The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-22

! 1t Is wonderful how much knOWledY
| the little fellow has picked up. NJ
speech has been listened to 80 atten
lively or cheered more heartily. Hell
be an agriculturalist some day sure.
DR.. II. n. Brnckctt discussed fcrti
lizcrs historically, scientifically ant
practically. He gave all the various
elements that compose the fertilizers
and stated their relative values, en-
phasiZins the Importance of making
and taking care of home made ma
nurcs. DIR. Bracket explained tho
symbols Of chemistry and told the
farmers how they might Judge of the
contents from seeing the ANALYSIS. Cot
ton seed meal as Il fertilizer and as a
food was discussed. Bullc ,ins con-
tanning fun analysis of commercial
tcrtillHcls were distributed.
Mr.. G. G. Newman took up the sub
lcct OF horticulture, dealing especially
with lhc Improvement Of the varieties
OF fruits Indigenous to this State. Top
budding was discussed at length. The
root stem should be a little larger than
The scion. The stem, he said, should
be about the SIZE Of n lead pencil. AT
every leaf one to three buds. When
there Is one it is a fruit bud. The
bad most distant from the tree is q
wood bud. The fruit bud is round
white the wood bud is pointed. The
bcSt time is from the middle of June
10 the middle of July us soon after a
rain as possible. The bud should be
inserted tcar the ground aud tie or
wrap with Il string allowing il to stay
wrapped for ten days. When the bud
begins to grow, tic the sprout up to the
main body, and Il little later cut off the
Old stem letting The bud become the
nlatu stem.
The bud Is cut out with little wood
near The bud, then cut slit an inch
long down the side Of the stem and
also slit crOaswisc at the top OF this
slit, nSelt bud and bind
up. Grating wax IS used when graft
inS IS "onc above ground. Best TO
grait on the root. Cut >slantinr
through The root. The scion cut in
same way is bound to side OF root and
both buried in the sand.
Mr.. Newman then showed how all
tins is 10 be done, stating the best time
was IN January. He showed how The
fruit Of this section could be greatly
improved. The great interest in this
lecture shows that many Intelligent
tanners are taking interest in this
branch OF horticulture.
Dr.. &. e. Ncsom spoke at length of
the advancement made in the last few
years IN veterinary science. Vctcri-
nary SciCi.cc is Il coarse of study made
uN OF 'hc experience of those who have
given much attention. The main cf-
ioriS 81 the veterinarian have been
along thc:linc Of combating and pre-
venting these common diseases in ami
mails, so that now, instead of 90 per
cent. OF The diseased stock dying, about
50 por cent. recover. South Carolina
loses $4,000 Il year by death of cattle
from Texas fever. Nearly every thing
that men know today OF Texas fever
has been learned in the last Len years.
Inc afternoon session was devoted TO
discussing the need of organized effort
to control farming interests.
N the night session Prof. Weed, of
Georgia, lccturcd on entomology. One
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jnopuunnt to know whether IN ;nsrct
Feeds on lc,vcs or sucl;s tho i,inoe II
sccts and run, i dcsirnv oI nor cont nf
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made q differences Of 1o1 / . h;IshcIs
per acre.
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