01. 900.
which may be defined as the total
| value of dairy products exclusive OF
milk and cream used on the farm
producing. Only small proportion
OF the milk reported as produced by
South Carolina farmers In 1903 was
sold as such. The butter made on
farms in 1909 was valued at $685.
900.
The total number Of sheep o:
shearing age in South Carolina OF
April Is. 1910, was 1895. repre-
senting a, decrease Of 46.7 per cent.
as compared with the number on
June l, 1900 (52,436). The approx
innate production Of wool during
1909 was 2S,167 feeces, weighing
ss,s1s pounds and valued at se0.-
432. OF these totals about two-hfths
represent estimates. The number OF
seeces produced in 1909 was 40 per
cent. less than in 1899. The average
weight per fleece in 1903 was 81
pounds, as compared with 3.2 pounds
in 1899, and the average Fa.ue pc:
pound was - cents, as compared
with 1S cents in 1899.
The total number Of fowls Con
South Carolina farms on April IS,
1910, was 2.94e,0Co. OF the 146,S55
farms reporting fowls 24,534 did NOT
report any eggs produced in 1908
and 23,756 did not report any poui-
try raised in 1909. The production
OF eggs actually reported for the
year was 9.722.090 dozens. valued
az 81, eO3 900. The total production
Of eggs in 1909, Including estimates
where no reports we're made, was H.
04s,o00 dozens. valued at s2,163.-
600. The total production Of poul-
try IN 1909, including estimates
made on the same basis as for eggs
was 1000 fowls. valued at So
$4,000.
TIE total value OF domestic ami
malls sold during 1903 was $3.50
900 and that OF animals slaughtered
on farms s4,360,000. making an as-
gregate Of s6,7s1.000. This to,a,.
however, involves considerable du:
iicatic@ resulting from the resale or
slaughter OF animals which had been
purchased by the farmers during the
same year. The value Of the cattle.
including something less than one
halt OF the total value o. animals
sold, and the value of mules sold rep
resented about one-fourth OF the to-
tai.
The total OF crops IN South Caro-
lima in 1909 was $l41.9S3,00o. OIL
this amount. 96 per cent. was contrl-
buted by crops for which the acreage
as we'll as the value, was reported,
the remainder consisting OF the value
Of by-products (straw, garden, and
grass seeds, etc., derived from the
.ame land as other crops reported. 'ri
Of orchard fruits. mute. forest pro
Lucts and the like. The comh:ncc
| x-eage Of crops for whi,.r acreage
| vas reported was o,152.S4o, rep-e-
| senting S4.5 per cent. Of the tota!
| improved land doubtless consisted
Of improved pasture, land lying fall
| low, house and farm yards, and land
occupied By orchards and vineyards,
| ,he acreage for which was not re-
ported.
| The general character Of Soute
| Carolina agriculture Is indicated bv
| the fact that about two-thirds (67.-
| per cent? Of the total value Of crops
N 1909 was contributed by cotton.
and more than one-sixth 11.9 per
| cent? By cereals. The remainder,
representing 14.2 per cent. OF the
| total. consisted mostly Of potatoes
and other vegetables, forest products
md hay and forage.
In 1909 the total acreage OF potH-
.oes and other vegetables vas 1oS.-
.ee and their value ss.e22.0e1. Ex-
cluding potatoes and sweet potatoes
and vans, the acreage Of vegetables
was 1894 and their value s@,7o6.-
900, both acreage and value being d.
cidedly greater than in 1899. The r~
port distinguishes between the farms
! which make the raising Of vegetables
a business OF some importance (ha7-
Ing produced vegetables valued at
ssnn ar more in f90o) and