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EN PICTURE OF CLEMSON COLLEGE 'ks for Welfare In Many Ways. icture a county estate of 1,500 is, with stately buildings :ed at elevated points to form reat irregular circle of half a B in diameter. Inclose in this le a beautiful grove of native s, threaded by smooth drive is and paths and cement side ks. Turn to the north and for ackground outline against the at a distance of 20 miles, ge after range of mountains home of the Highlands, of sar's Head, Whitesides. and ,r lofty peaks of the Blue go. Think of these mountains in summer clothed with ver e, standing out black against horizon, and in winter often te with snow. Take for the .herji boundary a river of In 1 lineage and follow in its aping crookedness the swift turbulent Seneca as it twists way and that to mark the Ines of the estate. And to this ng add broad expanses of r bottom lands green with , steep hillsides sinious with I grassy terraces and cool pas s with winding brooks and eful shade trees and you have -ture of Clemson College, not .ed to suit the canvas of an t, but as seen every year by ly a thousand young South Iinians who seek, amid these mundings, an education that plepare them for self-respect self-supporting citizenship. A Storied Spot. minson College is a unique ling of the old and the new, e historic with the now. Just is the road from the cadet iitories, which every session a over 800 young men, and in of the new electric power m that day or night beats as ndustrial heart of the coin ty, is the white columned fion of the illustrious John ilhoun. One can almost pic the great statesman, as with s behind him he paces the Aos of cedar and oak, putting form those matchless ideals triotismn whose fulfillment he lived to see. out 50 yards to the rear of aansion is a queer little one room structure with col dporch to match the man This was the "study" of the statesman, and here were en many of his great ora-l . Under this little study, h is about 20 feet square, is i deep pit in which ice cut in r was stored for summer use. the seasons must have ged, for only during one or winters of the 20 which the r has spent in the "up coun has ice formed in sufficient ness to justify such ample ge. the 01ld mansion are many ric relics, includiing a chair by Gien. George Washington, a seven -foot moh a ir-cove red eon the back of which is ~d the American eagle. It is that the engraving on our was copied from this carv .e old mansion with its his memories, the peer of the aitage, Mount Vernon and :icello, is a priceless State and .nal asset, and should be a mnial source of inspiration to eding generations of young hi Carolinians whlio are priv dl to live for four years in the ow of its historic walls. my are wvont to ask why the ge does not hear the name of oun instead of the name of o)n-in-lawv, Thos. G-. Clemson. answver is that nowvhere does pear in the records that Mr. oun ever wvishedl or planned rection of an industrial and iical college on the old home .rThe complete story of Mr. son's part in the foundmng o college is too long to be told A Vast Plant. ec college tract contains over acres. On the property are 23 principal publhe ings, 70 dwellings and 64 r buildings. The college has employ 401 teachers, officers laborers. Its inventoried erty is $1,327,728.57. Trhe of ot' the colilege send1 out year ver 35,000 1letteis andl over '00 other pieces of mail mat most of which give agricul information. addition to the parent stn the college umaintains two chi experiment stations--One Suimmer'ville and the other at ence. One more to be situ in the sand hill section of the a just as soon as funds wvill ilt, will complete a system ?senting the principal soil 3 of the State. The enrollment has grown frorr 440 students in 1898 to 884. Orig inally there were but two course. of siudy-now there are 18.. Ir addition to these regular degre courses there is a four weeks course for farmers and a one-ses sion practical agricultui'al coursf extending from October 1 to Jun( 1 for men over 18. Public Service. But the trustees of Clemsor College have not only organized an efficient system of fertilizer in spection and analysis, by whicl the farmer gets Value received from the tax he pays, and built and maintained a great agricul tural 'ind mechanical college, but they have gone a step farther than is required by their compact with the people and have sought