Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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YOUR COUNTY AGENT V AND HOW HE CAN HELP YOU Farmers -who do not use the Farm Demonstration Agent and find him a source of profit and information a?j>le have not learned how to use him and what to expect of him. A farmer is occasionally heard to saj "The County Agent cannot be oi aiy service to me because I am a better farmer than he is." Such ? statement shows a wrong conceptior of Ccrunty Agent work. The Counts Agent is not employed to be the besl farmer in the county any more than a doctor is called in because he is the healthiest man in the communi ty. If we were always an case oi sickness to call in the healthiest per son in the community few doctors would be called and few cases scien tifically treated. Now farming firsl of all is a business bas^d on a know ledge of a numer of sciences. A far mer may make money on account oi his business ability and at the same time be losing a lot more money that he might make by applying a knowledge of some of the sciences bearing on agriculture. Whenever a problem fa s the farmers of a eounty, whether it be a problem oi production or of marketing, it is the business of the County Agent tc take full account of the problem, de termine its scope and importance! and fhen bring to bear all the infor mation in existence on that particu lar problem. His information is ob tainable from the State Experiment Station and through the United States Deparment of Agriculture, frstm all f.liA UTYnpiriTrmnfr Sfn+.innc ir this country and in the world. The \ United States Department of Agri culture itself develops valuable agri cultural information which is car ried to the to the most distant farm through the County Agent system. Now the agricultural press per forms a wonderfully valuable ser vice "by carrying this information tc fttfi subscribers throughout the land, Tbe County Agent, however, car ries it there in a way that is peculiai "to the County Agent system; that is, he carries information through dem t NEXT SUND^ "The suit yc be found 1 our big lin< C-01 FOR H Suits that duplicated anywhere i Haberda Here you complete ings for yc Hats, Caps Ties, Belts variety-soi every one. Ramcy 6 > instratdons. A farmer might read in a bulletin sent him by County Agent or in an agricultural paper, exact j directions for pruning, worming and l ' spraying a peach tree but it is not i' until the County Agent actually goes i into the farmers orchard with his i tools, and prunes, worms and sprays . a few trees before the farmers' owii - eyes that the lesson is thoroughly ' impressed and permanently learned. 1 Of course, there are people who ? learn how to do things by reading 1 but with the great majority of peo r pie, farmers or not, "seeing is oe > lieving." Hence the County Agent i demonstrates scientific truths re ? lating to agriculure. He bases his in formation not only on the work of' the experiment stations of the world and of the great United States De > partment of Agriculture but also takes into account the experiences : of practical farmers or of farmers' organizations everywhere. He is in a position to furnish the best infoiv : mation available on the various ag > ricultural problems that arise. Of r course, he cannot be an authority : within himself on every farm prob i lem but through his connection with t the Extenson system he can obtain i'any information that exists on a giv : j en farm subject. Moreover he is a ! | scientifically trained man able to > take facts from bulletins and re ports and apply those facts as dem , onstrations so that people may ob serve he value of the results on their own farms or in their community. Gne of t^ie greatest problems in ; Southern agriculture is the problem I of soil fertility. County Agents at , tacked this problem by putting on i demonstrations wherever a fanner : would co-operate in the rotation of crops, using in the rotation such soSl builders as alfalfa, clover, velvet I V/vawo nraf/tli of/t ( UCJ&JIO, TVVW*} IX J V) vvv. 1 If any farmer who happens to j read this article happens never to have had demonstrated (to him be-' yond the shadow of doubt the value > of crop rotations in increasing soilj i productively let him not postpone another month calling dn his county) agent and laying plans for some ro , tations that the agent will, suggest . for hds particular land. The county IY IS EASTER / - >u wanj will lere among * of rHING 4EN AND BOYS cannot be at the priqe n Abbeville f snery will also find a line of furnish- . >ur Easter outfit: !, Shoes, Collars, i, Etc., in large nething to please 5c Gilliam agents have learned from the Veter inary world and have demonstrated to farmers everywhere that Hog Cholera may be prevented fhrough I the use of the sirem virus treatment | We do not hear much talic now of "hollow-tail" and "hollow-hom" in cattle, partly because county agents have demonstrated that most dis eases that were formerly called by these names now respond favorably to the prescribed treatment