The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-07
THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
1T MEETS AND ACTS UPON SEVERAL
IMPORTANT MATTERS.

IMPORTANT MATTERS.
The Matter OF South Carolina Being Repre-
sauted at the Augusta National Exposition
Held in Abeyance-A Scheme for Farmers
Instirutes-Other Matters of lntereat.
(From the Columbia Daily Record, March ?.
The Board of Agriculture assembled
yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
DR.. J. H. Alexander and Gen. M. a
Stovall, representing the National Expo
sition Company, of Augusta, were hearc
in advocacy of the board causing the Stat'
of South Carolina to be represented by al
exhibit at the exposition in October next
The board stated that considering the ex
pense of such a display and not being suffi
GENTLY Informed of the extent and magul
tude of the proposed exposition they were
not prepared to act definitely just now, bu
will hold the matter in allegiance.
NO "DEFINITE ACTION HERE.
Messrs. r. NJ. Anderson and George X
Wright appeared before the board from tht
Columbia Board of Trade. MIR. Ander
sons suggestions that the two boards CO
operate in the matter of advertising the
State in general and Columbia in particular
were referred to the Committee on lmml
grafton for future consideration.
After adjournment the board met agar
at night and continued in session unit
midnight.
OUR MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES.
Colonel James McCutchen, from the
Committee on Mechanics submitted re
port. recommending the collection OF sta
tistical information relating To The mechan
ical industries of the country to be pub
lished for the information of that class OF
citizens and also information relating to the
price of agricultural machinery, and to
notifyall manufacturers Of such machinery
that the department will receive sample:
of the various implements manufactured
by them and test them on the experimental
stations. The Commissioner was requested
to carry out the recommendations as far u
possible.
WILL ENFORCE THE LAW.
Mr.. w. A. Aucrum, from the Commit
tee on Fish Culture, to whom various COM
munications from the fish wardcns end
patrols at Georgetown had been referred
recommended that the Commission be au
thorized to take immediate steps to enforce
the law at that point. The report was
SWORN wEIGHERs REQUIRED.
Mr.. J. S. Porcher, from the Committee
on Phosphate Department.. reported favor.
ably On certain recommendations of Special
Assistant Roche regarding the rules gov.
erning phosphate mining, the substance OF
which is that sworn weighers be required
at all shipping poiuts.
FARMERS INSTITUTES AND CONVENTIONS.
Mr.. T. J. Moore, from the Committee on
Farmers Institutes and Conventions, who
were requested to submit detailed scheme
for farmers institutes which shall embrace
one farmers State institute and such other
local institutes as may be practicable, re,
ported, in substance, as follows:
There shall be held one State farmers
institute in each year at such time and
place as may be agreed upon by the EXecu
tive Committee of the Board; that for this
wear the same shall be held in Spartanburg
county, in connection with the summer
meeting of the State Agricultural and Me
Society and State Grange, if the
same be practicable; if not, at such time
and place as the Executive Committee shall
agree upon; that the Executive Committee
arrange such subjects of discussion and
select such speakers as may suit the occa
sion: that the Executive Committee be
charged with the duty of securing proper
from each county IN accord
ance with the law creating the Board Of
Agriculture; that in addition to the above
State Farmers Institute there shall be held
such other county or local Institutes as
may be found practicable by the Executive
Committee in each county Of the State,
when requested so to do by any County
Agricultural Society, Grange, or other
Society; that these county OF
local insti utes be held in connection Will
some County Agricultural Society, Grange
or other Agricultural Society, which Shall
give sufficient evidence of interest as to
lead to the conclusion that said Institution
will be successful; that it will be expected
of all local societies desiring to hold a
farmers institute to pay all the local ex'
penses attending the holding of such meet,
ines, which shall include rent of hall, ad,
vertisine and the entertainment OF speak
ers from distance willis: with them; that
the Executive Committee be authorized to
adopt such other rules and regulations and
to do such advertising and printing as they
NAV find necessary to carry out success
fully this scheme; that in the selection OF
spea kers, both for State and local institutes,
the Executive Committee Will not fee
bound by State lines, but are
authorized to employ such talent as can be
procured, having due regard to wise ex
penditure of our funds.
The report was adopted with an amend
ment to the effect that in all the duties as
signed to the Executive Committee the
Commissioner of Agriculture be added.
CONDITION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FARMS.
The following is taken from the report
of the special Committee on Experimental
Farms and Stations:
Out of the Hatch fund, the Trustees will
apply $40, 900 for the salaries of the direc,
tor and scientific staff for station, for cost
of scientific Investigations, chemicals, post.
age, office, service, fuel, publication of
bulletins, reports, etc., and will lump the
remainder, $1,000, with an equal amount
to be advanced by the Board of Agricul-
ture. This $4,000 to be equally divided
between the three experimental farms at
Spartanburg, Darlington and Columbia.
These all to be under one control, direction
and management, and the results of the ex,
periments, tests, ETC., at each, to be included
in one annual report. This proposition
virtually relieves the State stations of the
payment of salary of director, and cost OF
&C. gives them all the ad.