Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-08-22

planned to them the intricate work.
ings of the cutter and shredder
which was transferring loads of
green forage stuff into ensilage, with
which the two big silbs are to be
filled. 1t kept the porfessor busy
answering the questions, aud al
though other topics equally interest
ing were taken up by the speakers
who addressed the institute during
the session, it may be safely said
that yesterday, because no doubt of
DR.. Newman's admirable talk on
grasses, the night previous, was es-
sentially "stock day"
Col. r. b. Watson spoke for few
minutes on chicken raising. Col.
Watson, though good orthodox
Baptist, took for his text John Wes-
ley's famous saying "Cleanlncss is
next to godliness." A good sermon
it was he made too in behalf of our
feathcrcd friends. Cleanliness, vari-
ETY. of food, good fresh water7 and
plenty of room were the divisions of
his talk.
DIR. G. E. Ncsom is unwell and
may not be able to fill his appoint
mcnt. Mr.. Edward Lehman johnson
of cotton seed fame, will fill his hour.
MIR. johnson is an expert and an au-
thority on his subject.
About thirty more farmers cane
in yesterday afternoon. Col. j. D.
M. Shaw, of Laurens, was with the
crowd. lie was the questioner
OF last years meeting, and last night
he began his same old tricks, thereby
adding much life to the meeting.
In fact we had some fun last night,
and now everybody feels freer and
easier. Mr.. w. E. Leslie, Mr.. Mo
Gill and Mr.. Wardlaw came from
Abhcville.
Yesterday afternoon the crowds
visited the barns to see the large
herd of cattle MIXED. There were
Jerseys, Devons, IIolsteins, all of
the finest breed, and the manage
ment and milking processes were in
tercsting in deed. Many were in
tcrcstcd in watching the big shred
der cutting up the green corn for
the silo, while others visited the or
chards and vineyards and enjoyed
sampling the fruits.
1t is encouraging to see 80 many
farmers SO thoroughly interested.
They have all fallen in love with
Clemson and are loud in her praises.
Preparations had not been made for
so large crowd, but Mr.. Schilletter
is feeding them we'll and they
actually seem to be feshening some.
Prof. Wclborn, of Mississippi,
was to have spoken last night, but
did not arrive until too late. He
came in after the exercises, accom-
panied by his charming wife.
Prof. Massey, who is always ready,
took Prof. Welborn's place. He spoke
interestingly on "plant growth"
His text was "Considcr the lilies,
how they grow; they toll not,
neither do they spin, and yet ! say
unto you that Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of
| these"
1t was a charming talk through
out. He said 90 per cent of the
plant-growth comes from the air.
Ills description of the growth by
cell formation was too good to be
spoiled by an attempted reproduction.
Some people try to feed tree by
putting fertilizers around the stem.
You had as well tie n .ck of oats
on mule and tell him to thrive.
The end of the root of a plant is the
oldest part of the root and is SUP.
piled with hard cap by means of
which the root makes it's sinuous way
through hard earth. When a man
runs plow through cotton fields and
brings it out covered with roots, he
has injured the cotton, therefore
shallow cultivation is best.
The leaves of tree determine
what its roots are to be- If q plum
bud be grated on peach stock and
the bud grows the roots will become
plum tre roots. If on the other
hand the stock sprouts and the bud
does not grow, then the roots will
be peach roots.
People make mistake in select
ing big ears Of corn for seed. Cut
out all stalks or the tasscls Of all
stalks that have no shoots. Then
select for seed sound cars from those
stalks that have two ears, always
taking the bottom ear. A short
stocky stalk growing several ears is
better than tall one growing one
large ear Experiment proves that
a much better yield is secured from
corn bearing several ears than from
corn bearing one large ear.
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