The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-01-20

the nitrogenous materials necessary i'm
general farming can be grown on tse
farm by proper use ofleguminous crops
such as clovers. vetches, etc. In or
Ger to reduce the tremendous cost for
commercial fertilizers to the farmer
each year. the value of clovers in this
respect will be demonstrated. Bur
clover Is perhaps the most easily es
tablished clover in the South at the
present time. It's habit, however, Is
snch that II does not furnish as much
humus to the soil when turned under
as a green manure as some OF our
otper clovers. For this reason Grim
son clover will be used to plant in the
fall I'm the cotton and turn under in
the spring about the first Of April.
Along with this red clover will be-
used In the same way. as for this pur-
pose 1t is considered superior to GRIM
son clover, the object being to deter
mine which is the most valuable for
this purpose In the various parts of
the State. Along with the clovers the
vetches will be used In the same way.
The growing of the clovers on the cot
ton lands will In time not only add n
large portion or all of the nitrogen
necessary but 1t will insure the main
tenance Of the humus content Of the
soil.
4. or late the Williamson method
Of growing corn has been interesting
the farmers OF the South, and In some
sections this method and notifications
OF 1t have been quite well established.
Investigations will be made in corn
growing with this method as COM
pared with other successful methods
that are now known. and also to de-
termine how 1t applies to various soil
types.
5. One of the great needs of the
South Is. a better knowledge of the
methods of crop rotation, and demon
stration along this line will be estab-
lished. the particular methods depend
ing on the needs Of the section In
which the demonstrations are located.
8. There Is much room for i'm
provement In the seed that Is used in
the South. both In cotton and corn,
and an effort will be made towards the
general Improvement OF the seed of
both these crops by seed selection and
cross breeding. There are certain va
rieties that are better adapted to GER
tain types or soil than others, and an
effort will be made to determine the
best variety suited to the locality,
especially looking to a larger yield
per acre.
For this line Of work the following
farmers have offered their farms, and
these have been accepted:
In congressional district No. /. at
walterboro. Colleton county. the
farms OF w. B. Gruber and j. E.
Peurifoy; at Ritter. Colleton county.
thc iuEIIi VI "A. -. SduHQeTS.
In congressional district No. 2. at
Barnwell. Barnwell county, the farm
OF Col. Alfred Aldrich: also the farms
Of w. M. Cook. Butler Hagood and j.
Allen Tobin, and the farms Of the Pat
terson brothers. At williston, Barn
well county. farm Of T. J. Grubbs. At
Beach Island. Aiken county, the farm
OF the Downer Institute.
In congressional district No. 8.
Greenwood. Greenwood county. the
farms Of DIR. r. E. Mason and H. q.
Hartzog.
In congressional district No. 4. the
farm OF J. Wade Anderson at Laur-
ems, Laurens county. At Union,
Union county. the farms of w. e.
Thompson and r. L. McNally.
In congressional district No. S, at
Chester. Chester county. the farm Of
]. T. Cunningham. At Gaffney. Cher
| okee county. the farms of Mr.. Nathan
Lpscomb. N. H. Littlejohn and c. M.
Smith. At Cheraw. Chesterfield coun-
ty. c. f. Moore.
In congressional district No. 6, at
Bennettsville. Marlboro county, the
farm Of Mr.. II. H. Newton. At Mar
lon. Marion county. the farm Of
Judge c. A. Woods.
In conversational district No ? AZ
Columbias the farms of A. e. Con-
zales. and Messrs. B. and T. Taylor.
AT Congaree. Richland county, F.
II. Weston. At Sumter the farms OF
l.. ID. Jennings. E. c. Haynsworth, Eu-
gene Hogan. Eugene Moses and g.
w. waddill
Work has been instituted on a part
OF these farms only as vet and will