The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-09-14
Cotton And Wheat
Growers in Council.
THESE TWO ASSOCIATIONS MEET AT
GKEEN WOOD.
MIR. Hi, from griculiurnl Department,
Tells About wheat, rirsidunt Jo!dou
OF Gcorsin Makes an AddrcUs
Especial to The State.)

hero today. frcsidc!t y. &. I.ati
mcr called tho meeting to order at
| | o'clock lie stated that tho min
utes Of last years meeting had been
misplaced, bui ;hat the proceedings
were qui'o well Il mrmbcrcd Ito
snid he b"'! nu s,t speech or special
message 10 deliver t. tho members,
but stated that hc had tried to got
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson to
| attend tho convention and foilinr ia
that he had srcu:cI tue next best
man in the depart m, ut--Mr. Va.
5. Hill, th" chief Of tho publicut ''n
division. Whiln Mr. Latimcr Wa,
speaking II porter brought in two
large sacks Of seed wheat which had
been sent 10 tho convention hy the
agricultural department. This wheat
WAS afterwards distributed among
the farmers fDr rXrrf mcnting.
On being introduced TO tho con-
vention Mr.. liiil mcdostIy disclaimcd
being "the next beet man." as Mr..
Latimer hnd stated, but said he was
the only available mxn. IIo began
his addreau with reference to the
wheat growing industry in South
Carolina and gave out tho astonish-
ing informntion that this State is far
behind all other sections Of tho Uni
ted States and even Tho world. The
average yield in this State, accord
ing TO the statistics Of tho agricultu-
raj department., is only eight bushels
per acre. a great mistake the farm
ers Of South Carolina make is in buy
ing SO many things outside Of the
State that can be raised at home.
Take wheat, for instance. South
Carolina only produces about ono
million bushels per annum, yet sho
consumes about six million bushels.
The money to pay for the other five
million bushels, between S5,O0O,00
and $4,000, 900, goes out of tho State.
If this money could be kept at homo
it would be a great help to tho farm
ing interests. Some South Carolina
farmers evon import baled hay, and
much Of the butter used in the cities
and towns comes from outside tho
State. This convention, he believed,
was the beginning of tho dawn of Il
better day, and he expressed gratifi-
cation at tho interest that is being
manifested.
He then called attention to the
bulletins i~suol by tho department,
which are sent FREQ to those farmers
who apply for them. An increased
interest is being taken in these bul-
letins every year, aud Mr.. Hill urged
tho farmers to apply for them and
thus secure the bcnefiss OF the OK
perimonts being mado by the de-
pnrtment. Tho department, he said,
was anxious to be Of help to tho
farmers, and said that letters Of in.
quiry wonld always be promptly an
swered. lie further stated that he
would bo glad while here to confer
with farmers and to put them in tho
way to get any information they
might wish to secure from tho do
partment.
Hon. Hnrvic Jordan, president of
tho Georgia Cotton Growers Asso.
citation, was then called on for q
talk. Ho was wGll remembered, hav-
ing attended the convention here
last summer and delivered tho adj
dress on that occasion. He gave tho
result of tho revival in wheat grow
ing in his State. Georgia has har-
vested this year tho largest wheat
crop grown in 30 years, and from
what he had been able to learn ho
thought tho eamo could be said Of
South Carolina. What tho farmers
need is organization, as in organiza-
ton they get encouragement.
At the conclusion of MIR. Jordan's
remarks the convention adjourned
for dinner
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention WAS called to order
at 3 o'clock. BY unanimous consent,
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