The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-20
STILL CSCW RICE
AECVE FALL LINE
Upland Tyre Cultivated IN Newbe.-y
County Yields Excellent
Quaiity

Tne State.
Rec growing above Columbia per
sis..s here and there 10 an extent not
generally known. Time was when
many Piedmont farmers grew all the
rice they needed FOR the home table
and for their laborers. A center Of
upland rice cultivation was Pendle-
ton, perhaps because in and about
that village resided in summer many
rice planters of the low country; and
The worlds record yield OF rice to the
acre IS probably still held, some main
tain, by Anderson county. Newberry
county, upper Lexington and parts Of
upper R!chland are now the principal
seats Of rice culture north OF the f1ll
! line.
Noting in the Newhemy Observer
recently a paragraph recording that
some 200 pounds of home grown rice
haa beer stored COR the winter by j..
William Folk. N. D.--physician, plan
te:. and former Misunderstanding
res: Jalapa. The State requested Of
Dr.. Folk SOME particulars Of his ex-
perience with the croo. DR.. Folk not
only wrote in reply a characteristic
d!cll account Of his rice growing, but
also sent generous samples Of MS
rice. both in the ear and milled. His
rec is of excellent quality and more
Aavorful than the polished rice Of
commerce.
Dr.. Folk, born at Pomaria, attend
, ed Woford college, received his pro-
fessional training at Charleston Med
ical college and was for 25 years act
inc assistant surgeon in the United
States marine hospital service, with
station at Georgetown, where he be-
came familiar with rice planting pro-
cesses. He moved baci; to Newberry
county in 1908 and in 1920 was a
member of the house Of representa-
tives. At 20 he is enthusiastic as ever
and is tireless eXperimentor with
promising plants and farm methods.
DR.. Folk on Rice Growing
! Dr.. Folk writes The State in part
as follows:
Born in Newber:y county, l spent
25 wears in Georgetown, amidst the
rice cultivation on North Santee,
where the Lcwndes, Manigault, Haz-
ard, Doar, Reed, .JohnStone, Aston
and Lucas families. with many others
grew rice for market and home con-
sumption. Healthier men, women and
children never lived than these, who
had rice for dinner daily.
Il learned there that rice couM be
grown to better advantage, at less eX-
:pense and with greater profit in up
per South Carolina than in George
town, because in the upcountHy GER
tan expenses. aggregating $50 to $50
the acre which we're inseparable from
the low-country cultivation, would
not be incurred. These expenses IN
Guided maintenance of banks, dltches
and food gates and the minding OF
the rice at certain seasons against
blackbirds by day and ducks by night.
No such projection is required here IN
Newberry or anywhere in upper Car
olina and the rice fourishes even II
Greenville or Oconee.
There are both upland and water
flowed varieties. Upland rice, ii NJ!
opinion. can be grown protitably on
every farm where there is constant
moisture: near branch, creek Or :'lF,
er. suitable plots can be found wh!cf
are 100 wet for corn, boggy upder,
foot. where PUSHES grow. with 3Hiar:
and willows. Thoroughly plow o'
DIG with the hoe and pulvcrize with
out & sod. Lay OF. March 10 to Ap
Ri 10. rows IS inches wide and one.
fourth inch deep. Plant ten grain:
20 the hill. q hoes width apart. coVe'
lightly and when the rice is fou1
inches high cultivate like corn or cot
ton. About September - Is the TINE
to harvest. Cut the rice with sickle
lay it or the Stubb7e for three days
tied in bundles then N shocks as "I;i
wheat or oats. and after 'wo N9e!'
taresh il any machine ,hat viii ciea'
wheat or oats. If the quantity IS les:
than 50 bushels, the rice may con
. veniently be frailed clean over a bar
! rel or an inch plank nailed betwee!
{ two posts. The average yield to tht