The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 10, 1915, Image 5
Supplement to THE BARNWELL PE OPLE, Barnwell, S. C, June 10, 1915.
a pen Picture of
CLEMSON COLLEGE
Work* for Welfare in Many
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Picture a county estate of 1,500
acres, with stately buildings
placed at elevated points to form
a great irregular circle of half a
mile in diameter. Inclose in this
circle a beautiful grove of native
oaks, threaded by smooth drive
ways and paths and cement side
walks. Turn to the nor^h and for
a background outline against the
sky at a distance of 20 miles,
range after range of mountains,
the home of the Highlands, ot
Caesar’s Head, Whitesides and
other lofty peaks of the Blue
Ridge. Think of these mountains
*s in summer clothed with ver
dure, standing out black against
the horizon, and in winter often
white with snow. Take for the
southern boundary a river of In
dian lineage and follow in its
sweeping crookedness the swift
and turbulent Seneca as it twists
this way and that to mark the
confines of the estate. And to this
setting adtP broad expanses of
river bottom lands green with
corn, steep hillsides sinuous with
level grassy terraces and cool pas
tures with winding brooks and
graceful shade trees and vou have
a picture of Cletnson College, not
colored to suit the ranvas of an
artist, but as seen every year by
nearly a thousand voung Soutn
Carolinians who seefc; amid these
surroundings, an education that
will prepare them for self-respect
ing, self-supporting citizenship.
A Storied Spot
Clemson College is a unique
blending of the old and the new,
of the histone with the now. Just
across tlie road from the cadet
dormitories, which every session
house over K00 young men, and in
sight of tin* new electric power
station that day or night beats as
the industrial heart of the com
munity, is the white columned
mansion of the illustrious John
C. Calhoun. One can almost pic
ture the great statesman, as with
hands behind him he paces the
avenues of i^dar and oak, putting
into form Those matchless ideals
of patriotism whose fulfillment he
never lived to M*e.
About 50 yards to the rear of
the mansion is a queer little one-
atory room structure with col
umned porch to match the man
sion. This was the “study" of the
great statesman, and here were
written many of his great ora
tions. Under this little study,
which is alioiit 20 feet square, is
dug a deep pit in which ice cut in
winter was stored for summer use.
How the seasons must have
changed, for only during one or
two winters of the 20 wdiich the
writer has spent in the “up coun-
try" has ice formed in sufficient
thickness to justify such ample
storage.
In the old mansion are many
historic relics, including a chair
used by (ien. George Washington,
and a seven-foot mohair-covered
lounge on the back of which is
carved the American eagle. It is
said that the- engraving on our
coins was copied from this carv
ing.
The old mansion with its his
toric memories, the peer of the
Hermitage, Mount \ ernon and
Monticello, is a priceless State and
national asset,', and should be a
perennial source of inspiration to
succeeding generations of young
South Carolinians who are priv
ileged to live for four years in the
shadow of its historic walls.
Many are wont to ask why the
college does not bear the name of
Calhoun instead of the name of
his son-in-law, Thos. G. Clemson.
The answer is that nowhere does
it appear in the records that Mr.
Calhoun ever wished or planned
£he erection of an industrial and
teenJjical college on the old home-
srtead. .The complete story of Mr.
iClenwoirs part in the founding
of the college is too long to be told
here.
A Vast Plant.
The college tract contains over
1,500 acres. On the property
there are 23 principal public
buildings, 70 dwellings and 64
minor buildings. The college has
in’ its employ 401 teachers, officers
and laborers. Its inventoried
property is $1,327,728.57. The of
ficers of the college send out year
ly over 35,000 lettei's and over
435,OO0* other pieces of mail mat
ter, most of which give agricul
tural information.
In addition to the parent sta
tion, the college maintains twd
branch experiment stations—one
near Summerville and the other at
Florence. One more to be situ
ated-in the sand hill section of the
'State, just as soon' as funds will
permit, will complete a system
n-presenting the principal soil
tvpea of the‘State.
The enrollment has grown from
446 students in 1893 to 834. Orig
inally there were but two courses
of study-r-now there are 18. In
addition to these regular degree
courses, there is' a four weeks’
course for farmers and a one-ses
sion practical agricultural course
extending from October 1 to June
1 for men over 18.
. Public Service.
