The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, October 25, 1922, Image 6
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Farmers'
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Still Growing Rice < Above Fall i
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The State.
Rice growing above Columbia i
persists here and there to an extent
not generally known. Time I
was when many Piedmont farm- 1
ers grew all the rice they needed |
for the home table and for their i
laborers. A center of upland i
rice cultivation was Pendleton, i
perhaps because in and about <
that village resided in the sum ]
mer many ri< e planters ot i
the low country; and the ]
world's record yield of rice to (
the acre is probably still held, i
some maintain, by Anderson s
county. Newberry county, upper i
Lexington and parts of upper I
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Kicmana are now tne print lpai i
seats of rice north of the fall line. <
Noting in the Newlerry Observer
recently a paragraph re
cording that some 200 pounds of
home grown rice had been stored
for the winter by J. William
Folk, M. D.?physician, planter
and former legislator?residing
near lalapa. The State'requested
of Dr. Folk some particulars of
his experience with the crop.
Dr Folk not only wrote in reply i
a characteristic droll account of <
his rice growing, but also sent
generous samples of his rice,
both in the ear and milled. His
rice is of excellent quality and
more flavored tha i the polished
rice of commerce.
Dr. Folk, born at Pomaria, attended
Wofford college, received
his professional training at
Charleston Medical college and
^ was for 25 years acting assistant
surgeon m the United States ma
nne hospital service, with station
at Georgetown,' wh$re>he bebouse
of representatives. Al 70
he is enthusiastic as ever and is a
tireless experimenter with promising
plants and farm methods.
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Dr. Folk writes to The State in
\ part as follows:
'Born in Newberry county,. I
spent 25 yiears in Georgetown,
amidst the rice cultivation on
North Santee where the Lowndes,
Mamgault, Hazard, Doar,
Reed, Johnstone, Alston and Lucas
families, with many others,
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Other Deparhm
Excellent Showing
First Day, Nov.
Admitted Free.
Last Day, Frids
will be Admitted I
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grew rice for market and home
consumption. Healthier men,
women and children never lived
than these, who h.id rice for dinner
daily.
"I learned there that rice could
be grown to better advantage, at
less expense and.with greater
profit in upper jSouth Carolina
than in Georgetown, because in
the upcountry certain expenses,
aggregating $20 to $80 the acre,
which were inseparable from the
low-county cultivation, would
Dot be incurred. These expenses
included maintenance of banks,
ditches and flood gates and the
minding of the rice at certain
seasons against blackbirds by day
and ducks by night. No such pro
lection is required here in Newberry
or anywhere in upper Carolina
and 4he rice flourishes even
in Greenville and Oconee.
"Ther,e are both upland and
watertiowed varieties. Upland
rice, in my opinion,can be grown
profitably on every farm where
thete is constant moisture; near.a
branch, creek or river, suitable
plots can be found which are too
wet for corn, boggy underfoot,
where rushes grow, with briars
and willows. Thoroughly plow
or dig with the hoe and pulverize
without a sod. * Lay off, March
10 to April 10, rows 18 inches
wide and one-fourth inch deep.
Plant ten gTains to the hill, a
hoe's width apart, cover lightly
and when the rice is four inches
high cuitivate like corn or cotton
About September 15 is the
time to harvest. Cut the rice
with a sickle, lay it on the stubble
for three days, tie in bundles,
then in shocks as with wheat or
oats, and after two weeks thresh
in any machine that will clean
wheat or oats. If the quantity is
tfjSs than 50 bushels, the rice may
yen re ntty<^e" Trailed clean
(per a barrel or an inch plank
nailed between two posts. The
average yield to the acre is
40 to 65 bushelt, which, when
milled, giyes 35 to 46 pounds to
me Dusticl. 1 Harvested my crop
at a yield of 40 bushels to the
acre, without any fertilizer or
nitrate of soda, otherwise the
yield would have been greater.
"I \Y 1. i .by at Ballentine has
an u, i d ..? rice mill and a more
con j < t i?i ??;iller I have never
seen a ,\vs milling machine
can l? ? t?. lined from a Columbia
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Rice Growers \
"In this county Felix Graham,
Bunyan Epting and myself grow
nee, possibly others. It) and
around Irmo, I esse Folk and
many others grow rice
"Rice is one of the best foods
for man, beast and poultry.
Horses and mules will leaVe
corn fodder for rice straw He is
fed on rough rice will lay mc re
eggs in November, December
and January than on any other
food I have seen given them,
while as for turkeys fed on rough
rice, they will be so fat and jui#v
there will be no need of claret
champagne. To illustrate: The
reed or rice birds,- when they
come from Canada, are in flesh
like our swamp sparrows, but
after a while in the rice fiells
Ihey become fat as a lump <jf
yellow butter, or, as some onfe
has said, when shot from a tree
at this stage, they burst in falling
like ripe plums! J
"Water flowed rice may aufc
be plaated in upper Carolina at
nominal expense. [
? will nloqcuH In hnvp flni*
one interested visit my farm and
will cheerfully give any desiren
information. Let us leave tW%
boll weevil to seek other placw
aod grow more rice, the food fcl
man. If your readers need
building, let them eat rice for
bread, laugh and grow strong,
men, women and children. It
addition, let us grow ribbon su
gar cane, that makes the tinesi
syrup that can be procured. i
have obtained from this variety
some 300 gallons the acre. Th*n
in the garden plant November 10
the Folk frost, ice and snow
proof, prolific garden pja; they
yield some.30O bushels the acre.
The present price is $16 the
bushel or 50 cents the quart.
"South Carolina soil is unsur-l
passed by that of any state. Thefl
boll weevil, in my opinion, is af
blessing in disguise. Fellow^
tillers of the soil, start now op'
diversification of crops, for
though cotton be' king, we can
not eat it, but can grow fat and
laugh at (be
rice and
how to liyscnsfflhi
Dry MatorlanHBBHBHHS
In 8praylng, but It May Give j
Poor Results.
Dry lead arsenate is convenient to
handle in spraying fruit, and it is,
cheaper than paste, but it may give
minr ronnltn If ahuaori trurn Tilt.
nols Horticultural society. In a recent
bulletin. The dry powdered lead should |j
he made Into a creamy mixture before n
being strained Into the spray tank. To ||
do this easily, sift It Into a vessel coo- |
tnlntqg a small quantity of water, stir- 3
ring gradually. Handled In this way,
the results should be entirely satlsfac-,
tory. Check up on the amount of sediment
In the bottom of the tank at frequent
Intervals, to be sure that all
the materials are being carried out
through the nozzle.
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We are having so many deir
Pageland that we have decide<
department of our agency. ]
proved that boil weevils make
and dry sandy soils of Pagelan<
season is the best in years. W
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We will be glad to show you
have other oflerings not listed
known your wants we can fit
I to sell or exchange real estat
once, as the season is now on
give below a few of our offering
83 acres, clay land farm three Is
miles from Pageland, in high ci
state of cultivation, good build- ~
iocs, good water, good pasture. 6!
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54 acres, sand hill farm 1 1-2 Is
miles from Pageland, has 400 ti
peach trees, good dwelling and ti
barns, buildings alone worth o
price of the farm, two horse farm ?
in cultivation. ?
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2o9 acres, sand-clay farm, 3 miles n
from Pageland, one-half in culti- st
vation, good pasture, good wa- y
ter, three good houses and barns, J*
situated on public highway. ?
166 acres, sand-clay farm, adjoin- o
mg above farm, 100 acres in cul- f
tivation, good i astuers, good u
. water, three good houses and _
barns, located on public high- 2
way. fi
252 acres, c!a> and gravel land, heavily
timbered, good build- 9
ings, fine bottom 1 ind in cultiva- 3
tion, |located on government b
highway, six miles north of Page- ii
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lands for small farms near
d to revive the real estate
Experience this year has
little headway in the high
d, and the cotton crop this
atch this list for offerings
office for any information,
any of this property. We
here,.and if you will make
you up. Any one desiring
e will do well to see us at
for making changes. \^e
*s at this time.
ind, an ideal home for a good
itizen.
3 acres, located in good com
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tunny, mree nines nura ra^
ind, two horse farm in culttvaon,
red clay soil and very ferle.
We have an attractive price
n this farm.
lots, size 25 x 150 feet centrally
)cated in Pageland, ideal busi- ess
lots, fronting: on Pearl
reet.
Lots, size 25x100 feet fronting
n McGregor street, centrally loated
and very desirable.
Lots and dwelling 50x150 feet
onting on Pearl street, a good
ouse centrally located
Lots and dwelling in Pageland
ronting on Maple street. New
ouse and barn, well located.
2 1-2 Acre9, good clay land farm
miles from Pageland, good
uildings, good two-horse farm
a cultivation, good pasture.
nd Real Estate Co..
J. S. WALLACE, Manager.
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tangible service that it J
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PARKER, President 3
MORGAN, Cashiei J *
MCJORE, Asst. Cashier. 2
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