Handbook of South Carolina: Resources, Institutions and Industries of the State; a Summary of the Statistics of Agriculture , Manufactures, Geography, Climate, Geology and Physiography, Minerals and Mining, Education, Transportation, Commerce, Government, Etc, EtcState department of agriculture, commerce and immigration ... The State Company, 1908 - South Carolina - 615 pages |
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... bushels of corn from an acre , deer supplying meat ; an Indian hunter would for $ 25 a year furnish a family with 100 to 200 deer , besides wild turkeys , fish , etc. The culture of rice was introduced in 1693 , and the export of this ...
... bushels of corn from an acre , deer supplying meat ; an Indian hunter would for $ 25 a year furnish a family with 100 to 200 deer , besides wild turkeys , fish , etc. The culture of rice was introduced in 1693 , and the export of this ...
Page 244
... bushels an acre . Some extraordi- narily rich land in good seasons will yield eighty bushels , but the common com- putation is that a negro will tend six acres , and that each acre will produce from ten to thirty - five bushels ; it ...
... bushels an acre . Some extraordi- narily rich land in good seasons will yield eighty bushels , but the common com- putation is that a negro will tend six acres , and that each acre will produce from ten to thirty - five bushels ; it ...
Page 245
... bushels . Since then the cereal crops have declined , and seem likely to do so , unless the promise held out by the recent introduction of the red rust proof oat should be fulfilled and restore them to prominence . " In 1693 , Landgrave ...
... bushels . Since then the cereal crops have declined , and seem likely to do so , unless the promise held out by the recent introduction of the red rust proof oat should be fulfilled and restore them to prominence . " In 1693 , Landgrave ...
Page 247
... bushels of corn . The yield of wheat was sustained . The hay crop was increased three- fold ; rice , 47 per cent .; tobacco , 42 per cent . The number of cattle fell off 34 per cent . , but in 1860 they numbered 48 per cent . more than ...
... bushels of corn . The yield of wheat was sustained . The hay crop was increased three- fold ; rice , 47 per cent .; tobacco , 42 per cent . The number of cattle fell off 34 per cent . , but in 1860 they numbered 48 per cent . more than ...
Page 253
... bushels per square mile ; oats , 86 to 250 bushels per square mile ; corn , 648 to 1,055 bushels per square mile ( greatest in State in Bamberg County ) ; cotton , 41 to 75 bales per square mile . Minor crops : Sugar cane , peanuts ...
... bushels per square mile ; oats , 86 to 250 bushels per square mile ; corn , 648 to 1,055 bushels per square mile ( greatest in State in Bamberg County ) ; cotton , 41 to 75 bales per square mile . Minor crops : Sugar cane , peanuts ...
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