The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-11
INTERESTING MEETING
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county last year. Everything in con-
!. nection with the work was published,
" and where a man made a greater
yield in the regular method than on
a demonstration acre that result was
given to the public. too. There was
nothing to conceal. The results. the
amount Of fertilizer used, and every
thing bearing upon the work. was
published. in order that the people
might see there was no fake. and that
/ the increased results were not due
a to fertilizers.
He gave instances showing the IN
crease in yields where there had
been rotation of crops instead OF a
succession of the same crops on the
same land. In this connection he
stressed the point that the Southern
farmers ought to pay more attention
to the growing Of other crops than
cotton.
History of the Work.
He gave a history Of the work.
The Farmers Cooperative Demon
stration Work, he. said. was under the
, Bureau Of Plant Industry Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. 1t was m
augurated by Act Of Congress IN
January. 1904, on account Of the
Mexican boil weevil in Texas. The
&appearance Of the boil weevil in Tex
y as had caused panic, and The plant
ers and all business men-and all
business men were affected by what
ever affected the planters-appealed
to the government for aid. The de-
partment sent DR.. S. A. Knapp to
Texas, and the general education
,mboard Of New York contributed large
amounts to aid in the work. Harrl-
on county, Texas, he said, consider
III that the first years work was
@ worth fully 100000 to it, with the
aid which the county received, bet
ter crops were grown with the boil
weevil than before the boil weevll
had made its appearance. New crops
we're started, bringing about new IN
dustries. Peanuts and peanut hay
we're grown, and factories for the
manufacture Of peanut candy and
peanut brittle were established.
The work was now divided into two
Ageneral divisions: the first including
Pthe boil weevil section, and the Sec
3 ond the section where the boil weevll
had not yet appeared. The work IN
the second division had commenced
h in March, 1905. The expenses OF this
lAaivision we're paid by the general ed
hcat;on board. Mr.. Jenkins said the
United States government paid him,
or instance, only one dollar per
wear, and that was done in order that
II he might work under government re
str;ction and use the mails free, ETC..
Last wear South Carolina had recelv-
! ed about $4,000 for the work, and
this wear was receiving about $4,000.
If the proper interest was taken and
the people showed they wanted it the
amount would be increased. IF there
[. was only indifference, however, the
appropriation would be cut off.
Preparing For Boil Weevil.
The work in the second division
RMas going ahead Of the boil weevll
Ind preparing for the boil weevll, so
hat the people in those sections to
YBIehich the weevil is approaching will
Eot be altogether cotton men when
khe weevil comes. It was estimated,
k1e said. that the weevil Was coming
%towards South Carolina at the rate OF
one hundred miles year. There was
excellent authority for the conclusion
that the weevil would feed only on
4. cotton, although Mr.. Jenkins said
& that he personally could not vouch
Z for that. &c. that one way of getting
rid of the weevil was to cut out cot
ton for while and to plant corn or
; peas or some other crop. Another
kremedy was to plant the cotton fur
y ther apart in the row. Then the
weevil could be brushed off into the
dirt. where it would die in the sun.
1 If the rows were near together, how,
Never, giving shade, the weevil would
hot be killed and would resume op-
N #erations on the cotton. Another
remedy was in planting earlier va
n ,;o+;o. of action in order 70 oct the