for "milk-fever," or to the feeding of a properly balanced ration. How to Use The Agent First get in touch with the agent .personally and lay your problem be fore him. His services are absolutely free to farmers. Do you want to start a home or commercial orchard or to properly prune and spray the old trees? Are you having trouble with your live stock in any way or is it that they are simply not profit able? Is there some bug or worm or spider attacking your field or gar den crops? Are you dissatisfied with the seed you have been planting? Are you sure you are now following the best known method of fertiliza tion for your type of soil and crop? Is the boll rot, cotton wilt, tomato wilt or other plant disease render ing your efforts at profitable farm ing in vain? Have you finally decid ed to grown enough feed and food crops for yourself and your family instead of buying them, and are you in doubt as to what crops and what acreages you should plant? Do you know the best method of preparing plantng and harvesting each of the crops? If you know this, do you know where you can obtain the nec essary amount of the best grade of disease free seed? If any of these crops happen to be legumes (and some of them will be) do you know where to obtain most economically and how to use properly the right innoculation for each legume? If you are thinking of buying some fertilizers, or line, or seed, or pure bred live stock, or wire fencing, had it occurred to you that the county agent might be able to assist you in making up a cooperative order -with other farmers who have the same plans, at a saving to all? Is there anything you need that is obtainable from your State Agricultural Col lege or from the United States De partment of Agriculture? Have you got some boys that ought to be en listed in a pig club or a corn club or some other kind of a club? Are you a progressive-minded citizen living in a backward community and want ing to enlist someone to help diag nose and remedy the trouble? Call on your county agricultural agent. Have him to visit your farm and then go to his office some Satur day. Call him over the phone during the week. Don't expect him to call at your place unless you send for him. A good county agent is a very busy public servant and has not the time to pay many social visits. If he did have, it would be reason for investi-' gating him as to how he uses his time. When he does call upon you, however, you may be sure that the plan he comes to lay before you is well worth consideration. If he asks you to meet him it is to enlist your services in building a better com munity and a better state. Recently the great problem of marketing farm products has be come perhaps the most collossal pro blem with which the American farm ? ' 1 - XL *4 1 er nas lo aeai. in ujtj wurwug uut ui this problem the county agents of the country are foreordained to play on indispensable part. Both the Am erican fanner and the American public are anxious for the time to ?e hastened when a much larger part of the consumers dollar will go to the man on the farm. It will be advanta geous to both. This time is going to be brougt about through the organi zation of huge cooperative market ing associations which will tend to eliminate waste and inefficient dis tribution while improving the quali ty and standardizing the product. Much time and patience and study will, of course, be required to bring about these things and in bringing them about the county agent force of the country will represent the on lv naid nTtranination which the fair mers may freely call upon and mobi lize to assist in conducting the nec essary educational work. "Mother's Memorial" is the name that "will be borne by a magnificant new dormitory for women students to be erected at iSouthern Methodist University, in Dallas, at a cost of j naif million dollars. TOLSTOY IRKED BY IDLENESS j Latter Written by Russian Philos opher Condemn Life Led by Indolent Men of Means. The Vossieche Zeitung prints the following letter by Tolstoy, written in 1.884. with (lie remark {hat it has nev er before been published except in Russian, and that its value lies in the fact that as early as 1884 Tolstoy had about made up his mind to do what he did in 1910?leave home and live Nie life of a peasant. The letter reads In part: "I ?m living in the country, involun tarily according to a new method. 1 go to bed early, get up early, write Uas.1** 1...