Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-24
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
clark's Hill Farmers Club Gave
Great Feast, Inviting Glenn
son Professors to De-
liver Addresses.

son professors 10
liver Addresses.
That some of the most progress
i've farmers in the county are to be
found in the vicinity of Clark's Hill
is evidenced by the fact that they
have for several years had one OF
the most active agricultural clubs to
be found anywhere in this part OF
the country. !, The Clark's Hill
club is a member of the association
of clubs of the Savannah valley,
and this club and its members have
always occupied a prominent place
at the Georgia Carolina fair. bear
ing off number of the choicest
prizes.
Would thatevery community had
a local agricultural club, such as
the one to be found at Clark's Hill.
It is very difficult to get farmers
generally to realize and fully ap-
preciate the advantages of organi-
zation. Even where they do organ
ize, interest soon lags and the or
ganization is short lived. But not
so with the above mentioned club.
It is composed Of men who heed the
admonition of the Good Book by
e sSolec sing to that which is good" !"
and what is better for any agricul-
tural community than an agricultu-
raj club? Il
The officers gf the club are: L.
G. Bell, president; II. e. Bunch,
yice-president; J. W.. johnson, sec
retary; S: T. Adams treasurer and
w. S. Middleton executive commit
teeman. Such men as these, with a
membership composed of good mep
at their back, can make success of
anything they undertake, be it an
agricultural club or what not.
According to their custom, the
members of the Clark's Hill club
gave 8 barbecue at the school house
neer Meriwether last Friday and
invited number of their friends to
5be present. 1t was the writer's
privilege to be one of the guests on
thisVery pleasant occasion. Besides
the feast Of good things that are
I usually served at cnics, the officers
provided a feast for the intellects of
the assembled two hundred or more
persons by inviting three of Glenn
sons professors to be present and
make addresses.
DR.. E. Barnett.
After giving utterance to appro-
pirate words OF, welcome, President
Luther Bell introduced DR.. E. Bar
nett, his subject being Live Stock
Industry" DR.. Barnett said this is
q very important phase of agricul-
ture that has been greatly neglected.
In travelling over the country one
notices that the most fertile and
most productive farms are those
upon which animals are the most
numerous. In England where land
is improved by abundant supply of
barnyard manure rent is almost as
much per acre as our land sells for.
The climate of the South makes
this section especially adapted to
stock raising.
The leading problem with the far
mer is maintaining and increasing
the fertility of the soil. There are
many methods OF accomplishing
this end, such as rotation, planting
leguminous crops and by using
commercial fertilizers. When rota-
tion is practiced and legumes plant
ed it is necessary to have live stock
to feed these crops to. As the cost
of commercial fertilizers has ad-
vanced SO per cent while the in
crease in yield has been only 20 per
cent it becomes necessary for far
mers to increase the number of stock
on the farm in order to increase the
supply of barnyard manure. DR..
Barnett cautioned the farmers pres
ent not to feed cattle of, the dairy
type. In order. to obtain profitable
results the right type must be fed.
A balanced ration, one that will pro-
dnce muscle, bone and fat, must be
fed. 1t is also necessary to make
the feed az palstable as possible.
DR.. Barnett gave in dollars and
cents the result of experiments con-
Quoted with Clemson's dairy COWS.
Actual cost of maintaining the COWS
and the amount realized from the
milk and butter were accurately
kept, showing the net profits per
COW to be from $50 to Sss per year.
He stated that it pays to feed cattle
even if the balance sheet shows no
net profit in dollars and cents after
they are sold.
He urged the raising of more
mules, but advised the purchase of
alarger type of mares, such as are
used in the west for brood mares.
nr Rarnatt savs the cost of raising