to re turn to those who pay the tax in the shape of direct service, all that could be spared over and above the cost ot operation and build ing. The publc service has grown as the fertilizer tax has grown now reaching an annual total oi over $100,000. Clemson College, with its plant wvell developed, its patronage as sured and overflowing, its lines of pulblic 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. CLEMSON'S HANDSOME Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Association Structure Now Being Built at Agricultural College Will Cost $75,000, and Will Rank Among Finest in Entire South. Just north of the textile school 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 Young 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 is 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, Vhich 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 by the college, but by contract. 'The successful bidder is Mr. Th~loma~s W. Cothran of Greenwood.. The architect is Prof. R. E. Lee, head of the division of drawing a nd architectural engi neering at Clemson. It is a-coin cidlence that Prof. Lee and Mr. Cothran ar~e 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 tedture, of vari-colored texture brick, with colored tile inserts, terra cot ta and Ii mestone trnimi nmings and red tile. roof. The in terior finish will be of yellow pine. It is to be two stories in height, with a basement and mezzanine floor. It will have a frontage of 120 feet and wvill 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 modern equipment, a quick lunch room and private dmmig room. Th~lis wvill be fitted lip in rathskellar style and wvill appeal to both studlents and members of thme faculty. A store for the sale of coJld drinks, candies, etc., 10 cated in the center of the base ment, coinpjletes this featumre. Space is providled for three bowling alleys and for spectators. Two of the alleys will he installed at present. Bathing facilities will be Jo cated in the baseiment and will consist, of a locker room of ample size, shower b)athis anmd swi mmm ig pool1. The 1poo1 is to be 21 by 60 feet, a standlard size which will permiit of official recordls in swim ming and~ other a quaitic sports. It will be finished throughout with ceramic tile. T1he main toilet for the building will be located in time basement, adjoining the locker room. Fhe mezzanine floor will con tain spectators' galleries, storage space for the store, a large room for college pubillicat ions, a coin mnittee room, a locker room foi visitng tonms.. a ladies' retirinn 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 lobby 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 building will be located directly in front of the main entrance on the rear side of the lobby. An auditorium with a seating capacity of 400 is to the rear of the lobby. The lobby and adjoining rooms are to be fitted out with large, comfortable cbairs 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 be 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 alna 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 SOilS. The entire building is to be made as attractive as possible for the cadets, giving them a home like place where they can spend their unemployed time pleasantly and profitably. While providin'g priniarily for the cadets, ample provision has also been made for the alumni, faculty and people of the college community. SUMMER SHORT COURSES A Pleasant and Profitable Vaca tion. Clemson College is this suimier offering a four weeks' course in a riculture and cotton grading. Th1ile course begins August 9th and ends September 4th. The school will be arranged so that one can get just what he most needs. During the first week the subject of dairyipng will be taught, the second week animal husban dry, and the third horticulture. For the last week of the course agronoiny, which includes field crops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will be the chief subject. Any one interested in agricul ture will find it to his advantage to attend this school when the siib - ject he is sp)eciallly interested in is being taught. A special course for teachers of agriculture has been arranged and four weeks spent at Clemson wilresult in greatly increased efficiency. Four weeksi instruction will also be given the winners in the Boys' Corn Club work of the State. Clemisonl College inaugur~ates the -first summer