The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-04
HarVin,
Haryin. S. c.. Jul

Special:-Thru the courtesy of MIR.
G. N. Emanuel, manager of Emanuel
& Co., of Bordan. s. c., this cores
pondent in company with Capt. P. B.
Emanuel: Mr.. R. A. Burgess, sales
agent Of the Georgia Chemical Works,
of Augusta, Ca, and Mr.. Charles NJ.
Emanuel, the proprietor and manager
OF the large farming interests of Eman-
uel & Co., was shown over the large
farms of this progressive concern yes
terday afternoon at Borden. A portion
OF the distance wss covered by autJmc-
bile and the remainder was by feet,
where we saw cotton, corn, peavine
hay and side crops, the finest for the
party ever witnessed. Mr.. Emanuel has
practically 400 acres to cotton; 300 acres
to corn: l25 acres to peavine has and
German millett, which he and others
says, makes the finest bay this COUP
try can produce, planting one bushel
of peas and half bushel of nillett
seed to the acre after oats. This GER
respondent can attest from experiences
that mules and horses in work season
will eat this hay in preference to the
best timothy hay and thrive better. In
addition to the above, Mr.. Emanuel
has about so hhead of the finest hogs
that will be prepared for market this
fall. He has already harvested about
1900 bushels of oats, and he has 20
acres of wheat which has been thrash
ed and netteG him little over 20 bush.
els to the acre. This is ready for mark
eting or milling. he says most prob
ably the latter, when it will be sold to
his trade from his commodious store
at Borden.
Cotton. This correspondent saw acres
after acres that will, if seasons are
favorably from now until frost, yield
not less than a bale of cotton to the
acre, and number of Mr.. Emanual's
colored crppers have cotton and corn
equally as good as his individual crops.
One of his colored troopers, Rece Al
laten, has forty acres of cotton that will
yield no less than so bales on the forty
acres.
Corn. I wen thru sixty acres of this
300 acres and 7 actually saw some
stalks with eight ears thereon. OF
course, owing to the draught from
which all crops in the entire south
have suffered end are now suffering,
for the precipitation has been next tc
nothing since July 4th, some of these
ears were not perfectly developed, but
large majority OF this corn had two
and more ears to the stalk. Peas are
planted in all this corn, which in these
favorable lands most always produce
from to bushels of grain to the
acre.
MIR. Emanuel is also raising some
stock and has a miscellaneous feature
to his farm which supplies abundantly
in the way of truck, etc., for the house
hold, with the surplus going to the
hogs and cattle.
The outlook IS nol so gloomy at Bor-
den, and if anyone anywhere ever had
doubts as to the amcacy and efficiency
OF the miscellany production of the soil
and climate of South Carolina they
ought to journey to the farms of the
Emanuels at Borden and there see for
themselves the actual productivity OF
this favored section
Mr.. Emanuel has large lot of land
at Borden and his policy is to improve
it. by putting it free of stumps.
1t is perfect sight to behold and is
an inspiration to any one who is inter-
ested in agriculture and kindred pur-
suits If-the great owners af the spiod
les of this and the old world could see
these lands yielding as they do, l have
no doubt but that they would soon be
convinced that it is pity to ruin by
inethical procedure on the high seas
and by errors in council such an agri-
cultural endeavor as we the people OF
the Southern States have in the hap
py persuit OF growing cotton.
This trip carried uS over Clarendon
and Sumter counties and the crops in
general are clean of grass, but not at
all up to the usual standard, due en-
tirely to the great reduction in the
quantity and quality of fertilizers, and
the very unfavorable seasons that have
prevailed in this section since April
draught since then.
i Mr.. J. r. Anderson of Richmond, va
who by the way is in copartnership
with his brother, corn and wheat
grower in Orange county Virginia,
says that the crops on the Emanual
farms are the finest he has ever seen
at the season, and he has been travel
ling North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia for the past fourteen
years.
We are all very grateful for the gen.
iaI, generous hospitality accorded us
| by this young progressive and success
full planter, aud it is to hoped that 9th
ers will emulate his example. B H