The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-23

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strange. and it i. remarkable for there
wore men present who have had some
ching to 20 with the making Of the
,uiitics oi the State but the only
mention Of politics that was made was
the plea that it should bc cschcwcd
There was no applause except when i.
vas on a hi about living at home aud
raising food products OH the planta
t!on. The Convention was a good
one, and it has sown the seed for
much good. 1t has shown that there
i, the dawn Of new day in the agri
culture OF the State, brighter and a
better day.
Congressman g. G. I.atimcr was
asked to serve as temporary chairman.
and Mr.. y. 4 Crai- was selected a,
-ccrctary.
Then, witl.ol; further ado, the cX
pcricncc meeting that for which the
Convention met started. Some one
present said that Mr.. {. T. Robert ;,
Of Greenwood, had Just sold two hun
drcd bushcl, of wheat, and wanted his
Jews Mr.. Roberts believes in deep
rIoughing in preparing land- for
planting wheat, and mixes fertilizers
with his cotton seed on his lands;
made yield of 22:L,3 bushels on lG or
IS acres: prefers the blue stem wheat
for this section for planting has ncy
er been troubled with rust always
>oaks his seed in blucstonc prcpara-
tion over night: thinks it dangerous
not to soak a. soon as he can after
frost, and keeps it up until after
Christmas. lc sold his wheat last
year for one dollar to one dollar and
twenty-five cents per bushcl, and this
year for one dollar He plants cotton
and wheat and finds more money in
wheat than III cotton.
Mr.. Eldridgc &. Addison, of Nine
ty-Six. said that he had been studying
small grain for twenty years, and was
a great advocate Of the crop. lie
thought that the time would come,
and the sooner the better, whcn not a
pound Of flour would be shipped into
this State, and when, on the other
hand, South Carolina would ship -four
outside of the State limits. He made
wheat very successfully ON lands that
had been given up as worthless and
which had been run down to the heel;
believed in stable manure on wheat:
wheat stands all kinds of weather. lie
sowed ten bushels and made crop of
three hundred and eight bushels.
Gould not advise planting OH cotton
land, because the land could not we'll
be prepared in time for the wheat crop:
preferred planting after peas OF on
pasture land.
Mr.. c. II. Jordan spoke in part rs
follows:
MIR. President, Ladies and Gentle
men: There is no occasion which is to
me more enjoyable and no compliment
which | esteem more highly than the
privilege Of being with and talking to
the farmers Of my country. In the
discussion Of those problems, the solu-
tion of which is essential to prosperi-
ty in our future farm work, subject
is presented in which We arc now
most vitality interested. Conditions
which did not suggest themselves a
decade ago are becoming serious. and
formidable at the present time. While
personally stranger to most Of you l
feel that my own interests arc idcnti-
cal with yours and that VIC are all en-
gagged in common cause.
IN advocating a revolution in our
farming methods shall not suggest
the adoption Of anything which has
not heretofore been successfully uu-
dcrtaken, and will give no advice
which is not capable Of practical ap-
plication. 1t is quito apparent to any
casual observer that our system of do
ing business is decidedly contrary to
that which existed during the days of
our greatest prosperity and consequent
independence. There was time, not
SO far back in the past, when the
farmers Of the South supplied the
population of the towns and cities
with the neccssarics of life from the
varied products of their farms. At
the present time large majority of
our farming Glasses are helplessly de-
dependent upon the merchants for
supplies not only for themselves but
for their stock as we'll. The heavy
staple supplies which the merchants
handle are grown in the far West, and
the proceeds of the cotton crop of the
South, which should represent the
surplus money crop Of the farm, is