school in the South for ministers interest ed in rural a flairs. A tenl-day course August 9th to August 20th, in clusivye-has been sp~ecially de .signedl for thlem. The entire equipment of the ag ricultural deparfmnent will be at the dlisp~osal of those taking the four weeks' courses. The farm, dlairy, dairy barn and all tihe lah oratories will be open for use in instruction. Popular lectures will be given each evening b~y some member of the faculty or other lecturer p~romn inent in state or national affairs. The college library will be open dluring the whole four weeks with its 30,000 .books and many popu lar nmagazines. P'ersons wishing to spend a va cat ion under the direction of a completent faculty, with the ad vantages of well equipped labora tories, will find Clemson College an1 ideaI place for summner. "Reinforcing" Manure. Manure is the best of all crop produlcers, hut manure needis "re mforcemnents" to bring out its greatest value and to suipply mat ter' in which it is deficient. Be sidles, the farms are few and far b~etween that produce enough manure to fertilize all the land, even b~y the most careful live stoclk farming and b~y adding brought feeds to the crops growni and re turning all manure to the soil. Manure is especially dleficient in p)hosphoric acid and' whlere a crop is fertilized entirely with manure the add~ition of acid phosphate will increase the yield. On sandy lands, manure wvill not contairi enough potash to produce the besi cropn. "lemson's Agri HOG CHOLERA AND HOW TO CONTROL IT There are two principal neth ods of preventing hog cholera; one by the use of serum, and the other by taking care to avoid the methods of spreading the disease, which are here outlined briefly. Hog cholera is spread by fail ure properly to dispose of the car cases of dead hogs. Buzzards, dogs and other animals feeding upon these carcasses can carry in fection to other priemises. All car casses should be burned or buried immediately, and buzzards should be destroyed in communities where they are not protected by law. In communities whore these scavengers are thus protected, the law should be repealed and the birds destroyed. Another very common method of spreading hog cholera is walk ing through yards or fields where sick 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 premi ises where there are sick hogs. Neither should they allow their neighbors to go among their hogs when cholera exists in th'e com munity. 1calithy hogs should be cared for by persons who have not been where the disease exists, and no one else slould be allowed near the healthy drove. Cholera may be spread by streams receiving drainage froim 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 a scertained. These three matters deserve care fil attention. When cholera exists in a neigh borhood every hog ow ner should establish a strict quarantine on his individual premises. When the disease exists on adjoining farms hogs should be protected by injection with ainti-hog cholera seriun11. The sudden death of one or twc 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 fa rmner finding cholera among his hogs should at once ap ply to the Veterinary Division, Clemson College tor sert mu, which is to be had at actual cost' of manufacture, and should se cure the services of his county farm demonstration agent, wh'o has been instructed ini the use of serum. It is the dutty of 1al1 citizens to see that tile State law relative to p~romupt (disposal of carcasses is strictly enforced. BUTTERMILK THAT IS BETT~ER AND CHEAPER All bacteria (10 not mak e t rouble and doctors' b)ills. Some of them make butttermlilk and~ bulttermilk is ai friend to health. It is a cheap b~everalge and a11i good one, and is anl (excellenit food besides. Its nui t rit ive vallue is high, t wo qlualrts of butttermilk b)eing equlal to ab1ot one pound1( of beef steak. It has also a good mledlicinal effect. Goo bul tttermiliik enni be made~l art ificially its follows: Add to eveir glallont of skim milk ab~oit hailf pint of whole tmil k and enough "'st ater'' or c' aluber to curi dlle the mtixtutre in six or' seveni htouris at ord(1inariy li ving-rodin temperature hs. Wheni tihe imixtuire is thIoroutghly citrd led putt it in a churn and churitn it for' half an hour. A fler(iti chuing, cool the mixture dlowni to well wafer tem per'atur le to pr'evenmt its getting too sour. A fter' cooling, st raim th rough cheese cloth to remtov'e anly hunps1) or' curd. This siple pro(Hcss wvill grive~ a good, refiesluntg, tasteful bev er'age thait is b othI 'l enjoyale andQlui healthful. To priodui(ce good( eropsi) of ('ot - low citltivation is niecessalry. F~aii ur'e to cult ivate proper'l' is one way of farming at at loss. It is never too hut e to use thle spl1it log (rag. 