Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-12
Observations on tho South.

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What .3eoretarY Wilson Saw During
His Recent Trip With the President.
The Secretary Of Agriculture made
diligent use Of his faculty Of obser-
walton on his recent Southern tour,
says q WASHINGTON dispatch of q few
days ago, He used his mind and bis
ears and his mind has formed some
interesting conclusions.
"rhe President impressed the peo-
pie of tho South just as he did those
in the West, that he is their Presi-
dent and sincerely anxious for the
we'll being of all sections" Mr..
Wilson said to-day in discussing the
general results, as we'll as some of
his personal deductions "He wants
the people to cordially corporate
with him in the government. No
President has ever given 80 large o
share Of his time to the study of
public sentiment, and none has ever
followed 80 closely the lead of the
people, although he always has in
his mind the story he told in his
speech at the Savannah banquet
about the coior5eaTer III the battle,
who, when ordered by his Colonel
to bring the flag back to the line,
retorted Firing the line up to the
flag ~
"The President has always been
deeply Interested in the industrial
development of the South, like the
rest of us, und has watched factory
building as closely as have watched
the farmers. There has been o
greater advance in the development
of the natural resources and the
manufacture of the raw material
than in the agricultural regions,
where nothing now is 80 imperative
as a careful and critical study of the
soils and their capacity, so that q
progress of recuperation may be
adopted.
"The cotton grower is no more to
blame than any one crop man. All
suffer when the product is larger
than the market. wished that the
Southern people could realize, as
do, how we'll adapted their soil is to
the production of domestic animals.
Yet each of the Gulf States spends
in the neighborhood of half million
dollars year for mules brought
from Missouri and the States further
North. They could breed them at
hone just as we'll. Grasses can be
grown that are entirely suitable for
fodder. The climate is 80 mild that
the animals don't have to be shol-
tered, and pasturage can be had all
the year round. During the hot sea-
son an abundance of fodder could be
afforded by growing such legumes
as oowpeas, sand vetch and the vol
vet bean. Georgia last year pro-
duced 100000 tons of cotton bed,
enough to fatten all the 100000 head
of cattle which we shipped abroad.
If mixed with corn fodder, crab
grass or any other nutriment, it is
the best kind Of fattening material.
'Dairy products are in demand
the world over. The young farmers
of tho South should all be sent to
agricultural schools that have dairy
schools in order to study the science
Of butter and cheese making. The
mutton sheep thrives admirably in
the South. 1t can Craze all the year
round and can be fattened at less
expense than in any other section.
The Southern farmers should supply
the Northern market with early
lambs, az they do with early vegota-
bles. ....
"The South has long been famous
for its bacon !; but The people never.
theless import tons of it from the
packing houses of Chicago, Omaha,
Kansas City and other places in the
North. The extension of the dairy
industry would support an immense
number of hogs as bi product.
81 don't see why the Southern
farmers don't produce more first.
class saddle and carriage horses
They have n few now, such as We
saw in Augusta, but they are far be.
hind the North in this particular
notwithstanding their superior ad.
vantages. Tho agricultural depart
mont is just now issuing a report OF
the foreign markets for horses, and
the Southern farmers ought to study
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| "The poultry interests might BIZ
indefinitely extended with great
profit. There is no reason why We
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