But the trustees of Clemson
Colic
an
liege have not only organized
efficient system of fertilizer in-'
spection and analysis, by which
tne farmer gets value received
from the tax he pays, and built
and maintained a great agricul
tural and mechanical college, but
they have gone a step farther than
is requirea by their compact with
the people and have sought to re
turn to those who pay tne tar in
the shape of direct service, all that
could oe spared over and above
the cost of operation and build
ing. The public service has grown
as the fertilizer tax has grown,
now reaching an annual total of
over $100,000.
Clemson College, with its plant
well developed, its patronage as
sured and overflowing, its lines of
public service popular and effi
cient, has behind it a creditable
record of achievement, and before
it a future bright with the prom
ise of usefulness to South Caro
lina.
ClemsQn’s Agricultural Service.
room, and a men’s retiring room,
each with.toilet.
The first floor will have as an
entrance a loggia 12 feet wide,
floored with quarry tile. From
this loggia one will enter a large
y flanked with rooms for
games, reading .and correspon
dence, lounging and smoking. A
ladies’ room for club and church
meetings is provided on this floor
The, main offices of the buildinf
will be located directly in front o:
the main entrance on the rear side
of the lobby.
HOG CHOLERA AND
HOW TO CONTROL IT
TICK ERADICATION.
CLEMSON’S HANDSOME
Y. M. C. A BUILDING
Association Structure Now Being
Built at Agricultural College
Will Cost $75,000, and WiU
Rank Among Finest in
Entire South.
An auditorium with a seati
capacity of 400 is to the rear o
the lobby.
The lobby and adjoining rooms
are to be fitted out with large,
comfortable chairs and lounges
and are to be made attractive and
homelike. . The game room will
have French windows opening
upon the terrace over the swim
ming pool.
On the second floor will be a
large hall, specially planned and
suitably equipped for the use of
literary societies and other stu
dent organizations.
On the south side of the build
ing nine well equipped bed rooms
will lie provided, one of which
will be reserved for the secretary
and one as his guest room. The
others will be reserved for the use
of the alumni, when they visit
their alma mater. The north side
of this floor will be devoted to
Bible study rooms and a hall for
the use of the local lodge of Ma
sons.
The entire building is to be
made as attractive as possible for
the cadets, giving them
^ , ___ D a home-
Just north of the textile school tike place where they can spend
There are two principal meth
ods of preventing hog cholera;
one by tne use of serum, and the
other by taking care to avoid th«
methods of spreading the disease,
which are here outlined briefly.
Hog cholera is spread by fail
ure properly to dispose o$ tne car
cases of dead hogs. Buzzards,
dogs and other animals feeding
upon these carcasses can carry in
fection to other premises. All car
casses should be ourned or buried
immediately, and buzzard* should
be - destroyed in tpommunities
where they are not protected by
law. ' In communities where these
scavengers are thus protected, the
law should be repealed and the
birds destroyed.
Another very common method
of spreading hog cholera is walk-
at Clemson College there is being
reared a magnificent structure
that, when completed, will become
an important factor in the social
and religious life of the student
body at the State’s agricultural
and mechanical college. It is the
building of the 1 oung Men's
Christian Association, one of the
first association structures in the
South, and one of the finest col
lege association buildings in the
country. It it costing $75,000 and
was made possible by the generos
ity of Mr. John D. Rockefeller,
who donated $50,000 on condition
that $25,000 more should be forth
coming. The College trustees ap
propriated $15,000, which left
$10,000 still to be raised. This
sum was made up by the loyalty
and contributions from cadets,
faculty, alumni and former stu
dents.
Work on the building is pro
gressing well and the contract
calls for completion before Jan
uary 1, 1916. The work is not be
ing done bv the college, but by
contract. The successful bidder fs
Mr. Thomas W. Cothran of
Greenwood.. The architect is Prof.
R. E. Lee, head of the division of
drawing and architectural engi
neering at Clemson. It is a coin
cidence that Prof. Lee and Mr.
Cothran are both graduates of the
class of 1896, the first class to fin
ish at Clemson College.
The building is to be in the
Italian Renaissance style of archi
tecture, of vari-eolored texture
brick, with colored tile inserts,
terra cotta and limestone trim*
mings and red tile roof. The in
terior finish wifi be of yellow pine.