'This is one( of thme best imitplemtents e'ver illveniIt ('(d for' iimp~'rvmg r'oadsl andt, atccord' ingly, making life on the far'm pleas aniiter'. Hogs fattened oni peantts and finisihedl 'off on corn inake hlamls that irank in <piality amid flavor wvith the finest, meat thait ('all be obtained. :multural Servic TICK ERADICATION. Great progress was made last year in tick eradication. A larger area (approximately 4000 square mile was released Irom State and ederal quarantine than in any one year since the work was organized along systematic lines. Still greater progress is antici pated as a result of this year's work. This is made possible by the close cooperation of the State, through Clemson Agricultural Colle e, and the Bureau of Ani mal nlustry, 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 otier. This work is sul)ervised by Dr. W. K. Lewis, inspector in char re Columbia, S. C. -e0 ald his able corps of assistants are pushing the work with all enegry and speed commlensurate with de appropri ations made by the State an( Fed era governments, that the entire State may be released from quar antime its soon as )ossible. Twen ty-one cointies Iave been re leased; the work is ill progress, along systenatic lines, in ten other counties an(] will 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 pro:emlent - pure bred sires are be Img unpll)orted to iiprove tle les ent strains; more cattle are being fed (luring the winter months, and witi the very satisfactory miethod of marketing that, is being con ducted by tihe South Carolina ex tension departient in co)operation w ith tle depaitient of agricul ture inl Washington, the live stock indulist ry in these sect ions is well oil to the road of success. In other words, the eradication of the cat tle tick is making a profitable live stock industry possible. Tle benefits to be derived fron this work are of such a far-reach ing natiure that it behooves ever )ub1)lic spi rited citiz nu to len( I Iiiora1 alln(d active suil)l)ort to thos( enigaged( in con(uicting it, that on grand ol State nmay forge to th front in live stock 'raising, a po sition that she is especially adaplt ed for and one tluit she justly de ServleS. THE CO'TON RED SPIDER. During (try weather one wil notice red(lisi areas on leaves of eertain plants. It is especially noticeable on violets. The leaves soon1 turn'1 brown andio becomei diry and1( brittle. Maniy peCople call it rust, but if one stops5 to examiiine into the matter closely lie will finlittliU e reddhish colored miteCs on the uinder surfaces of the leavyes. Thew ebaract erist ic wveb (enni also be0 easily not icedl. Thliis is the red spidler. It is a1 dry weathler insect, anid if not stopp1ed, it. 0often (does serious (damage. Th'le cot ton ired spider is one of our most imp~lortanit Cotton pet!s ('iing .Jiune, .July and A uigust. rIl S, so fari, appea)iirs to be~ a fa v orablle yea r, anid fa rmers shioul d watch their cotton for thle first ap pea rance of thIiis pest. The damh aige occulrs ini sp)ots in thle fieldl. P'oke wVeed andi( Violet pilanits should niot be allowed in and ab~out p lanitations, while uuner brush shol b01( e kaept .down as far as5 >ract icalble. A s soon1 as thle fir st in fested >lanhts are dhiscoveredl t hey should1( >e careful ly remioved mui burned. Blood1 r'ed spots will show on the uipper suirfCace of leavYes at tacuked,. If this is not done thI en thle inisect S will spreadl fiomu planht to lanut andl in a shiort iie cause thle ruini at ion of a large area of cotton. Thliis mnigrat ion has to take plaiec oni foot,. as thle insects hiave ne wings. 