SOUTH CAROLINA 



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SOUTH CAROLINA 



year, though the yield per acre was above the 

 average. Much sea-island cotton, the long fi- 

 bers of which make it the best quality in the 

 world, is grown on the low islands of the South 

 Carolina coast. 



Rice, which in the early part of the last cen- 

 tury was the principal crop, and in which the 

 state outranked all others in the Union, has 

 decreased in importance. In 1859 South Caro- 

 lina produced 64 per cent of the rice of the 

 United States; in 1899, 19 per cent; in 1909 

 only 2.5 per cent, and in 1915 less than one- 

 third of one per cent; this was in part due to 

 large increase in production elsewhere. The 

 large cereal crop of the state is corn; oats and 

 wheat are also important. Tobacco, sweet po- 



sea bass, sturgeon, crabs and many other fish 

 are abundant in these tidal waters, and some 

 pike, perch, catfish and trout are caught in the 

 inland streams. 



Mining. The most important of South Caro- 

 lina's varied but not extensive minerals was 

 long phosphate rock, a belt of which extends 

 seventy miles along the coastal plain. This 

 rock contains fifty-five to sixty-one per cent of 

 phosphate of lime and is quarried both in the 

 river beds and in the bordering banks. The 

 clay of the coastal plain and east section of 

 the Piedmont plateau now surpasses phosphate 

 rock in importance. Granite and mica are quar- 

 ried in the western mountains, and to a slight 

 extent gold, silver and copper are worked. Talc, 



THE FACTORY 



Cotton Goods 

 LkJm ber, Tim ber 

 Cottonseed Products 

 Fertilizers 

 Printing, Publishing 

 Railroad ShopWorkjQ] 

 Custom-Ground Flour 

 Bread etc. 

 Brick, Tile 



Hosiery, Knit Goods 

 Foundry, Machine Shop I 

 Car r i a ge s.Wagon s 

 Manufactured Ice 



THE MINE 

 Phosphate Rock 



SOUTH CAROLINA PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports 



Millions of Dollars Annually 

 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 



THE FARM 



Potatoes 

 Cattle sold 



Winter Wheat 



Green Grain Hay 



Poultry raised 



Butter 



Tobacco 



Garden Vegetables 



Hogs slaughtered 



Sweet Potatoes 



Oats 



Cotton Seed 



Corn 



Cotton 



70 



tatoes" and white potatoes are raised extensively, 

 and truck farming is important in the coastal 

 plain. Peaches, apples, pears, cherries and a 

 few apricots and quinces are cultivated in the 

 uplands, and figs, pecans and some oranges, 

 lemons and other tropical fruits are grown in 

 the southeastern section. Persimmons, plums 

 and grapes grow wild in great profusion. In 1915 

 South Carolina ranked twenty-second among 

 the states in the value of crops. 



About sixty-eight per cent of the area of the 

 state is woodland. The most important tim- 

 ber products are yellow pine, cypress and tur- 

 pentine, rosin and tar from the turpentine 

 farms in the "Pine Barrens." The latter prod- 

 ucts are decreasing, owing to the exhaustion of 

 the pine timber supply. 



Fisheries. The numerous bays and salt- 

 water creeks of the coast contain extensive 

 oyster beds, and oysters are the most impor- 

 tant sea product of the state. Whiting, shad, 



limestone, marble, bismuth, graphite, fuller's 

 earth and brown coal are found, but are not 

 commercially important. 



Manufactures. Although South Carolina is 

 preeminently an agricultural state, its manu- 

 factures are developing rapidly, especially those 

 related to agricultural pursuits. The abun- 

 dance of material and water power and the ex* 

 cellent transportation facilities have been of 

 chief importance in the development of indus-! 

 tries. The predominant manufacturing interest 

 is the weaving of cotton goods, in which South 

 Carolina ranks third among the states, being 

 surpassed only by Massachusetts and North 

 Carolina. The value of cotton goods is over 

 half the total value of the manufactures of the 

 state. Lumber and timber products, cotton- 

 seed oil and cake, and fertilizers made from the 

 phosphate rock are the other chief manufac- 

 tures. South Carolina now ranks thirty-first 

 among the manufacturing states. 



