Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-08-28
CAROLINA STATE INSTITUTE
For Farmers, Held at Clemson Colsge--Four
Hundred Farmers Attend.
CAtlanta Daily News.1

lAtahV@ Daily NeWE.J
Clemson College, August 17.-For
several years the faculty OF Clemson
Agricultural College have been holding
farmers Institutes In all sections Of
South Carolina. Whom this work was
taken by the farmers. 1t was something
new to them; they did not understand
the purposes Of the institutes, and az q
result but little interest was taken in
them. But now great interest Is taken
in these institutes-so much 30 that
those In charge cannot hold as many as
are called for. In places whore an insti-
tnto, lasting single day has been hold,
there Is demand for an institute lasting
two days. Last year as an experiment q
sort of wind up" institute, lasting an
entire week, was held at Clemson College.
So much interest was takon in this insti:
tute last year that it was decided at that
time to mako it. an annual gathering,
whore all the farmers of tho State oan
get together for week In order to hear
distinguished speakers from abroad who
are experts on certain lines, rs we'll as to
discuss various questions in "exporienco
meetings."
Tho annual institute for this year has
just closed to- day. Ovor three hundred
farmers were in attendance. And they
were out for information, not simply a
vacation. have attended similar meet
inngs IN nearly evory State east of the
taken tho institute hold the past week
surpassed them all. This was shown by
tho questions asked at tho close of each
address. Tho interest shows that tho
farmers are hungry for information re-
garding improved methods.
Clemson Collego-agrioultural me-
chanical, textile--is admirably situated
n or n 1,0l Inc ifsyfn Df 1,to rs,>I
is here that the experiment station is
located and the different departments of
the agricultural college and experiment
station afford excellont object lessons to
the visiting farmers. Prof. j. S. Now
man, the efficient director of tho station,
has many forage plants growing in the
grass plots. while the experiments in
cross breeding the different varieties of
cotton show tho wonderful variations
which can be obtained in plant breeding.
The dairy department., with it's fine
cattle, illustrating tho different breeds,
was of much interest. Tho barn in
which those cattle are kept is equipped
with oil the difforont makes of stanchions
and COW stalls, and this feature of tho
equipment was especially commented
upon by tho visitors
Space will not allow mention of tho
entire program of tho institute. Prof.
Newman, "tho warhorso of Southern
agriculture" was i'll charge of tho insti-
tuto and program. He gave several
interesting lectures, probably the most
important one of which was on "Grasses
and Forage Plants" DR.. G. E. Nesom,
the efficient State veterinarian, and pro-
fessor of this subject at Clemson, gave
several lectures on contagious diseases
of animals and their prevention.
Dr.: Henry S. Iartzog, tho president
or Clemson College, told of tho work
which the college was doing. A now
dormitory for students is now being
erected, and it is expected that eight
hundred students will bo in attendance
next month. Over four hundred students
were turned away last year. Contrast
this with Gcorgia's Agricultural College
so called.
Mr.. George f. Weston, of the Biltmoro
Farm, North Carolina, told us of the
Charleston Exposition, moro especially
of tho exhibit of tino animals. Mr.. Wes-
ton has charge OF this department. of the
exposition, and in speaking of tho dairy
department. stated that q regular dairy
course would be taught to young men
who intended to go into the dairy indus
try as business. These young mon will
be given positions as mixers and will re-
coive pay enough to pay their expenses
while taking this course. 1t will DO of
interest to many of tho readers of the
Daily News TO know that Prof. II. j.
Wing, of tho Georgia Experiment Sta
tion, will have charge of tho dairy de-
partment at tho exposition and Of tho
dairy school in connection with it,
The visiting farmers wore assigned
rooms in the dormtory and took their
meals at the mess hall, this arrangement
costing them but fifty cents per day.
Nearly all who attended last year wore
back again this year, and already those
again. South Carolina is forging ahead
in agricultural education, and Clemson
is and will be power for good in the
education Of her farmers sons.