The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-31
PRAISES EMANUEL FARM.
y. III. Haryin Says That Crops Are
Best He Has Seen Anywhere This
Season.


with Capt. p. II. Emanuel. Mr.. II. A.
Burgess. sales agent OF the Georgia
Chemical Works. of Augusta. Ga. and
Mr.. Charles M. Emanuel. the pro-
prietor and manager of the large
farming interests OF Emanuel & Co.
We're shown over the large farms OF
this progressive concern yesterday af-
ternoon ut Borden. s. G. A portion of
the distance was covered by automo-
bile and the remainder was by foot.
where he saw cotton, corn, peavine
hay and side crops. the finest for the
seasons and the time OF the year this
party ever Witnessed. Mr.. Emanuel
has practically t0o acres TO cotton:
500 acres TO corn: 125 acres to pea
Vine hay and German Mriett. which
Ne and others say makes the finest
hay this country can produce. plant
ing one bushel OF peas and a half
bushel OF German millett seed the
acre. after oats. This correspondent
can attest from experience that mules
And horses I'm work season will eat
this hay I'm preference. to the best
Timothy hay ana thrive better. In ad-
dtion to the above enumeration Mr..
Emanuel has about SO head OF fine
hogs that will be prepared for mar
Ret this fall. lie has already har-
vested about 1900 bushels of oats.
and he had 20 acres of wheat which
has been threshed and netted him a
little over 20 bushels TO the acre.
This Is ready for marketing OF milling.
ne says most probably the latter.
when IL will be sold to his trade from
his commodious store at Borden.
Cotton. This correspondent saw
acres after acres that win, IL seasons
are favorable from now until frost,
yield not less than a bale OF cotton to
the acre and number OF Mr.. Eman-
nefs colored troopers have cotton
snd corn equally as good as his in
dividual crops. One Of his colored
troopers. Rees Allston. has forty
acres OF cotton that will yield no less,
than SO bales on the forty acres. II
is the finest cotton this correspondent
has ever seen this far north at this
season OF the year and Is equal at the
time To any cotton that can be pro-
duced In the Black Belt Of Alabama,
or the Mississippi River bottoms.
Corn. went through sixty acres
OF this 500 acres and 1 actually saw
some stalks with eight ears thereon.
OF course. owing to the drought, from
which all crops In the entire south
have suffered and are now suffering,
for the precipitation has been next
20 nothing since July 4th, some OF
these ears were not perfectly develop
Cd. but a 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 four TO five
bushels OF grain to the acre, mini
mum.
MIR. Emanuel Is also raising some
stock and has a miscellaneous fea-
tare To his farm. which supplies
dbundantly I'm the way OF truck. etc.
for the household. with the surplus
going TO the hogs and cattle.
The outlook is not so gloomy at
borden. and IL any one anywhere
ever had doubts as to the
efhcacy and efficiency of the mis-
ceiianeous production of the soil
and climate OF South Carolina they
ought to Journey to the farms of the
Emanuels at Borden and there sec
for themselves the actual productive
" Of this favored section. Like most
all sections. with few exceptions. the
best crops are not TO be seen on the
public highways and railroads. We
had To 20 to the interior to see the
magnihcence OF this great agricultu-
fal endeavor which promises so much
for Its owners. MIR. Emanuel has n
large lot OF land at Borden and his
policy Is to improve 1t. by putting it
free OF stumps. fetching up It's eff
cheney. and then, he says. he has no
trouble In securing the best and most
efficient share-croppers for the por-
tion that he operates In this way.
IL IL perfect sight to behold and
s an inspiration to any one who is
Interested in agriculture and kindred
pursuits. IN the owners of the spindles
or this and the old world could soc
these lands yielding, as they do, I
have no doubt but that they would
soon he convinced that II In "A pity To
ruin by unethical procedure on the
hish seas and by orders In council
such an agricultural endavor as We.