* n <?m/vof /InnI nifh. * CI i Ullie l)Ul nuih a (leak uvui, nil. er making boots or mowing hay. I see with joy (or possibly it only seems to me like joy) that there IS some thing up in my family. They do not condemn me; as a matter of fact, they seem ashamed of themselves. "What miserable creatures we are and how we have all gone astray. There are si great many of us here, my own children and the children of Kusminsk.v, and nobody does a thing but gulp down food. They are all big and strong, yet they do nothing. Peo ple in the village are at work. My children eat and make their clothes and their rooms dirty and that Is all. Everything is done for them by some body else, Jet they do nothing for anybody. And wor^t of all, they seem to feel that it is as it should be. But I have had my own part in building up such a system, and I can never for get it. I feel that for them I am a trouble-fete. But it is clear that they are beginning to see that this cannot go on this way forever." HAD NO CAUSE FOR WORRY Under the Circumstances Wash White Could Afford to Live Life of Elegant Leisure. Senator Gronna of Dakota was analyzing a political opponent at a Dakota luncheon. "The man is bad through and through," he said. "He's actually so bad that he mistakes badness for goodness?is proud of himself, in short. "By Jove, he makes me think of Uncle Washington White. As Uncle Wash loafed in front of the poolroom one morning (he preacher's wife stopped and said: " 'Washington, why don't you go fc? work?' ' "Old Wash White, as he puffed serenely on his corncob, answered: 1 ' 'Bekase Ah got a wife an' chll 1 dren W suppo't?' " 'But,' the preacher's wife impa tiently interrupted, 'you can't support them by loafing here in front of this poolroom.' " 'Excuse me. Miss' Fo'thly,' said Wash, with dignity. 'Lemme finish mah remark. Wot Ah means toe say is that All's got a wife an' chillun toe , suppo't me.'"?Detroit Free Press. New York Boy*' Wew Game. The game of marbles no longer holds a throne in bo.vville. Any New York side street.where there's enough room between bluecoats and automobile traffic to play, will show you that a new game has taken its place. ."Sidewalk checkers," the boys call t xne new game reaiiy nas me ele ments bf both the old marbl* shooting days and checkers as played on a board. Checker men are used?red, black, blue?the color makes no dif ference. A ring is drawn with chalk and the object is to flip your checker man with enough force to knock your contenders out of the ring. "Hully gee!" said a future Ponzi as he gathered up his winnings on Reade street near Broadway, "ain't I got enough lumber here to start me a paper mill?"?New York Sun. Men Who Repair Skeletons. There are two kinds of skeleton menders?the bone surgeon and the skeleton-assembler. Art schools, medi cal colleges, and students of anatomy require an accurately constructed skel eton to aid in their work. All the bones must be properly as sorted and carefully put together. They are strung on fine wires. The skeleton-assembler must also pick out of the hundreds of odd bones that are sent him the 200 or more bones that belong to the particular individual be ing reconstructed. It Is not an easy task, and the price of skeletons Is Justified by the amount of work re quired to construct them.?Popular Science Monthly. May Use South American Wood. The Pennsylvania railroad, owing to the unprecendented cost of railroad ties, has decided to investigate the adaptability of the hard woods of Central and South America for this purpose, it is announced. Normally the Pennsylvania system uses from J 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 ties annually. The average net cost has . risen fully I 100 per cent since the beginning of j the war. Furthermore, white oak, j which the company regards as the most desirable wood for ties, Is be coming scarcer. Therefore, the com pany has inquiries under way to de termine the comparative cheapness and durability of southern hard woods for railroad ties. The Useless Bell. "The bell on your house has been uut of order for weeks. I should think you would have it repaired." "What's the use? Nobody ever rings it a/ay more. Our friends just sit est their cars and honk their av'y horns until we come to the door.1' Dan 4 'Honeydew*'?Medley Joseph C. Smith' Two eagerly-awaited selections not only wonderful danccs but sple Victor Doublc-Faced "Biddy"?] "Somebody"?M The Benson Orches When it isn't the trombone, it's the two you get a vigorous swingin Victor Double-Faccd "Rosie"?Medl "Honolulu Eyes" Paul YVhiteman and Light-hearted danccs with a bev. lulu Eyes" has whistling cfTccts like V Victor Double-Faced *' Broadway Rose* "Sweet Mamma (Pap Mad") Original Dixiclan Musical surprises?everything j it. The kind of record tha^ makes Victor Doublc-Faced Come in any time and hear tl New Victor Recoi THE ECHC "McfcURRAY'S K USIC STORE" i ' 4 ' To I 1 OU iAR? | To. a Special j of CO-ED 4 to be held | Dress Dep 4 4 i <i>fpersonal rep I of CO-ED D i is bringing th 4 creations direct r r York incl (ginghams Uoi/es r & J^inens tines T r and Sum me r a" This is an unusual T to see first hand T 6 models of wha V * accepts as the 1: SUMMER 1 Display Dates P The Rosenber ces Waltz Medley One-Step s Orchestra from Zimbalist's ocvv play; ndid music too. , Rccord 18719 Fox Trot edley One-Step tra of Chicago the saxophone; and between g rhythm. Rccord 18713 ey Ft x Trot ?Medley Walts. 1 His Orchestra itching 1 't in them. "Rono : a forest full of birds. Record 18 21 -Medley Fox Trot >a's Getting ?Medley Fox Trot id Jazz Band ust where you don't expor. a dance twice as intere?UDt. 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