The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-03

Rarely if ever is il our good fortuna.
I" nave such distinguished pcrsonagc>
Is 'abinct officers in our midst. On
last Monday mOrningat II o'clock umitc
Il number OF representative farmers
from the County, some business and
professional men from town, and Il
Company of Cadets of the Patrick
Military Institute assembled 10 hear
MIR. Wilson on the subject of AyrirmI.
turc.
Mayor Hood. aftci calling The meet
ing to order. introduced Ullr rcprc,rn-
tativr in Congress. Mr. 4. G. IatincI.
who expressed great regret for not
finding the Court House packed ON
such IN important event, pointing to
the !.lSh position occupied by th.. gen
tlcnlai II. Is about to intrOluc, to the
audience rs lcing one who guard, over
the welfare of millions OF fnImt,, in
the nltcd Stalc>. and that Mr. vii
son. h> the Secretary Of Agriculture. is
"i the highest authority in the land on
Iiihtfti> pertaining to hI, Otlicc Mr.
Wilson rose III Il very un,>sI.,nliy
hummer, callin. himself Il plain Iowa
farmer Stating that he wa, perfectly
delighted with what L, had seen here.
hat lt Wa> very enthusiastic Uvt.rnllr
'iafinnai RESOURCES. climatic conditions
nt n"ht and moisture 81 csSrltia to
llai' development. AMI pointing 10 our
'ninri"m> streams available in the
comm. industrial development for ill,
'naniifactlIr'. "i cotton goods.
With Il lct.ntyr ln points to the time.
Nnrn all on, cotton raised here will l,
converted at ON doors into v..,iuus
iah'ir-. supplying the world with il,
thereby cI,Htln. prosperity, which
also nucan, Il higher citizenship. In
speaking OF tlc department of agricul-
tir" hc stated thar in this department
alone ::.h'O scientific experts are en-
ll"y.r!. wio>t business it is to study
The conditions in plant life, malicrx-
prrlln'nts with soil. climate, Sc. &C..
anl t" constantly keep the department
posted on new developments.
lie then spoke of DR.. Sheppard. near
tuic of tea in this State, hat 30 acres
planted i'll tea last year produced $500
pounds. which sold at II OO per pound.
being of high quality, that this nation
imported last year 80 million dollars
worth Of tea. ami that we can raise as
tine quality rs i. raised anywhere in
the world. that :hc experiment is worth
the farmers attention.
Speaking OF Cuba and tobacco cul-
turc. he is of the opinion that with the
amount OF rainfall i'll this section, we
could enter as competitors with mark
ed success. improving gradually as we
became more familiar with it's culture
so with butter and cheese, if looked
into. would add greatly to our wealth.
Last year the State of Iowa sold 30
million dollars worth of butter and
cheese i'll the face of having to buy our
cotton seed for feed.
Touching upon the grass crops of the
United States. he asserted, in most
positive terms. that this is n grass
State, deserving more careful attention
than heretofore paid to it.
In short he touched upon every detail
of Importance in agriculture, the ns-
ing of high -bloodcd horses. which
bring good prices i'll Europe, and bacon
hogs, i'll particular, which can be raised
here successfully.
1t is only to be regretted that every
man, woman and child living in Anler.
son County could not be here SO as to
hear from trained mind and an expc-
ricnccd teacher of high authority Oil
such matters, how easily the road to
prosperity can be reached, if we will
only admit that we are not too old to
learn something yet, and TIM! there is
still room for Improvement even on
farming.
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