The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-13
Observation-Disclosures
Under Auspices Clmeson College Will
Be Held in Newberry August
End.

tinuirg for that week, there will be
held At Newberry an extension school
for the benefit Of the farmers OF
Newberry county. This school will
be held under the auspices Of Clemson
college, and the instructors are Glenn
son professors, assisted by men from
the United States department OF ag-
riculture. Actual practical lnstruc-
ton will be given at a definite hour
each day in some subject OF vital IN
teresi to the farmers. This lnssuc-
tiorL will be of such nature that the
man Who attends the school can 60
right home and put it into practice
Among the various subjects that
will be taught is butter-maklng.
Those who attend this class will be
given The theory and practice Of but
ter-making-not by lectures, but by
seeing the butter made. The school
will oe equipped, not with lot OF ex-
pensive apparatus, but with such that
any ordinary farmer can easily afford
TO provide. Good butter can always
be sold at profit and many dollar
can be added to the revenues OF the
farms of this State by making a
slight improvement in the quality OF
the butter. We feel sure that this
feature will appeal to the farmers and
especially their wives and that much
GOOD will result from this course.
What soils are, and w!At constitut-
es fertile soil and how that fertility
can be preserved and increased, IS
another subject on which much en-
lightenment isneeded and that will ap-
peal directly to the intelligence OF our
farmers. There is no question OF
greater Importance than this, togeth-
er with that of commercial fertlll-
zers. It is a well-reeognized fact that
there are hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars lost annually to the farmers
of them, and there will be no need OF
using of commercial fertilizers. This
is due largely to lack Of clear un-
derstanding on the part OF the tarm-
ers as to just what commeRial fertl-
lizers are and how to use them. These
two subjects will be taught IN way
that will give a clear understanding
O fth4m. and there will be 40 need OF
a farmer who attends ever being IN
doubt what to buy or how to use his
fertilizers.
It is a well-recognized fact among
all breeders of stock that it does not
pay to breed or raise scrub stock, and
We all understand at. least a few OF
the r1dimentary principles Of improv-
inc orr stock and breeding up herd.
The same thing is true about our farm
crops. # we plant scrub seed we
must expe.s to get scrub crops. How
to select seed 50 as to improve our
crops is. .e:efore, a very important
line Of instruction ;l1t will be handl-
ed in a practical way et this school.
It is a wel!-kaown and proven fact
that we have p.aeticailI no we'll bred
seed in tie South and that by one
years Intelligent selection OF seed
at least I'VE bushels can be added to
the weld Of the average acre OF corn.
Like results will follow with other
seed. It will pay the farmers Of this
county, then, to give close attention
to this subject.
No farm is complete or can expect
to reach maximum results that has
not its quota of live stock. But, IN
order to attain maximum results, this
live stock must be properly handled
and fed, and We must learn how to
raise feed for it in the best and cheap
est way. Then, too, the work stock
of our farms and all other live stock
have troubles. accidents and sickness.
How many Of these latter can be
avoided, aud how to treat the simpler
troubles. is one of the very important
subjects in which instruction will be
given.
An insect is a very small thing but
these very same insects cost the State
of South Carolina many dollar IN
the injury they do to her crops. Much
of this damage can be prevented II
we knew how to fight them. The hab-
its Of some Of the most numerous and
Injurious insects and how to combat
them-how to poison, how to prevent
their multiplication and how and