The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-31
LETTER FROM CORNELL.
Prof. COurtenay Carson Writes Some
Observations From Cornell Univer.
Aty.
'ditor of The Daily Item:

Iuitor OF IHe Dally Item:
am here in ithaca attending Cor
nell University again this summer
and have had the pleasure of meet
Ing two other South Carolinians who
are likewise taking advantage of the
fine courses Of study offered by this
great institution.
Prof. L. A. Sease. Of Lexington,
County. a member of the first class
which graduated from Clemson Col
lege and now teaching in the depart
ment OF English in Clemson, is here
taking special work In English and
in school management
Mr.. Thomas e. Keitt also a grad.
nate Of Clemson College and now con-
iiected with the South Carolina Ex-
pertinent Station as chemist, is busy
In the advanced chemical laboratory
here. ooncocting with the zeal of a
Bunsen such odorous substances as
only true chemists delight in. Your
humble servant is also enrolled as q
student and spends his time In the
treat Rockefeller Laboratory of Ply
sics. should like to say here that
these heather begin their classes at
8 o'clock in the morning, winter and
summer. and as have been reared
In a Christian country where 9 O'Clock
10 the orthodox hour for such things.
am at a loss to know what to do Do
you think my people would look up
On me as an hereto II I were to pur-
chase large alarm clock and report
to classes at half past eight?
Practically no rain has fallen here
since the middle of May and yester-
day our first good shower came to
freshen up the parched lawns.
think we could have spared several
showers from our South Carolina sup
ply. Today however, is rainy and
cool and an overcoat would not feel
bad. Corn and all the oats is very
poor. The oats Is just heading out,
and corn which Is planted in checks
with several stalks to the hill is bare
ly knee high. The seasons here are
about two months behind ours and
are much shorter also. From sun
rise to sunset, however, at this season
Is nearly an hour longer than with us.
The great farm product here Is milk.
This is sod at prices averaging a dol
lar hundred pounds and is delivered
to skimming stations which in turn
send the cream to central churning
station. while the farmers can get
hack their skinned milk for hog
feed. A central skimming station is
here at the New York State College,
of Agriculture and this. my two South
Carolina friends and visited yester-
day. The milk is delivered in cans
holding five and ten gallons and is
poured from these into q tank lead
ing to the separators. A stream of
milk pours into these machines, which
separates the lighter cream from the
heavier watery part of the milk by the
centrifugal action Of cylinders which
spin around about 1000 times per
minute. The fresh cream Is at once
run into great power churn, several
Of which are used. These churns are
five or six feet in diameter and hold
from hundred to two hundred GAL
Ions OF cream After the butter is
made 1t is salted and worked and
some Is packed in pound blocks for
local markets and some in tubs for
shipment. They receive here daily
four thousand pounds Of milk and
three thousand pounds Of cream and
the average output is twelve hundred
pounds Of butter day A large
amount OF cheese Is made here also
and you may purchase cheese of any
name, age OF SMELL that you may de-
Sire.
Coming back from the creamery
We passed through the botanical gar
dens where flowers Of various sorts
are experimental with. This year
they have at least q half acre in hol-
lyhocks and If you can imagine before
you half acre of pink and yellow
and red. every color imaginable, tall
stems and short stems, double and
single flowers you perhaps get some
idea what that plot looks like. There
are other flowers also but these are
the most striking. There is striking
comparison between the homes and
yards here and In most towns in
South Carolina. Here every man takes
pride In his lawn, there are no fences
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