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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902. NO. 31
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INSTRUCTIVE LECTURES BY (
CLEMSON FACULTY. ?
An Excellent Attendance of Represent- E
atives Farmers and Close Atten- e
tion C iven to Lectures. t
The Farmers' Institute, held here ^
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lust Friday, was a decided success.
There were present in the court
house, where th<" exercises took place, 1
about 250 people, including a large *
proportion of representative farmers j *
from all parts of the county. The n
members of Clemson College faculty jJ
present were: Profs. C. M. Conner, *
F. S. Shiver and C. C. Newman. T
The meeting was entirely informal,
and the lecturers seemed to take 1
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pleasure in answering all questions
addressed to them touching the subiect
under discussion.
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At 10:30 o'clock the meeting was 1
called to order by Hon. Henry E.
Kaddy of Johnsonville, who hud r
l>eeu requested to act as chairman. '
He brieHv explained the object of the
institute and reminded the farmers
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present of the opportunity before
them to obtain light on the numcr- V
ous vexing questions incident to their!1
vocation. He then introduced Prof.;
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Newman, who would tell something
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about horticulture.
Mr. Newman discussed in order j
the subjects of pear blight, spraying
peaches and plums to prevent rot,
and storing grains to prevent weevils,
these being questions he had been
asked to touch upon. Pear blight
is a very old disease, caused by a
bacterial germ. No remedy has en- *
tirelv succeeded, but blight can be 1
prevented to some extent. He recom- *
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meilUfU ^ z> rciuu>iug lut- oiicvivvi
part by cutting out with sharp in- ^
strument. Cut 12 or 14 inches be- I
low dead leaves, but do not cut in *
affected part. Clean shears with L
germicide or corrosive sublimate; 1
(2) blight has been caused to dis- *
apj?ear by not cultivating trees and c
encouraging a thrity growth. ?
To prevent plums and peaches .
from rotting, which is caused by an 1
insect called a circulio, destroy fruit
.that falls on the ground. Spray C
with Paris green or Bordeaux misture *'
(3 lbs. copper sulphate, 4 lbs. lime +
and 50 gallons water).
To destroy potato bugs spray or
dust with Paris green. Spray with
a mixture of 1 lb. Paris green and 3
lbs. lime added to 50 gallons water. ^
Dust with a powder composed of 2
teaspooufuls Paris green and 3 qts.
flour. For tobacco use 1 lb. Paris
green to the acre.
To prevent weevils: Bisulphide of }
carlnm kills the eggs. Sprinkle over \
grain 3 oz. to 75 bu. Will also rid ]
barn of rats. Fumes explosive for ]
24 hours after application. (
Prof. C. M. Conner discussed ]
dairying. Food for cattle: cotton 1
seed meal, corn cut green and kept i
ill silo. Dry food: i lbs. meal and 6 ]
lbs. bran per day. Good outlook for <
dairying. To make good butter, 1
strict cleanliness necessary. If a s
separator is used, separate cream soon 1
after milking. Unless a regular
dairying business is carried on it
i does not pay to use separator: Costs
Wf' from ?60 to ?75. Keep milk cool
W at 60 to 65 deg. Cheap separators ?
y* no good, better use pans. Chum
without dasher the l>est kind. Corn
the best food for beef cattle. For
milch cows a good mixture is 3 lbs.
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otton feed, 2 ibs. meal and 5 lbs.
>eavine hay.
I'rof. Shiver spoke on fertilizers.
,'au't get best results from continious
use of commercial fertilizers,
iome made fertilizers, such as lot
Qannreand humus woods mould very
sseutial to successful farming. The
ow pea the best leguminous plant
or wornout lands in the South,
.'otton seed worth 25 cents a bushel.
)oes not nav to exchange for meal
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tnless 25 cents worth of mail is obuined
for each bushel of seed. Oil
n seed of no value hs fertilizer.
?tabic manure should be kept moist
nd well tram]icd. Commercial ferilizers
should he used supplementary
o the home-made article. Nitrate
oda, dried blood and cotton seed
ileal the best form of nitrogenous
ertilizers. Use nitrate soda for
ruck ami top dressing for small
rrain. Acid phosphate and kanit
?est for cow jeas?200 lbs. acid to
00 lbs. kanit. Actual experience
he only way to tell which fertilizers
,re best adapted to certain soils.
Yhen purchasing fertilizers get the
rind containing the element most
lec-ded by the soil. Above all, cultiate
thoroughly so as to keep moistire
in soil.
At the conclusion of Prof. Shiver's
alk, before adjournment, a resolution
of thanks was voted the faculty
01 their interesting and intelligent
ectures.
COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL.
:irst Week's Attendance Good ? A
Four Weeks Session.
The county summer school for
eachers commenced Monday inornng
with a fair attendance, which
las increased daily until the enrolluent
now includes twenty teachers.