'his imakes it at once ap pa1reint that to a great extent. at least. it is ev'erybiody's own probi Ilm. rega rdles~s oif hiis ine ighbors0P. Whenever thle in fest at iou sprieadsl awutl thle infeste'd spot s become la rger, one of several spraiys iiay be giv~ein. Clemson's Graduates. Tlhie one thouusanid nmen who have bteeni graduated froum leim. soin (Cohllege are hiohlinig Iluerat iv and~ resp~onsibule p)osit ions ini thiir vy-fthree St a tes iinid thle D)istrict 01 Columbhia. in (C'uba, (annal Zonie thme I lawnaiias, Philippine Islands (German y, and(1 Bri tish iE'ast A f rica. St rong evideniee( of thle <puil ifiint ionis oif its a gricul tural grad1( unites is found in the fact tha numbers of them have been giv~ei employment by the United State D~epa rt menit of Agriculture i, whii Clemsoni (engineering mteni are t be found ini the largest. elect rica corporaitions in A merica. THE ONE-YEAR COURSE IN AGRICULTURE Realizing that many young farmers throughout the State could spare neither the time nor the money to take a four-year col lege course, Clemson College in augurated three years ago the one year course in agriculture. Many a young farmer after finishing his home school finds it impossible to take a four-year college course. The one-year course is intended to give the simple scientific princi pl)es pi)on w1hich good farming rests. It begins October 1st and ends June 1st. Its purpose is to take a young man already a farmer and make of hin a better farmer. The requirements for admission are that the applicant must be 18 years of age, must have worked on ie farim for at least three years and have had a common school education through about the seventh grade. During the three sessions in which the course has been given, 171 young men have been enrolled. These men were bet ween 18 and 30 years old. In order to assist, worthy young Men who have lccoml) isled somethmig along agricultural lines, there are 51 scholarships provided for out. of the yearly in coie of the college.' These sch'olar slups are worth $100.00 per ses sion andI(1 free tuition and are awarded oil competitive exaililina t ionl. One feat tire of the course is that it seeks to miake coinnunity lead ers. In addition to agricul tural subjects each student is given inst rue( ion in parliamentary pract ice anlid gets experience im or ganiziiig andl presiding over meet itngs, m21st ittes etc. It is hopel that. in a few years h mIC5 en will becoine leaders in all things looking to the good of their coImnlunities and of the com muonwealth. RESULTS OF TOP-DRESSING Best Times to Apply Nitrate of Soda to Corn and Cotton. Results obtaiied at the South Carolina IExperiment Station show that a top-dressing with ni (rate of soda gives good results on cot ton, Corn and small grains. The imcrease is most m1arked during a wet year, because this nitrogen is already in an1 inmediately avail ablde formi, while the rotting of thle org.i sou...rces does not pro ceedlit as rapidlly as usual on ac count of thle excess5 of moisturie in the soil. 'The almounmt to appl~y Per a1cre var ies with tihe fertilt of liie soil and1( thle previous ferti'liza ion, but we wouild suggest from 50 poundl~s per~ acre 01n poor land lp nleord ing to the fertility of thie soil. .EIarly app~llicatin a015lre coming inito favor. We reconmnend that (lie soda be applie d to corn when it. is het weeni knee and walist high, to cotto (01mit ais the shalpes begim to foin, and1( to small grain in Ma rch. Cire should hbe tatken not to sow nitrpate of sod a on wet lan~lts, bfecafuse it. is likely to scald hem. It is best to a pply it just atf ter a. ranii, when'1 the moist ure hais drlied off the leaves of tile pilan ts, then cult ivate wvith a imulchi forminlg implement as soon as5 thle grouind' is dIry enough to plow. BAGGING GRAPES. (rpes )C cani he growni in anmost anly sect ion of South Carolina. A fl er (lie grapes hiave set, they shiould bie sprayed wit h Bordeau'x nuixliire (seec ci rcua br No. 253 is sued by Clenison College) , and liben be baugged to lpotect themn f roiin dIisease, bi rds and2( b(es. Bag ginrg alIso prolongs (lie ripening season and2( aifter ip en ing thle girapes will tin ig on the vines for a2 longer t inie without spoiling. SItlong Maila pap11er bags (sizes No. 2 and No. 3) should bie used so1 as 1(o resist the( weather and1( thle shtarp beaks of birds. The bia should be slipped over (lie hne i and pinnedl Or wired closely about (lie stemn. A pin hole in thie ot tom of thle bag wvill Aninxper1ienced hand can p~ut onl 500 bags a day, and1( ant expe ienced((~ worker 2,000. It will pay you..o to hag yourP grapes)C. l'armiers in (lhe coasta pi 1lain of Sout h (Caroj ina sho0uldl remember ati this season (lie value of the soy hewan, whliich is one of their best > t'rietl~fs and( ; vIhich appears to be I sp(.eIdly 2aapted in all ways to that region.