The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-05-03
THE FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Arrangements for Organizing Auxil
iary Clubs to the Clemson Expert
ment Station,


Arrangements for Organizing Auxil.
iary Clubs TO the Clemson Expert
mcnt Station.
Inc following statement has been
Issued by the authorities OF Clemson
College, and gives Il comprehensive
view OF the design and purposes OF the
proposed Farmers Institutes. The
plan adopted is calculated to bring the
the farmers Of the State into closer CON
n%ection with the institution which was
primarily intended for their benefit,
and every one interested in agricul-
ture should carefully examine the plan
herewith submitted and readily CO.
operate in making it u complete sue
cess. The statement is as follows:
The Farmers Institute Committee
held II meeting to-day, and adopted
the following plan of work:
The State is divided into five divis.
ions as follows:
LIST. Oconee, Pickens. Greenville,
Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Chester,
Union and Laurens.
2nd. Anderson, Abbevillc, Green
wooo, SaIuda' ~Newherry, Lexington,
Richland, Fairfield and Edgeficld.
Bird. Aiken, Barnwen, Hampton,
Beaufort, Collector, Dorchester, BAN.
berg, Orangeburg and Berkely.
Nh. Lancaster, kcrshaw, Chester
field, Marlboro, Darlington and
Marion.
9TH. Sumter, Clarendon, Florence,
Horny, Williamsburg, and George
town.
II possible Independent institutes
shall be held in each one of these di.
Visions, ana the times shall b. arrang-
ed Tor each division separately. An
agent to be designated by President
Hartzog shall proceed Immediately if
possible, to each one Of these divisions,
and make arrangements for holding the
, Institutes. And they shall at the same
!, time interest the farmers to orgaa'Z.
ia each county, clubs to be known bv
the name Of Auxiliary Experiment
+ Clubs. The general head of which
clubs shall be Clemson College Expert
: ment Station.
: These agents shall explain to the
farmers the object OF this club, as fol
-, lows:
. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION IN EACH
COUNTY.
Each shall have the privilege Of
: sending delegates TO the Annual Farm.
o ers. institute at Clemson College,
0 which shall continue one week. Each
/ club shall select their own delegates,
not more than five from each club,
Accommodation will be provided in
n the barracks at actual cost, which will
be about fifty cents per head. These
q clubs when organ'z I'd shall consist OF
n a president, secretary and executive
committee OF five, who should be elect
II ed as soon as possible, and be located ir
some central position in the county
II The executive committee shall hav,
authority to make arrangements fol
Ie holding Institutes in their county, aftel
TINS year, and to determine the place
etc. These clubs when organized shall
.c send 20 Prof. j. S. Newman, Clemso,
Is College, 5. Co. Professor OF Agricul
n turc, and Vice, Director OF the station
X notlce or their organization, with
list OF their officers and members.
~ These clubs shall be permanent. AM
II desirable, officers may be elected 70
IL so years. The members of the clu'
s. snail be entitled to any information
lie pertaining to agricultural and horti
cultural Interests hat they may desire
MS and will be Invited to correspond wit
the Agricultural Department in a.
In matters pertaining to their interest
ana II Will be desirable that thes
I'd clubs shall cooperate with the Experj
It. ment Station, and conduct experiment
le that may be suitable to climate, to soil
to and Industry, and to furnish informa
Us ton to the department.
IS, Inc department will take pleasure /
furnishing these clubs with bulletins
m and any other thing which they ma
C. have for distribution. But one c!u
n snail be organized in each county
u Inc agent shall not organize the club.
II out only to interest gentlemen i
I'd the matter, and explain the purposes
g. ana ask their cooperation ia tn
y organization thereof, with the re
I'd quest that they report their result, Ia
I'd has been stated 10 the Experimcn
he station at Clemson College) rs soon a
Or practicable.
The clubs shall be entirely non-poli
teal, and the Object and purpose of tn,
he organization is 10 advance the syste
lc matte and regular holding OF insti
S. tutcs; through which the resources @
lr the State, the agricultural interest O.
is me State, and material interest Of tn,
% state may be advanced and benefited
e. AL ciubs a soon as organized are re
.c quested TO elect delegates TO the An
=. nual Institute to be held at Glenn Sol
College, beginning the second Monda,
g. In August next, and to send a list O
their delegates to Prof. j. S. Newman
d These agents shall obtain informa
e tlon as to what local talent can be uti
g llZed to help at the institute, and wha,
d SUBJECTS. Institutes may b. held one
VI Two nays, as the farmers may desire
ana make arrangements for holding tn,
institutes. And they shall at the same
d time interest the farmers to organiz
In each county, clubs to be known Nv
r the name of Auxiliary Experiment
Clubs
FOR the purpose OF facilitating the
work OF the Experiment Station at
Clemso College, and for bringing the
> work into closer touch with The farm
s. ers, the above outline for organizing
Auxiliary Experiment Clubs i'm each
county is given.