The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-11
NOTES OF THE FARM. :;
BYW. +. MASSEY, Of A. & M. College.


week had the pleasure OF at /,
.,... of the most notable as
..... u intelligent farmers it
....ae.H nay lot to meet. II. was
.....,n College, ). G, an institu-
....a is Justly the pride Of the
.. u4r with which South Car
... ....u very liberal. As n Wind
series OF summer Institutes
....utIe9. delcgares We're sent
.# owen. the State TO Il week )
...- .J the college.
Mere over 200 OF the most
...# farmers CT the state pres
... rn,. meetings were held dur
'. . morning. hours and at night,
..-...a~ being spent III looking
.... GREAT estate of 400 acres
..... I'D the college and in in
.... the various experiments of
.... being, done there. The fin
.>..I. 9cnool building i'll the
.5-.f Clemson 1t looks like it has
....sH 100 small and at the time
....-.t they were starting a new
.......- am addition to double the
rl. first. When / went over
.....t park and examined the
.- orutu OF buildings on winch
-r..,. uI South CaroIna has spent
..r "a million dollars, and re-
1880. ra.t this college WAS started
....-.n,.. uurs was in North tarollna.
... uut envy the 1Dera1itS OF
r.. t.r.Iiua and contrast ii with
....v.E lu which Il little money has
... I..ud out through hard effort
..r own college mere, until the
....-.-~ haze felt Obliged to cut down
-.....arIr~ of men VINO have worked
...r. .r. the college during It's exist
... 5n order that some advance may
.4H.ot u the line OF work aaopted.
..,.,.n 4rtS the whole OF the tax on
tt..ler~ while none of this goes to
..r uHcgr in North Carolina, and
t.s result is thar Clemson gets an
..a.,. Of nearly 500, ,000 per annum
....A, haNt. less than hall as much.
#.. >-a... uf South Carolina furnishes
r--. ..u feeds i force OF - con
..t~.. .NurI> the farm and carry on
..a.Ho\rments at Clemson. III adl-
-... H.l. GREAT income. And yet 50
n. demand there for techh-
a ~gUrtIOn that although the COZ
.-.4.~ room for 400 stuuents a9alhst
...u WAS told that they would
a-D..-ra this, fan to reject about
# Nuu want to come. Tor lach ~
aom b. annual assembIage OF 'ht
farmer. uE The State at the college
+ o.r of the chief reasons Tor the
rapid usriUpment Of Clemson college.
lhru.r> of the college is thus being
aueM rl4ht to the knaWIeGge OF
-y ..~r ucu i'm the State, while mere
" Neuu Carolina not 4 zenith OF our
ar.er- know anything about Nlld'
ar college, is doing. we nope 10
-.. t.. t.ul- when our college and eN-
er a-lcu.tural college in the lana
will h..e similar gatherings OF the
aru.r~ OF the States. Every infelll-
.tur ..n who spends .. week al an
.-.r.tur:I c0ilcge goes home WITH
#eA ..,a- not only for his own WORK,
H. H u.-urd to the value OF techhlcal
"##-,u. and the result Will be 1hat
Il. State. u.u be more willing TO htip
.h. c.|a..e ln its work. We nope an
.-.r -u.ucr to Get gathering hVi (
1914. ..# rival hat Of ,aemson. In il'e
Ha#.#u we hope 10 ..eCp ON trying
'o m.H our farmers BY answering
"'.r .#'.r la the papers.
Hu. .:G.ud- a Ks u& how to Keep
~|a .t thr COW pea. lie has 30 buiSh-
a. l. ...auIeI to SOW but was pre-
.|f.H by Wet weather N june. Iu.
.#r .a. in a close box on boxes ana
SCATTER Hrouuh them 4 lot OF the
-u#..H.ur balls known as mo Il
#. #HEch are sold cheaplT at the
'.e -tur.~. These Will usually keep
"' t.a werliI~. If any live ones ap-
e"r Open the boxes and sprinkle
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