It is to be two stories in height,
with a basement and mezzanine
floor. It wifi have a frontage of
120 feet and will contain about
36,000 square feet of floor space.
It will be heated by steam and
lighted by electricity.
The basement will contain a
large room, 35 by 64 feet, suitable
for basketball games, wrestling,
exercising, banquets and social
gatherings. Adjoining the hall
will be a kitchen of ample size
with modem equipment, a quick
lunch room and private dining
room. This will be fitted up in
rathskellar style and will appeal
to both students and members of
the faculty. A store for the sale
of cold drinks, candies, etc., lo
cated in the center of the base
ment, completes this feature.
Space is provided for three
bowling alleys and for spectators.
Two of the alleys will be installed
at present.
Bathing facilities will be lo
cated in the basement and will
consist of a locker room of ample
size, shower baths and swimming
pool. The pool is to be 21 by 60
feet, a standard size which will
permit of official records in swinA
ming and other aquatic sports.
It wifi be finished throughout
with ceramic tile. ,
The main toilet for the building
will be located in the basement,
adjoining the.locker room.
~ The mezzanine floor wltt con
tain spectators' galleries,* storage
space for the store, a large room
■-
their unemployed time pleasantly
and profitaoly. While providrpg
primarily for the cadets, ample
provision has also been made tor
the alumni, faculty and people of
the college community.
SUMMER SHORT COURSES
Pleasant and Profitable
tion.
Vaca
for college publications, a
coir
Clemson College is this summer
offering a four weeks’ course in
culture and cotton grading,
course begins August 9th and
ends September 4th.
The school wifi be arranged so
that one can get just what he most
needs During the first week the
subject of dairying will be taught,
the second week animal husban
dry, and the third horticulture.
For the last week of the course
agronomy, which includes field
crops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will be
the chief subject.
Any one interested in agricul
ture wifi find it to his advantage
to attend this school when the sub
ject he is specially interested in is
being taugnt.
A special course for teachers
of agriculture has been arranged
and fodr weeks spent at Clemson
wifi result in greatly increased
efficiency. Four weeks' instruction
will also be given the winners in
the Boys’ Com Club work of the
State.
Clemson College inaugurates
the first summer school in the
South for ministers interested in
rural affairs. A ten-day course—
August 9th to August 20th, in
clusive—has been specially de
signed for them.
The entire equipment of the ag
ricultural deparfment will be at
the disposal of those taking the
four weeks’ courses. The farm,
dairy, dairy bam and all the lab
oratories will be open for use in
instruction.
Popular lectures will be given
each evening by some member of
the faculty or other lecturer prom
inent in State or national affairs.
The college library will be open
during the whole four weeks with
its 30,000 books and many popu
lar magazines.
* Persons wishing to spend * va
cation under the direction of a
competent faculty, with the ad
vantages of well eouipped labora
tories, will find Clemson College
an ideal place for summer.
“Reinforcing” Manure.
Manure is the best of all crop
producers, but manure needs “re
inforcements" to bring out its
greatest value and to supply mat
ter in which it is deficient. Be
sides, the farms are few and far
between that produce enough
manure to fertilize all the land,
even by the most careful live stork
farming and by adding brought
feeds to the crops grown and re
turning all manure to^ the soil.
Manure is especially deficient in
phosphoric acid and where a crop
is fertilized entirely with manure
the addition of acid phosphate
will increase the yield. On mndy
lands, manure will not contain
ing through yards or fields where
side hogs are kept and carrying
the infection on shoes and cloth
ing to other premises where
healthy hogs are confined. It
should be remembered that dis
charges from hogs infected with
cholera are very infectious, and
the owners should not go or allow
any of their help to go on prem
ises where there are sick hogs.
Neither should they allow their
neighbors to go among their hogs
when cholera exists in the com
munity. Healthy hogs should be
cared for by persons who have
not been where the disease exists,
and no one else, should he allowed
near the healthy drove.
Cholera may be spread by
streams receiving drainage from
infected premises, by buying hogs
from premises where the disease
exists, or from public stock yards,
or by failure to isolate newly pur
chased hogs until their freedom
from disease has been ascertained.
These three matters deserve care
ful attention.
