The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-01
OUR AGRICULTURAL REVIVAL.
CHEERING ACCOUNTS FROM ALI. OVER
THE STATE.


THE STATE.
What the Farmers of South Carolina Have
Been Doing for Themselves and the
State--Suggestio ions for the Future.
Tho February number of the Monthly
Report of the State Department of Agri-
culture contains the following "Notes'
which will be read with interest by the
farmers:
For the last two years there has been
something of an agricultural revival in
South Carolina. The farmers have
shown great interest, as they should do,
i'll public affairs. Numerous meetings
have been held and various subjects dis
cussed. We would be glad if the secre-
taries Of every agricultural club in the
State would send the Commissioner II
list Of the members of the club, so that
publications of the Department could
be mailed them. We would like also to
be informed whenever agricultural sub
Jects arc discussed and if the Depart
mont can furnish any information on
any of the subjects i'll which the farmers
arc interested it will DO most cheerfully
given.
In this connection tho attention of
these clubs is called to the notice fire.
quently published by the Department
that analyses of fertilizers will be made
for farmers without charge. Directions
for drawing samples, which are very
plain, will be furnished upon application
to the Commissioner.
Nothing shows more conclusively the
benefits of tho official control of the
sales of fertilizers, and tho efficiency of
the system Of fertilizer analyses adopted
by the South Carolina Department OF
Agriculture, than tho fact that COM
plants of worthless fertilizers are rarely
ever heard; and Notwithstanding that the
Department has frequently offered to
make analyses for farmers free, very few
samples are ever sent in, thus showing
the confidence of those most interested
i'll the analyses Of fertilizers. Tho work
of tho Department., therefore, has been
of great value to manufacturer and con-
sumner.
From present indications the sales of
commercial fertilizers will exceed those
of former years. The consumption will
possibly be greater than in any other
year since 1885.
The Department has received no
Official statements on tho subject, but un-
official reports show that the small grain
crop of the Safe is very promising
at this time,' and unless some unusual
disaster overtakes the crop it will be one
OF the largest produced in the State in
many years. The winter has been so
mild that no part of the crop Las suffer
ed in any way from cold weather.
Under authority given by tho Board
the Commissioner has appointed three
patrols at Georgetown and one at Or
angeburg to prevent illegal fishing in the
Pee Dee and Waccamaw and Edisto
Rivers during the close time. It is
hoped that the fishermen will not mako
it necessary for these officials to take
any action against them during the sea-
son, but that all will cheerfully obey the
laws, The patrols have beon instructed
to report all violations of the law, and
no effort will be spared by those whose
duty it is to see that the laws are en-
forced to bring all offenders to trial.
hoped that the fishermen will appreciate
this fact and save the officials the per-
formance of disagreeable duty.
No better idea of the varied and i'm
portant character of the work of the
South Carolina Department of Agricul-
ture can be given than statement of the
force engaged in the performance of that
work. The Board Of Agriculture, COM
posed Of ten members, is the directing
power. The executive force consists of
the Commissioner and his Clerk, the
Chemist, the Curator Of the Museum,
three Inspectors of Fertilizers, four Fish
Patrols, Special Assistant in the Phos-
OhOfa nj M nd or
Surgeon and the Signal Servi 90 Obse1?-
er, the Director and two Superintend-
ents of Experiment Stations, making
seventeen persons actively employed,
In addition to these there are connected
with the State Weather Service about
twenty voluntary observers, who furnish
monthly weather reports, about 500
county correspondents, who make month
ly crop reports and furnish other infor-
nation.
The Inspectors Of Fertilizers are &C
lively engaged in drawing samples in
various parts of the State. One is in
lower Carolina, one in the upper section
and one in the eastern section.
Mr.. L. M. Rogers, of Florence, S. c.,
has furnished the News and Courier
very interesting article on tobacco cul-
Itlo. llo stbyS GuhU III 1901 Mf. II. M.
Rogers, Jr., planted twenty acres and
has sold to date sixteen tierces of tobac-
co for $4,000, having enough on hand
and shipped (but still unsold) to make
total of $4,000. His expenses will
reach 81 500. This leaves him clear
profit OF $1,000 on twenty acres, or $3.50
por acre.
The great blizzards in the Northwest
have been so disastrous rhat many per-
sons in that section are looking South
ward for more pleasant homes. They
can find no better place on earth than
South Carolina, and all good citizens
from the frozen regions of Dakota, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Ohio or elsewhere
will be cordially welcomed in this State,
where they will find cheap lands, pure
water, congenial homes and delightful
climate. The Commissioners of Agricul-
ture will cheerfully furnish any informa-
tion about tho State that may be desired.
The Springfield (Ohio) Farm and
Firesidc publishes very interesting let
tor from S. w. Phares, of Harpers