The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06
FllIIne TESTS 70 CONTINUE.
ReeaNl nureau and Gease Department
~ Werk shoultsr % Shoulder in
Advancing Farm Inserests Of South
oSOllns-Dr. Goodrich at Coluna-

Col lumbia. March 2.--Dr c. l.
0oodrich. OF the Warrington once of
the United States bureau Of plant In
dustry. farm MANAGEMENT ONCE. has
rsturned TO South Carolina. where he
spent last sum-,er organizing the
demonstvntton experimental work. a
new ',lass Of work In this country. He
oron(;ht with him Prof. A. J. smith.
Who = to remain In this State as the
psrmsnent agent In charge Of all of
the work. being done by the bureau.
Prof Smith is q scientific agricultu-
raliss. and yet has had years Of prac-
teal experience on one Of the greatest
farms In the country. In Indiana. Mr.
1r. f'nith will make his headquarters
IN columbia. where his wife has al
rsady Joined him. DIR. Goodrich will
make tour Of the State and then
return 20 washington. This was the
nrse stsae In the Union In which this
work We started. ana 10 has been
dose ~ yst IN no other state
coinniap1pner Watson has conclud-
- q lrnnesnAents for shs ciosest co..
opsrstion during the coming year
with the state agents Of the United
seatas farm dsmonstration work and
Of th's bureau of plant industry. These
asrangements carry with them the
Establishments OF both Of these State
agents In the once Of the state COM
missi,nsr Of agriculture at the cap
! 'itoi. The object of this is to have the
state and federal interests close
enough tossther for daily conference.
Commissioner watson will shortly
80 a. Warrington. where h Is likely
that arrangements will also be con-
cluded for the location in his ofiices
o( the state agent Of the United
states bureau OF statistics. This ar
rangumsnt having been tentatively
entered into already and carrying
with II much more extensive work by
the federal government than has yet
been undertaken by the government
In this State.
For some time the state depart
msnt of agriculture In cooperation
with the federal authorities has been
endeavoring to do something to bring
hboit q substantial agricultural de-
veIopment In the Sand Hill region OF
this state. Already a number OF sue
csNral experiments are under way.
notably on the Gonzales farm. near
Columbia. and on the large Hitch
cocl farm. near Aiken. For the past
six weeks Commissioner Watson has
beer endeavoring to bring about a
com bination OF state. federal. rail-
roati and private interests looking to
the extensive development Of the
trucking industry along the line of
the Seaboard Air Line In the coun-
ties OF Kershaw and Chesterfield. The
efforts have been In two directions.
both. however. being given the full
cooperation and assistance of the
trAoihk othtihis VI the SedDOar0 AIT
Line. The first EFFORT has been di-
rected entirely to operations on the
part OF local folks. and the point ut
which this effort has been concen-
tratsd ~ Bethune.
ON Friday last DIR. Goodrich. Prof.
williams, Prof smith. Commission
er Watson and Capt. Miller. of the
iatter's Office. visited Bethune. where
a meeting OF people OF the surround
Ing country was held and where a
considerable acreage was pledged by
individual farmers TO intelligent
trucking for the eastern and extreme
Southern markets for this season. The
people manifested great enthusiasm
and seemed sure OF their ground.
when constant visitations and person
nj direction were pledged on the part
OF the federal experts.
On the following day all the gentle
men named. with the exception Of
Commissioner Watson. who had re-
turnsd to Colrr,bia. proceeded to Nc
Bee, and inspected In detail a $4,000
acrs tract of land for the develop