Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-07-14
MORE MONEY FOR FARM WORK.
.Oconee County Will Receive Exten-
+, sion Work this Year.
columbia State, sth.D

with Commissioner Watson and Prof.
Ira w. Williams, the State agent for
South Carolina of the farm demon
stration wo:k.
The annual appropriations for
farm demonstration work in the
s United States has just been made by
z3he General Education Board, and
Mr.. Campbell brought the exceed
ingly gratifying news that in making
the annual appropriations for the fis-
cal year 1909-'10, en- increase had
been allowed this State Of about $4,-
600 or $4,000.
The situation in South Carolina
was thoroughly gone over with the
result that this fall this va. liable
United States demonstration work
practical work with the individual
farmer by special agents going from
farm to farm and giving specific in
structions for the betterment OF
farming methods, will be so extend
ed that every county in the State,
with the exception of seven, will be
under this work another crop sea-
son. Only the territory where drain
age Is so badly needed and the agri-
cultural industry amounts to but
very little, will be omitted during
the next crop year.
While the appropriations for some
Of the other Southern States are per-
.lhaps larger than South Carolina it is
WaAnoteworthy fact that practically
this entire State will be covered dur
ing the coming fiscal year, while with
the funds available not more than
one-half Of the territory in North
Carolina. Georgia and Virginia, for
instance, will be covered.
DR.. Knapp Pleased.
DR.. Knapp has been much pleased
with the earnest support given by
the State department of South Cart
olina and by the people of the State
the mselves, SO much so, in fact. that
he has insisted on the broadest ex-
pansiOn of the work in this State,
Notwithstanding no State aid has
been given as in other States. The
results obtained have been most graf
flying to the office in Washington
Furthermore, everything that has
been accomplished in South Carolina
has been done since the season Of
1907, when the work was first in
troduced here by DR.. Knapp at the
n a nc nf 1,n Ctof
ment and upon its assurance that
the people of the State would well
10 come 1t and show substantial results
During the past two years a most re-
has been shown by greatly increased
statistics, in diversified agricultural
crops, and much of this has been due
to Mr.. Campbell, who was here as
State agent for some time before be-
ing called to Washington, and to his
predecessor, DR.. Barrow, now at
Clemson College, and to the earnest
and active State agent who now di-
rects the operations of the farm
demonstration agents in South Car
olina.
New Counties Added.
AAmong the counties which will re-
ce}ve the extension Of the work this
year are Oconee, Pickens, Greenville,
Spartanburg, Florence, Marion, Bam-
berg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Saluda
and Abbeville. The men who will
be agents have all practically been
determined upon.
Commissioner Watson, in speak
ing of the gratifying increase of the
appropriation and development of
this work, said: 81 am of course
zSSeply gratified at this manifesto
5n Of appreciation Of results that
have been shown by DR.. Knapp. Our
people have taken most kindly to this
practical result-giving method of de-
veloping the agricultural industry,
and we have made most mark ed
headway under 1t. 1t is particularly
gratifying when we consider that up
to the present time the State has not
been asked for any supplemental ap-
preparation for the conduct Of the
work, such as is being given in other
States where this work IS being pros
ecuted, nor have our banks and other
interested concerns made any sub
scriptiOn to any fund with which to
supplement the appropriation made
from Washington. I have not asked
the Legislature for any appropria-
tion Of this character heretofore, be-