Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DID YOU SEE THIS If Not Read it. It is something every man and woman in South Carolina should be proud of. Here is what President Meli of Clemson College reported to the Legislature: AS ENGLAND SEES US IT IS GRATIFYING TO NOTE THAT THE AGENT SENT OUT BY THE ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, A FEW MONTHS AGO TO EXAMINE THE CONDITIONS OF COTTON GROWING THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH, MAKES THE FOLLOWING REPORT OX THE CONDITIONS AS HE FOUND THEM IN SOUTH CAROLINA. "I FIND THAT THE BEST FARMERS, THE MOST SYSTEMATIC AND BY FAR THE MOST THRIFTY AND ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE FARM IS UNQUESTIONABLY TO BE FOUND IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HERETHE CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL IS REGARDED AS A LIFETIME PURSUIT, AND IN THE MAJORITY OF INSTANCES I FOUND TliE FARMER, WHETHER LANDLORD OR TENANT, A CLOSE STUDENT OF THE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE WHICH ENABLE HIM TO KNOW THE WANTS OF THE SOIL AND THE PROPER MEANS OF SUPPLYING THESE WANTS. THE CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE HAS BEEN A REAL BLESSING TO THE .FARMERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. UNDER ITS TUTORAGE, YOUNG MEN HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL IS THE NOBLEST, AND BY FAR THE MOST PROFITABLE OCCUPATION THEY CAN ENJOY. Have You Seen This? If Not, Merchants and Planters Read It. Clemson College on October 17th. January 9th, January 10th, analized samples Nos. 202, 222, 223 of our Cotton Seed Meal sent them by their own agents and taken out at Kingstree and Timmonsville. Here is what they found: SAMPLE 202.... CLEMSON SAYS AVE ACTUALLY DID GIVE WE GUARANTEED TO GIVE SAMPLE 222. SAMPLE 223. CLEMSON SAYS WE ACTUALLY DID GIVE WE GUARANTEED TO GIVE CLEMSON SAYS WE ACTUALLY DID GIVE WE GUARANTEED TO GIVE (5.90 8.4i 7.37 .09 2.78 2.79 Phosphoric Acid. .19 .20 .19 1.43 I, .1.07 1.30 1.42 I 1.18 a s g 2.50 1.50 2.58 1.50 2.00 1.50 0.02 0.11 0.35 5.70 7.32 7.00 7.43 7.00 7.72 7.00 o - ? r. s c ? 1.71 1.00 05 00 1.71 1.00 8s 1! 29.58 20.85 29.98 26.86 31.07 26.85 66 66 66 66 66 66 NOW YOU SEE When you buy Southern Cotton Oil Company's Cotton Seed Meal you get full value. Fertilizers " " " " " Snowdrift Lard you get the purest and best made. Salad and and Cooking Oils Toilet and Laundry Soaps In short, when you buy any of these things see that the Southern Cotton Oil Company's name is on the package. 66 66 66 66 66 66 Let Us Work Together FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH We have paid you the highest prices for your Cotton Seed this year in the history of the business. We manufacture all of this seed into oil and pay out the wages for it right here in this State. We manufacture our Lard, Salad and Cooking Oils and Soaps at Savannah, Ga. What are you going to do for us? THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY C. FITZSIMONS, District Manager. COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA