The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-19
THE FARNIEIiS' COLLEGE,.
The Board OF Visitors Commend its
General Condition and Make Sew
cral Recommendations For In


The Board Of Visitors Commend its
General Condition and Make Sew
cral Recommendations For I'M
provcmcnt.
The following report Of the condition
OF Clemson College as investigated by
a ma jOrity OF tho board of visitors has
been made.
Clemson College, s. c., Aug. 4, 1897.
TO the Honorable Board of Trustees,
Clemson College, S. c.:
We, the board of visitors appointed
by your honorable body, met August
lth, 1887, at Clemson College. Present:
w. a. Brown, J. b. Watson and b. T..
Miller.
We regret that wo did not have O
iull attendance of tho board. Those of
us who were present, however, made
as tull and as thorough an investigation
OF the condition and management of
the institution and everyt thing apper-
tanning thereto as limited time and cir
cumstances would permit. We would
have preferred to have visited the COL
lege at time when in full operation,
SO as to have enabled us to form a
more Intelligent opinion Of the etlicien-
cy OF the work being done in all of the
departments. We find all of the build
lngs In frst-class condition and the
equipments fully adequate for the pre-
sent. We find that the grounds and
surroundings Of the college have been
much improved and beautified, and for
cleanliness Is unsurpassed. Whatever
may have been tho local cause that
produced tho late epidemic of fevor, it
has disappeared.
We commend the authorities In their
efforts to discover and remove the
cause Of the recent sickness among the
students and to prevent the recurrence
OF the samc. And now We congratu-
late the trustees and the friends of tho
college upon the fact that entiro good
health prevails in the college communi-
ty, and no one therefore need hesitate
about sending their boys back at the
opening OF the next session--Septem-
Der Sth.
We visited the farm and find fine
crop growing and, If there Is no disas-
ter, a fine yield may be expected from
tho lowland. We also visited the truck
and horticultural farm and found an
abundance of vegetables and fruits
growing on the same, some of which
was tho Gnest that we have ever seen.
We recommend that all that can be
utilized be canned and stored away for
the use of the college. Since you have
adopted vacation of two months or
more, in summer instead of winters
vacation, we can see no necessity for
the cultivation Of so many vegetables
and fruits and therefore recommend
that a part of the farm now being de-
voted to the growing Of vegetables and
fruits be devoted to O nursery and to
the raising Of all varieties of seeds suit
able for our soil and climate, to be dis
tributcd to the farmers of the State, In
order that our people may be protected
from bogus vendors of fruit trees and
secds
We suggest to the professor of horti-
culture the propriety Of dividing por-
tlon OF the contents Of his conserva-
tory with the Winthrop Normal and
Industrial college. We would empha-
size the Importance and necessity of
giving moro attention to the expert.
mental farm, as we do think that this
very important department has been
neglected. We find that The tendency
Is to cultivate too much land. We
would recommend that the intensive
rather than the extensive system be
adopted, showing how much a few
acres can be made to produce and not
how many can be cultivated.
We are pleased with the results of
holding farmers institutes in differ