Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-20
THE GOOD WORK OF CLEMSON

= Today Is the date designated for the
Farmers Institute under the auspices
of members of the faculty Of Glenn
son college to be held at Yorkville,
and quite a gratifying number Of the
more intelligent and progressive far
mers of this section are in town for
the purpose of gaining all the infor-
nation possible in the limited time
available. 1t was the original pro-
gramme that the institute should
commence work in the court house
at IL o'clock, but owing to the fact
that the quarterly conference Of the
Methodist church was in session at
that time and quite a number Of
farmers from the county, as we'll as
those from other counties, were at
tending the conference and desired
also TO avail themselves OF the op-
portunity Of attending the institute,
Prof. Newman decided to postpone
the opening until 2 p. m, and for
this reason The Enquirer, which goes
to press at that hour Is unable to tell
Of the institute proper.
On the side track at the Southern
depot are two cars that are being used
for exhibiting products Of the agricul-
tural, mechanical and textile depart
ments of Clemson college, and the
citizen, regardless of what may be
his occupation, who failed to visit
the cars and see and have explained
to him by the intelligent and courte-
Gus gentlemen In charge the various
exhibits, lost a valuable opportunity
of acquiring a great deal Of useful
information in a very short time. The
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shown through these cars by Mr..
Chas. A. Lee, agent of the Land and
Industrial department of the South
ern railway, and regrets that time and
space renders a complete story i'm
practicable at this time, but will
touch the high places, as 1t were.
The first object of interest Is 14-foot
engine lathe used for turning iron
and steel work in machine shops.
Every part of this machine, from the
massive cast iron base to the tiniest
bolt, was made by the senior class
at Clemson Of 10000. A description
is not necessary when the fact Is
stated that 1t was awarded the first
prize at the st. Louis exposition In
1904. There are numerous other spe-
cimens of machines, castings and
turned wood work made by the senior
and junior classes. There are also
samples of various machines or i'm
plements used in modern dairying,
and each machine Is the one OF its
class recommended by the college as
being the best of its class. There are
also specimens Of perfect rations for
COWS, horses, sheep and hogs, and 1t
Is noticeable that each ration except
that for the hog, includes cotton seed
meal. For instance 1t recommends
among other items that horse be fed
two pounds of cotton seed meal each
day, and eight pounds of corn and
Ii Is claimed that the mea4 will pro-
duce as much strength as the corn.
In the next car are samples OF
twenty-five varieties Of wheat, thirty
Of Irish potatoes, forty-fve OF cow
peas and sixty-seven of cotton, all or
which except the cotton were produc-
ed on the experimental farm at the
college, and the cotton In various
sections Of the world, and right here
it is appropriate to mention taSt
that most people are unfamiliar witn'
and that is that there are as many as
200 varieties of cotton raised In the
world. In this same car are large
number of patterns and samples or
various cloths and fabrics produced
by the students in the textile depart
ment at the college, and they are well
worth the time and trouble Of the Wis
it to those interested in this great
southern industry.
Accompanying the car are Prof. Z.
L. Newman, associate professor OF ag-
riculture, in charge; Profs. w. s. Nor
rison, H. D. House, John Mickels, c.
W. McSwain and Mr.. H. N. Lewis,
member of the senior class.
This work Is made possible by rea-
son of the interest of the Southern
railway in the upbuilding Of the agri-
cultural and manufacturing as well as
other interests of the south. The cars,
as we'll as the services Of the agent OF
the land and industrial department
free transportation for the party and
all other expenses are borne by the
Southern railway, which fully appre-
ciates the advantages TO be derived by
all interests from increased intelli-
gence among the people engaged In
agriculture and manufacturing. While
it is a fact that no agency In the south
has or Is doing as much for the devel-
opment of the country as the Southern
railway, still any sensible individual
knows that it Is inspired by the knowl-
edge that the interests of the people
and its own are mutual.