The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-08-13
THE Joint SUMNER MEETING. n,
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ri SION Az BENNErTsyIa.LE. 99

Au1 DiscusstGus on Matters of Interont ts, /
Frogressive AgricuIturiEts.
(oopdcased from the Retos and Courier. ,
The joint meeting of the State Grange
and the State Agricultural Society
opened at Bennettsville on "Wednesday
the 9th inst. Col. Jas. N. Lipscomb,
Master Of the State Grange, presided.
Prayer was. offered by the Rev. r.. N.
Pratt, Of the Baptist church. Mayor
Knox Livingston welcomed the dele
gates and visitors an AN eloonent
speech. President Duncan responded
with force and hnmor. Both addresses
elected hearty applause. The roll.call
showed 155 delegates and visitors.
Every county except Georgetown and
Horry was represented. -. -.
. On motion it was resolved that dur
Ing the discussion after each essay the
speeches be limited to ten minutes.
The first essay was "Fertilizcrs best
sultedto agricultural products on the
difterent soils of our State" by DR..
II. r.. Chazal, State chemist, of Colum.
ma, 5. q. This was very interesting
aud Instructive address, and was lis,
tened to with marked attention.
Discussion on this subject was called
Tor, and variety Of experiences were
elected from farmers in different parts
OF the State as to tho kind and quality
OF fertilizers used in making corn.
Mr.. j. j. Dargan made thirty-fiyc
pushels to an acre with cotton seed
meal and Ashley phosphate. Mr..
Stackhouse, of Marion, made about
1orty bushels to an acre, with one hun
ared pounds high grade phosphate to
the acre. .,
DR.. Chazal had suggested in his
essay the Importance Of experimental
stations, and said that the department
OF agriculture intended to establish
several of them. This suggestion was
taken up and strongly advocated by
Mr. forcher, OF Charleston, and Mas
ter Lipscomb. Col. Lipscomb Incl.
,dentally contended that to oxcbanoc
your cotton seed for cotton seed meal
ank use the latter as fertilizer might
do for promising year like this, but
might ruin your cotton plant and your
land at the same time. He did not
care to learn how to make $500 or
5000 pounds of seed cotton to the acre.
put he was hunting the man who could
tell him how he could raise cotton at
SIX cents per pound and sell it at ten
cents per pound.
Dr., Chazal replied, showing by. a
Iew plain, scientific facts that the cot
ton seed Oil was not only useless TO /!
the land but Injurious thereto.
. Ihe afternoon session opened at 4.15 |
p. IN: Master Lipscomb announced |
that MI. Sampson was in the town |
ana offered to present to one member
from each county one of his improved
proughs to be tried and reported upon
by the donee. Col. Lipscomb advised
the meeting to accept the offer. He
then declared the discussion on DR.,
Chazal's essay still open.
MI. Hlnson, of James Island, offered
U resolution directing experiments on
cotton fertilizers to be made at q cost
not exceeding 5000.
Mr.. B. r. Crayton, of Anderson.
moved to refer the resolution to the
president of the State University, hop
ing that 1T was an agricultural college
Us 1t purported to be. No one second.
ing the motion, Mr.. Hinson's resolu-
ton was referred to the two bodies for
their separate action.
Mr.. IL. NJ. Anderson, Of Richland.
asked to reopen the discussion on DR..
Chazals essay and delivered a short
speech In favor of cotton seed oil mills,
during which he mentioned that he
was the agent of an oil mill.
Mr.. q. III. Noise, of Sumter, rose to
q point OF order, and objected to Mr..
anderson S participation in the discus
sion, on the ground that he was pecu-
niarily interested. The chair ruled
the point not well taken. Mr.. Noise
and tho decision of the chair
was sustained. Meanwhile, Mr.. All
derson's time had expired. The meet
ing then passed to the next essay, viz:
Tobacco, the kind to be grown on the
dlheront soils of the State," by Thos.
d. Moore, of Spartanburg. This
essaylst confined himself strictly to the
scientific cultivation of tobacco. He
was satisfied that Havana would not
do in this country.
Discussion was called for. but no
one responding, the meeting passed TO
the next essay, viz: "Gra2e culture
and wine manufacturing" bv IT. B,
Buist, of Greenville. The cSsav was
short and pithy. 1t elected a great
deal of questioning from members
upon various points, to all of which
Mr.. Buist replied fully.
. AT p. IN. the Convention adjourned
for the day.
...sl. IS SECOND DAY.
The joint meeting assembled at 1890.
President Duncan in the chair. After
prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Stokes, of the
Methodist Church, the essay on "rhe
best and most economical method of
drainage" was read by Mr.. f. l..
Rivers, of James Island. Mr.. Rivers
preferred tile drains, we'll covered, but
thought wooden drains much better
than none. He favored deep drainage,
The drains should not be put down
less than four feet deep. Tho tiles
should be laid from the outlet up the
drain and the mouth be projected
against vermin. In England large
amounts are lent by the Government
70 farmers for the purpose of draining
their lands with tiles. In Ohio the
ufNhed counties use sixteen times
more OF commercial fertilizers than the
.undrained counties. The great i'm. inn
provement in the Weld of The sea
Stand plantations was attributable to
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