When cholera exists in a neigh
borhood every hog owner should
establish a strict quarantine on
his individual premises. When
the disease exists on adjoining
farms hogs should be protected by
injection with anti-nog cholera
serum.
The sudden death of one or two
hogs should lead the owner to sus
pect cholera. If upon examina
tion , of the carcasses cholera
lesions are found, all healthy hogs
should be moved at once to new
lots or pens until they can be in
jected with serum.
A farmer finding cholera
among his boss should at once ap
ply to the Veterinary Division,
Clemson College, for serum,
which is to be had at actual cost
of manufacture, and should se
cure the services of his county
farm demonstration agent, who
has been instructed in the use of
serum.
It is the duty of all citizens to
see that the State law relative to
prompt disposal of carcasses is
strictly enforced.
Great progress was made last
year in tick eradication. A larger
area (approximately 4.000 square
was released from State
and .Federal quarantine than in
any onq year since the work was
organized along systematic lines.
Still greater progress is antici
pated as a result <rf this year’s
work. This is made possible by
the close cooperation of the State,
through Clemson Agricultural
College, and the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry, United States De
partment of Agriculture, in their
systematic manner in conducting
the work, on the one hand, and
the hearty cooperation of the live
stock owners and progressive citi
zens of the State on the other.
This work is supervised by Dr.
W. K. Lewis, inspector in charge,
Columbia, S. C. He and.hi| able
corps of assistants are pushing the
work with all enegrv and speed
commensurate with tne appropri
ations made by the State and Fed
eral governments, that the entire
State may be released from quar
antine as soon as possible. Twen
ty-one counties have been re
leased ; the work is in progress,
along systematic lines, in ten other
counties and wifi be conducted
along preliminary lines in the re
maining thirteen counties this
year.
In the free areas a great interest
is being taken in live stock im
ure bred sires are be-
THE ONE-YEAR
IN
provement; pure
mg importea to improve the pres
ent strains; more cattle are bein
fed during the winter months, an<
with the very satisfactory method
of marketing that is being con
ducted by the South Carolina ex
tension department in cooperation
with the department of agricul
ture in Washington, the live stock
industry in these sections is well
on to the road of success. In other
words, the eradication of the cat
tle tick is making a profitable live
stock industry possible.
The benefits to be derived from
this work are of such a far-reach
ing nature that it behoove* every
public spirited citizen to lend his
moral and active rapport to those
engaged in conducting it, that our
n d old Stats may forge to the
t in live stock raising, a po
sition that she is asperially adapt
ed for and one that aha justly de
serves. •
Realizing that many
farmers throughout tbs
could spare neither the tic
the money to take a four-year <
lege course, Clemson College
augurated three years ago the o
year course in agriculture,
a young farmer after finishing!
home school finds it impossible 1
take a four-year college
The one-year course is intended
give
pies
rests.
ends June 1st.
Its purpose is to take a young
man already a fanner and malm
of him a better fanner.
The requirements for admission
are that tne applicant must be 18
years of age, must have worked
on the farm for at least three
years and have had a common
school education through abonl
the seventh grade.
During the three sessions inr
which the course has been given,
171 young men have been enrolled.
These men were between 18 and
30 veare old.
In order to assist worthy
men who have accompl
something along agricultural
lines, there are scholarships
provided for out of the yearly in
come of the college. These scholar
ships are worth $100.00 per see*
sion and free tuition Mid are
awarded on competitive examina
tion.
One feature of the course is that
it seeks to make community
era. In addition to
turel subjects each at
given instruction m parlu
practice and gets experiance in <
ganizing and presiding over ~
mgs, institutes, etc.
It is hoped that in a few
these men will become leadi
all things looking to the go
their communities and of tbs
monwealth.
RESULTS OF TOP-1
mittee room, a locker nxuu foi g . potash to produce the beet
visit ing teamt, a ladies' retiring! crone.
BUTTERMILK THAT IS
BETTER AND CHEAPER
All bacteria do not make trouble
and doctors’ hills; Some of them
make buttermilk and buttermilk
is a friend to health. It is a cheap
beverage and a good one, and is
an excellent food besides. Its nu
tritive value is high, two quarts
of buttermilk being equal to about
one pound of beef steak. It Jias
also a good medicinal effect.