Che instructors are I)r. A. B. Cooke,
irofessor of German at Wofford colege,
who teaches English grammar,
oinposition and literature, and Mr.
Feunings K. Owens of the Hock
lill graded school, who has charge
if +Vw> i?? nritViam<itir> :inrl (rwi
FJL Will/ ITVi a iijl (tiiVUVMivi4v
paphy.
Tht* summer school will continue
n session four weeks, with daily
lessions except Sunday. The method
>f instruction is by question and
mswer. In order that the work
nay proceed quietly and without inermption
the daily sessions are held
11 the rraded school building.
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The teacher-students seem very
nuch in earnest, and The iiictructurs
xpect hard, patient and successful
vork.
Following is the enrollment up to
esterday:
Misses Retha Burgess, Selma Burjess,
Mouzon; Eulalia Cox, Vox;
darie Dunlop, Harpers; Olive Ful-on,
Foreston; Fannie Epps, Lila
iemingway, Helen Scott, Jimma
Kinder, Kingstree; Sarah Harrelson,
Georgetown; Emma Hendricks,
Esther Nettles, Emiline Nettles,
Lake City; Hattie Newell, Chapnan;
Beulah Hoggins, Venters;
Ethel Nesinith, Dock; Carrie SaltT6,
Salters; Lily McElveen, Spring
Sank; Mrs. R. B. Woodbury, Johnionville;
and Messrs. W. J. Dunlop,
harpers; and J. T. Frierson, Mouzon.
County Campaign Meetings.
Johnsonville, Tuesday, August 5.
Black Mingo, Wednesday, Aurust
6.
Trio, Friday, August 8.
Greeleyville, Tuesday, August 19.
Kingstree, Wednesday, August 20.
Lake City, Thursday, August 21.
Scranton, Friday, August 22.
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REVIEWS THE LECTURES HEARD
AT THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
An Interesting Article from an Original
Thinker?The Sonth an Excellent
Field for Dairying.
Editor County Record:
I am glad I went up to the Farmer's
Institute at Kingstree.
Professor Newman's lecture on
spraying fruit trees with Bordeaux
mixture, although not altogether newwill,
I think, stimulate many to go
to work and obtain benefit from it
next year. I want to get the formulas
and try it myself on patches and
plums. "What a pity the pear blight
cannot be prevented by spraying!
Prof. Conner was right in showing
that the feed of many dairy cows
costs more than the butter would sell
for. But he did not give "skimmed
milk" justice, for, I tell you, Mr.
Editor, in these days of no meat
many a little fellow has had a good
breakfast and supper of skimmed
milk and corn bread, whether he had
any butter on the bread or not.
But here's the supper bell now,
let's see if we have any meat!?no!
Just some milk, and clabber, and
bread, and some coffee, and some
peach pie and no butter. You see,
the little cow turns the grass into
milk and clabber more than butter,
and it would be unjust to the cow
not to count the skimmed milk.
Two or three years ago we opened
a tield and turned the cow in the
peas and fresh grass, and we regaled
on milk and butter too; but she
drank the stagnant water from an
old clay hole in the field where the
geese had teen washing, so I took
fever and sent for the doctor and was
a long time getting well. I had depended
on the cow to filter the foul
water\ and give us pure milk, but I
don't believe now a cow is a good
filter to purify bad food or ted water;
so I have learned some sense about
milk.
My wife is a great believer in milk.
She says it is food and medicine both
?saves doctor's bills and makes redfaced
children. A cup of hot milk
will revive the sick, no matter what
the disease. A cup of milk and
tiour stirred in the frying pan with
the hot fried meat will make a gravy
so good that you can take three or
four mouthfuls of hominy to one of
butt meat these hard times, and that
beats butter. Milk and sugar makes
a better sauce for the apple pie than
butter, and a drink of clabber and
whey these hot thirsty days revives
me more than iced lemonade. So
here's to the cow that drinks clean
water and eats sweet grass and gives
rich milk!
But the professor says if a cow
does not give rich milk naturally she
cannot be made to do so by feeding.
She can be made to give more rnilk
but not rich milk. I wish Professor
Conner could have had more time,
for I conclude from what he says
about feeding that the dairying
should largely be in the south. Cotton
seed, peavine hay and cotton seed
meal, supplemented with wheal bran,
which could also be raised here.
Prof. Shiver on fertilizers was interesting
in showing the futility of
trying to raise large crops on land
devoid of humus, by simply applying
commercial fertilizers, and he
laid stress on the waste in freight
and hauling of low grade fertilizers.,
I wish he could have had more lime
to show how stagnant water "poisons"
a crop. Any water that lies on the
low land long enough will hill corn
or cotton.
But stagnant water, although
poisonous to mankind, would only
be filtered and purified through a
dry soil. The foul matter acts as a
manure to the crops; and would be-a
boon to-day to the burning corn, the
wilted cotton and thirsty hind down
here in Possum Fork.
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