The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-07-22
Mr.. J. VI. sprLLmAN,
A Representative Of the q. S. Ex-
pertinent Station, Talks to the
Seople or Union on Grasses,
Dairying and Stock Raising.

pertinent Station, Talks to the
32eople OF Union on Grasses,
DSirying and Stock Raising.
"wednesday morning, fairly good
crowd of representative citizens as
s&mbled In the court house at IL o.
ID to listen to Mr.. Spillman's ad-
dresss on the subject of grasses,
dhIryipg and stock raising.
fs9Rm. Rice moved and it was
seconded that Mr.. Davis Gregory,
One Of Union County's most progress
Ee farmers take the chair and pre-
SIDE over the meeting After Mr..
Gregory took his seat, Mr. J. K.
Young, who was most instrumental
| . getting Mr.. Spillman here to talk
70 the people, then stated the object
Of this meeting and introduced Mr..
Spillman.
| Mr.. Spillman began by saying that
he was glad of the opportunity to
talk to this people, that he was In
the South some years ago and saw
but little else grown on the land ex-
cept cotton, that he had travelled
over the South for the past two years
and that he had never seen 80 great
q a change for the better in so short q
time; that this great improvement
was due largely, if not entirely, to
the embarking in the dairy and stock
raising business, which means diver
sified agriculture, the true secret of
success, that no county which follow
ed the one crop system of farming
ever prospered any great number Of
years, that the people Of the South
were fast learning what they really
could do, and that the South could
beat the North at anything they at
tempted in the way Of farming, that
II the North had made a success at
dairy, cheese making and stock rails
ing where they could grow but one
crop year on account Of the climate
and short seasons, the South was
eminently better prepared to succeed
because here two and three crops Of
feed could be grown on same land in
one year. He thinks the boil weevil
a blessing in disguise to the people of
Texas, because it has taught them
the folly OF depending entirely on q
cotton crop, and they have begun to
diversity. Twenty years ago the
State OF Indiana raised little else but
wheat. Three successive failures in
wheat crops almost bankrupted the
people, 80 they began to turn their
attention to stock raising and cheese
making, and today they are a pros
porous people. Mr.. Spillman gave
many illustrated facts and figures 60
ing to prove the truth and necessity
OF diversified agriculture, and showed
the dairying industry the most profit
able from the fact that one not only
rallied large profit from the prod
ucts OF the dairy, but at the same
time was adding to the fertility of the
soil, and that no country in the
world was better adapted to this par
ltscnlar INDUSTRY than the South. IL
heed expect to succeed unless hfst
becoming fully informed in every re.
4 spect. Ii person went into the
business Ignorant of the needs and
requirements as to the proper man.
agement, he would be sure to fail.
ihis Is 80 in any business we under.
take, therefore it is necessary tn
thoroughly inform yourself before 90.
Ing into the dairy and stockraisins
business.
Mr. Spillman says subsoiling, as It
Is called, is worse than worthless
nonsense, as you simply break the
clay and allow it to settle back az It
was, and who subsoils or only plows
three inches deep Is no farmer. Deem
plowing turning up the soil and thus
mixing the subsoil with the top soil
year after year, plowing one inch
deeper each year until the land is all
soil, as deep as you want, or need is,
the only real and sensible way to
farm, manuring all the while, which
will bring the land to high state of
cultivation and fertility.
i Mr.. Spillman says he has lust
made arrangements with Mr.. Will
Hanson, the model farmer of Georgia
to turn his farm into a government
experiment farm for 3 years, and Mr..
Spillman extends a cordial invitation
to all the farmers to visit this farm in
the fall of 1905. Railroad rates will
be reduced. and and other arrange.
nents will be made for the accomo-
dation Of the visiting farmers. Once
there the farmers can see what ia
meant by and the difference between
the one crop system and diversified
agriculture, dairying and stock rails