The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-11
FARMERS COOPERATIVE
DEMONSTRATION WORK
FARMERS COOPERATIVE DEM
ONSTRATION WORK.
District Superintendent Jenkins De-
livered Addresses in Newberry
County Last Week.

Mr.. J. Mitchell Jenkins, Of Spar
tanburg, district agent Of the Farm
ers' Cooperative Demonstration
Work, was in Newberry last week
and delivered addresses at Jalapa on
Wednesday, at Smyrna on Thursday,
and at Keitt's grove, near the resi-
decen of Prof. T. W. Keitt, on Fri
day. The meetings had been arrang-
ed by County Agent S. NJ. Duncan.
While the attendance at the meet
ings was not large, those who were
present gave close and sympathetic
attention. Mr.. jenkins breaches the
doctrine of thorough preparation Of
lands, rotation of crops, and the Sc
lection of seed-looking towards a
better yield, diversifcation Of crops,
and crops each succeeding year OF
better grade and, therefore, of more
value. He is thoroughly posted in
his work, and he is an interesting
talker. He was for a time connected
with the agricultural department at
Clemson, and he has also been con-
nected with the experimental station
at Charleston. His headquarters are
now in Spartanburg, and he has the
cooperative demonstration work OF
a number of counties, including New
berry, under his directin.
Good Doctrine For The South.
Mr.. jenkins is a strong advocate
Of less cotton, and of raising home
supplies at home-not only supplies
for the particular farm, but for the
home markets as we'll. He can see
no reason why corn should be brought
into South Carolina from the west,
at prices far above the cost Of rails
ing it here, when South Carolina has
the worlds record for the yield OF
corn per acre. He can see no reason
why alfalfa should be shipped into
South Carolina from Oklahoma:
South Carolina paying the freight
from Oklahoma and the profits OF
the Oklahoma planters. when as good
alfalfa as can be grown in the world
can be grown here in South Caro-
lima. He knows the Southern farm
ers can, if they Will, get together and
demand a living price for their eot'
ton, having the price regulated by the
natural law of supply and demand,
instead of being dictated to by the
SPECTATORS on Wall street, and ne
believes the quickest and practically
the only way to accomplish this re-
suit is by rotation and diversificatlon
of crops. He breaches the kind OF
doctrine which the South must heed
if it is ever to emerge from the
thraldom of The stock manipulators.
And even if there were no fictitious
and speculative values placed upon
the South's products, it is the doc
trine of common sense-lutensltled
and diversified fr1ming, al)n! sclea-
tifc notwithstanding first the ne
,essities of life at home, putting the
Southern farmer in position to de-
mand a fair price for his money
crop, and each year improving the
land and raising the standard OF the
erop grown.
A representative of The Herald
and News drove to the meeting at
Keitt's grove on Friday with Mr..
Jenkins and Mr.. Duncan. There are
good fields Of grain along the
road, and Mr.. Jenkins, who was IN
this county last year, expressed him.
self as much gratifed in the increase
Of acreage placed in grain, and IN the
modern methods of farming Of which
some of the crops gave evidence.
The Meeting at Keitt's.
ne meeting dl Neitl Sio'e w
veloped somewhat into an experience
This was encouraged by +
Mr.. Jenkins, who asked questions OF
his hearers and invited questions |
from them. AS stated. the crowd was
small, but such meetings are OF great
value, and it would be we'll IT they
could be held in every community in.
the county.
Mr.. Jenkins began his talk at
Keitt's grove by saying that those
in charge Of the cooperative demon
stration work we're greatly pleased !
with the results Of the work IN this