The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-14
DEMONSTRATION WORK.
Call Issued for Meeting to be Held
near Columbia Saturday-Large
Attendance is Urged.


FOR the meeting, near Columbia, next
Saturday, at which the new system
OF farm demonstration work will be
shown by the department Of agricul-
ture. A number Of addresses will be
made and the scheme for "farming
that pays" vii be fully outlined by
the experts.
The Columbia chamber Of COM
merce and the farmers around Colum-
bia are preparing to care for those
who will attend the meeting, and tho
outlook is for most successful gath
ering. All who vii come are urged to
notify the entertainment committee
Of the chamber of commerce, Will
liam Banks. chairman.
The call issued to the farmers Of
the State goes into the particulars
Of the meeting and is as follows:
"To the Farmers of South Carolina:
| "On behalf Of the Office Of farm
management, bureau Of plant indus
FRY, United States department Of ag-
iculture, the State department Of
Agriculture and committee on ag-
ficulture OF the Columbia Chamber
Rbf commerce, I wish to extend to you
b cordial invitation to attend the
meeting and demonstration work to
(oe held, near Columbia, on August Is,
incident to the inauguration Of the
Il
work, which the United States de-
'partment is undertaking to establish
in the different States Of the Union;
South Carolina being selected Us the
State in which the first efforts are to
be made. I have applied to the rail
road lines for cheap rates on account
of this occasion, and if secured new
announcements will be immediately
made.
"Tt would be best for farmers, who
desire to sec the practical prepara-
tion of land for iwnter cove rcrops
and legumeS, the employment Of mod
ern machinery and other practical de-
monstrations, to arrive in Columbia
on the evening Of the 14th On the
morning of the 18th at 10 o'clock
will leave from the front of the capt.
tol and proceed to the Gonzales
fran, several miles north of the city,
which farm has been selected as the
central demonstration farm, and at
which farm these practical meetings
will be held once a month during the
II months of the year,
con arriving at the farm the Unit
ed States experts will divide the vis-
iting farmers into groups and a prac-
teal demonstration with accompany
ing explanations will begin. About
noon ii special car will be boarded and
all visitors will he carried, at the in
vitation of the Columbia chamber Of
commerce. to the Ridgewnnd Country
club house. where. in The main hall.
the meeting will be conducted. At
this mrctin" there will be addresses
on lines related TO the work by the
agrlculturiSt of the United States de-
partmcnt Of agriculture, DR.. Spill
man, or his chief assistant, Dr.
Brodic: by DR.. Goodrich of the Unit
ed States department. who has been
placed in charge Of all of this new
work in the Southern States; Mr.
Merriman, in direct charge Of the
farm; Dr.. Stiles of the United States
department. who is to be in direct
charge in South Carolina: Prof. Har-
Aer. the director Of the State expert
fHcnt station, and Others
"To this meeting the farmers of
the entire State and members Of their
families arc invited. During the pro-
grcSs Of the meeting the chamber Of
commerce committees will furnish
the guests with light lunch and re-
freshments. so that it will be unnec-
eSSnrv FOR any one to leave the meet
ing to return to the citv for dinner.
"Thcrc has been for many wears
an earnest desire ON the part of farm
crs to benefit by snch practical de-
monstration wor kaS is to be con-
ductcd by the government hencefor-
ward-thc class of work that has
proved so beneficial in Canada, and
those farmers who follow the course
Of thc series Of meetings to be held
at this central location during the
year should, and doubtless will,
greatly benefit thcrcfrom. T trust that
there will be Il good attendance on