The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-02-13
State Board Of Agriculture,

Board of Agriculture for the present year
was held yesterday, and the board was in
session the most Of the day.
IS The proceedings were opened by the
election as chairman Of gentleman who
has been governor of South Carolina and
whom many believe will be again before
long Lex. Governor Hsgood.
s. General rights phosphate licenses were
granted to the following Beaufort Phos:
phate Company Of Beaufort, Farmers
Mining Company, of Charleston, and E.
%. Williams, Jr., Of the same city.
The four acre lot, near the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, where
the department formerly had fish pond,
was ordered turned over to DR.; McBryde
to be used for experimentation with irri.
gated crops in connection with the Co
ilumbia Experiment Station.
The petition Of the Agricultural Society
of South Carolina (of Charleston for an
appropriation for use in experime entail
work was refused.
& Official recognition was granted by the
board to Mr.. R. H. Ferguson, OF Buffalo,
IN. Y, who is working so zealously on the
line Of securing colonies of desirable im.
migrants to this State. The Commissioner
of Agriculture mas requested to give Mr..
Ferguson all possible assistance IN his
work Of colonization. ...
The plan proposed in communication
from the New Jersey State Board OF Ag..
:rienlture in reference to the establishment
OF National Department of fAgricnlsure
was endorsed, as ;was also another propo.
sition from the same source looking to-.
ward the securing by Congressional
enactment of Tree carrisge through the
mails for reports of State Agricultural and
Horticultural Societies and State Boards
,ofAgricnlture.
A committee vas appointed to confer
with Mr.. John 8. Reynolds ofSpartanburg
in reference to: the publication in his
ready prints outsides of the department
bulletins and monthly reports. Messrs.
DIP. Duncan and J. r. Moore were ap-
pointed on the committee.
The Board decided to continue the work
on the two State Experiment Stations at
Darlington and Spartanburg, and appro-
priated s5, 900 therefor. While the recent
legislation for the Clemson College will
deprive the board OF certain funds hereto.
fore depended upon for the support of the
stations, the funds referred to will not be
.diyested from the control of the board
until October 31st next, the close of the
present fiscal year.
DR.. McBryde, as director of the E1per-
iment Stations, was instructed to ascertain
by experiment the quantity of the okra
fibre which can be grown per acre on
average upland and bottom land, and also
the coat Of preparing, the fibre.
8 DR.. Mcbride was also requested to fur>
nish the Commissioner Of Agriculture for
publication in the monthly bulletins OF
the department the reports of the expert.
mental work on the Experiment Sta
tions.
Elk. Gov. Hagood offered the following
preamble and resolution, which were
unanimously adopted
The State Board of Agriculture Of
South Carolina recognizes with pride the
fact that, in competition with the whole
United States, the largest crop of corn
grown has been by 8 South Carolina far
mer. They further recognize the fact thai
this is the largest authenticated crop OF
Indian corn ever gro IN to the acre in any
part of the world, therefore, be it
sResolved, That the thanks Of the board
be, and hereby are, rendered to Mr.: q. J.
Drake, for the honor he has by his
achievement conferred upon his State and
the demonstration he has made of the
possibilities Of her soil and climate"
The board have requested Mr.. Drake
toreport the yields of future crops grown
on the prize acre, with the particulars Of
fertilization and cultivation.
: twas determined to hold State far
mers' institute at Ridge Spring. Edgefeld
County, if be desired by the citizens of
that place, some time during the coming
summer.
Resolutions we're adopted in the line of
encouraging the holding of farmers in.
stitutes, after which, there being no fur.
ther business, the board adjourned.--Co-
lumbia Register, Sth.