Where Watermelons Grow

About four yenrs afo a few of the fnnners of Barnwe.ll eounty bgan to plant watcrmelous "for market." Tlie cultivatlou of ttic erop was so easy and the profta 60 large Uiat tbe aereage was Inoroaaod, uut 1 now tbe jrrowini; S rnelousfor shlpment to Dortbern nd Western clties has beconoe an establlBbed indusliyi In 1884 8,000 acres era ulauted In walcrmi'loiis. Tho pp tils nn tlio crope last yc:tr wow. Ko lariic; aud thfl dfinaad so wpll sustaiud tbroQgboat the seasoii that thtTe havo been more tlian 5,000 acres plantcil In mclons this year. The condltlOD o! tbc erop is prom isin Thfï villes appcar to bc ttrong nud hcalthy, and the erop will doubtlcss be ihe largest and most reuumeratlTe c ver grown. It fs estlmated tbat wltb favorable scsons e.ieh aci'C will yield at least 500 mt'loiis, and tbat tbe total erop grown in Barnwell and Aiken connties tliis year for sbipnient to outfide markets will aniount to 2.5(10,00) rnelona, or 2,000 car loads of 1,25D inelons each.- Charlakm (& ü.) Nev3.