GoocT buttermilk can he made
artificially as follows: Add to
every gallon of'skim* milk about
half pint of whole milk and
enough “starter" or clabber to cur
dle the mixture in six or seven
hours at ordinary living-room
temperatures. When the mixture
is thoroughly curdled put it in a
churn and chum it for half an
hour. After churning, cool the
mixture down to well water tem
perature to prevent its getting too
sour. After cooling, strain through
cheese cloth to remove any lumps
or curd.
Thia simple process will give
a good, refreshing, tasteful bev
erage that is both enjoyable and
healthful.
THE COTTON RED SPIDER.
During di
ry weather one will
notice reddish areas on leaves of
certain plants. It is especially
noticeable on violets. The leaves
soon turn brown and become dry
and brittle. Many people call it
rust, but if one stops to examine
into the matter closely he will
find little reddish colored mites
on the under surfaces of the
leaves. The characteristic web
can also be easily noticed. This is
the red spider. It is a dry weather
insect, and if not stopped, it often
does serious damage.
The cotton red spider is one of
our most important cotton pests
during June, July and August.
This, so far, appears to be a fav-
ofable year, and farmers should
watch their cotton for the first ap
pearance of this pest. The danr-
age occurs in spots in the field.
Poke weed and violet plants
should not be allowed in and
about plantations, while under
brush should be kept down as far
as practicable.
As soon as the first jnfested
E lants are discovered they should
e carefully removed and burned.
Blood red spots will show on the
upper surface of leaves attacked.
If this is not done then the insects
will spread from plant to plant
and in a short time cause the ruin
ation of a large area of cotton.
This migration has to take place
on foot, as the insects have no
wings. This makes it at once ap
parent that to a great extent at
east it is everybody’s own prob-
em, regardless of his neighbors.
Whenever the infestation
spreads and the infested spots
become larger, one of several
sprays may be given.
Soda to Cora
Results obtained at
Carolina ExparinMBi
show that a top-di
trate of soda (Ivh
cotton, corn sad
increase is moat
wet year, because this nil
already in an immedi ‘
able form, while the
the organic sources does not
ceed as rapidly ss usual <■_
count of the exceas of moisture i
the soil. Ths amount to
sere varies with the
the toil and the previous
tion, but we would
50 pounds per acre on poor
up, scoording to the fertility
Early applications are
into favor. We recommend
the soda be applied to corn
it is between knee and waist
to cotton just as the shapes
to form, and to small. grain'
March.* Care should be taken
to sow nitrate of soda on
pknts, because it is likely to a
them. It is best to apply it
after a rain, when the moi
To produce good crops of coi-
ton and corn, frequent and shal-
It is never too late to use the
split log drag. This is one of the
best implements ever invented for
improving roads and, accordingly,
making fife
antey.
has dried off the leaves of
plants, then cultivate with
mulch forming implement a*<.
as the ground is dry enough
plow.
BAGGING GRAPES
Clemson’s Graduates.
The one thousand meff
who
low cultivation is necessary, E&ik .have been gnufeated from Clem
ure to cultivate properly is one i ««• .
way of farming at a loss.
son College are holding lucrative
and responsible positions in thir
ty-three States and the District of
Oolumhia, in Cuba, Canal Zone,
the Hawaiias* Philippine Islands,
Germany and British East Af
rica. Strong evidence of the qual
ifications of its agricultural grad
uates is found m the fact that
numbers of them have been given
Hogs fattened on peanuts and employment bv the United Sutt»
I CJ a/ t
on the farm pleas-
finished off on com make Kama
that rank in quality and flavor
with the finest Wat that can be
obtained
Department of Agriculture, while
Clemson engineering men are to
be found in the largest electrical
Grapes can be grown in jali
any section of South
After the grapes have
should be sprayed wit!
mixture (see circular No.
sued by Clemson College),
then be bagged to protect
from disease, oirds and bees,
ging also prolongs the
season ana after rii
grapes will hang on
a longer time without
Strong Manila paper be
No. 2 and No. 3) should
so ns to resist the weather
sharp beaks of birds.
The bag should bq*|
the bflncn and ‘
closely about the stem,
in the bottom of the
drain off the rain water.
An inexperienced hand
on 500 bags a day, and
rienced worker 2,000. It
you to bag your grapea.
Farmers in the
South Carolina at
at this season the *
bean, which is' one
friends sad wl