Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-13

ciated, however. that the dealers would
not buy them. They probably came to
to the sea coast from higher or more
northern land seeking food. There are
still plenty of woodcock to be found in
the coast country, however. or course
the sale Of birds Is prohobite now.
but in the old days one Geor. etown
firm has been known to ship 100000
rails in single season and 720, 900 bob
olinks, or ricebirds, as they are better
known.
The rice bird, by the way, isn't as
numerous in the coast country as he
once was. The rice growing industry
Is dead now. Few people in this Sec
tion undertake its cultivation any more
and the birds have gone. Many Of the
old lice plantations have been made
into one unit, where general farming
is being done after draining.
Interested In Cattle.
The agricultural leaders In Beaufort
and vicinity are not interested in truck
farming alone, but they are beginning
to pay much attention to cattle. There
are numerous herds in the county
whose value runs into hundreds and
thousands Of dollars. Hogs are also
raised on q big scale-the finest breeds
of hogs. One of the largest stock
farms Is the Buckfield Stock Farm at
Yemassee, which comprises some 1900
acres of we'll drained farm land and
carries 500 head of Angus cattle. Yem-
assoc, by the way, Is the junction point
of the C. & w. c. railroad,which serves
Beaufort and the Atlantic Coast Line.
This Buckfeld Stock Farm also in
cludes about $4,000 acres of original
forest in which hunting and fishing are
not allowed, and in which there are
possibly more deer, more quail, rae
coons, foxes, wild turkey and fish than
any other similar tract in the south.
This farm has ten overflowing artesian
wells upon it.
Savannah River Swamp.
The Beaufort county town Of Yem-
assoc, which town Is about half way
between Charleston and Savannah, Is
not far from the edge Of the great Big
Salkehatchie swamp, which is one to
two miles wide and one of the most re-
markable swamps in all the South, for
II contains perhaps the oldest red cy-
press trees in the United States. Judg-,
ing by their rings, many of these cy-
press trees are from 800 TO 1,200 years
old. Clearings have been made around
one venerable tree which is to have Its
freedom for life on account Of its, age,
for it is known to be $500 years cd.
This great tree, known as THE Mon-
arch of Salkehatchie Swamp" Is 100
feet in heighth from the ground to Its
first limb, while It is five feet in diam
eter. fHq
There grows abundantly in this
swamp and in other sections OF the
coast country the red cypress tree,
known as "Tidewater Cypress. The
tidewater cypress which Is only availa-
bic in the southern reaches Of the
South Atlantic coast and on the gulf
coast where, tidewater runs over the
swamp land, is much in demand. 1t Is
nationally advertised and trademark
ed, every board carrying on its end its
hall mark. The wood does not stain,
taste, shrink or warp and once estab-
lished in it's place, whether inside or
outside, it remains just that way. It Is
air dried and the process takes from
eight to twelve months.
Much Black Walnut.
Much black walnut isfoGnd in the for
ests Of the coast country. A friend re-
Gently showed me quantity Of black
walnut, about a thousand feet, that he
had cut from a single walnut log. The
boards were an inch thick and are now
in the process Of drying. He intends
to have a dining room suite made from
it as a present for his wife. The boards
today are worth 81 square foot.