The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
SOu, DEMONSTRATION
BY THE GOVERNMENT
Important Work to be Done in this
State Under the Supervision OF
Experienced Students OF
Soil Conditions.'

That the United States department.
Of agriculture recognizes the vast
possibilities Of the Southern soil
and especially that Of South Caro-
lima is shown by the various exper-
ments that are to be conducted IN
this state by its agents. The bureau
Of plant industry, through the agent
in charge, DR.. A. A. Knapp, has or
eanized a farmers cooperative dem
onstration work to be conducted IN
certain states of the union. The ac-
taal work is conducted by agents
who have their respective terrific
ries to supervise.
Mr.. J. NJ. Jenkins, state agent tor
. sonth Carolina, was in the city yes
terday to consult with Mr.. L. Z.
Caappell Of Lykeslaad, who IS the
sub-agent for this county. The oo-
iect of the visit Of Mr.. jenkins Is
to get the farmers interested IN the
work and to have them prepare bne
land for the purposes Of the expert
ments that are to be tried In the
snrine. TIE work shat is to be done
is not exactly an experiment, how
ever. for the real experimenting
was done in Washington upder the
supervision Of the experts Of the de-
partment Of agriculture and that
which was there accomplished Will
he put into actual test on the la1d
Of tae farmers who will agree to set
aside an acre or so of their land Tor
the purpose. Thus far Mr.. jenkins
has met with nothing except encour-
agement from the farmers and all
Of them are anxious to cooperate
- with him aad the department whlcn
he represents
The counties that the agent is SUI
uervising in this State are as fol-
lows: Greenville, Anderson, Iaur-
ems, Richland, Chester, Fairfield,
.Newberry and Union. Already SUBJ
agents have been appointed IN the
counties Of Richland, Anderson and
Fairseld and the work is we'll under
way in these counties. In order that
the public may understand the var
ions terms used in connection with
the work the. officers are here ex-
planned:
A field agent is a special agent OF
the United States department OF
aeuaculture VINO superintends "the
farmers cooperative demonstra-
ton work. in a certain district.
This is the position that Mr.. Jen-
kils holds.
A demonstration is a practical
farmer. who works a portion Of his
farm under the supervision OF a
field agent. which tract he Is expect
ed to inspect at least once month
and to report on same to the held
AGENT, so that the latter may be kept
posted on the progress of the work
and the success Of the undertaking
and may give others the benefit OF
the work by publication.
4 cooperator is a. farmer VINO
agrees to follow the instructions OF
the department, and to make the re-
port of progress at the end OF the
season.
The field agent is expected to visit
as manv centres Of influence in his
district as possible, and by personal
effort secure the cooperation OF
bankers, merchants and farmers IN
this cooperative work; also always
interest the editor Of the local pa
per. Second, establish near these
centres the special demonstration
farms. then secure cooperators.
Small, thrifty and energetic farmers
will generally do better as special
demonstrators. Large farmers have
too much business to give the work
the requisite attention. The agent
must use Judgment in selecting CO.
onerators and secure men VINO Will
follow instructions and report.
Plan of Work.
The general plan of the work that
will be done is outlined in bulletin
gotten ont under the direction OF Dr.
S. A. Knapp, who is directing the
work from Lake St. Charles, La. The
plan Of the work is about as follows:
The object Of the farmers CO.