The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-08-24
FARMERS INSTITUTE
AT FOUNTAIN INN
Rally was Splendid Success from Ey-
cry Point of Niew-Naricd and
Valuable Information,

Greenvilie. Aug 20.-The farmers
institute at Fountain Inn, memorable
for the large and attentive crowds
that came to it, for the varied staff
that gave instructions and as mark
ing the close of the Clemson timer
ary has just closed.
The staff was the largest and
farmers institute in South Carolina.
Its personnel consisted of DIR. ID. ~
Barrow director; Prof. Keitt. Prof
Jackson Prof. Conradi Prof Bur-
CESS, Prof. Mercier of the United
States department of agriculture,
Misses Hyde and Briggs of Winthrop
college and Secretary James Henry
Rice Jr., of the Audubon society.
Everything from birds and bugs
up to live stock and dairying was
taught by night and day. There
were two sessions of the institute each
day and illustrated lectures at night.
The illustrations by means of stereop-
ticon views were vividly brought out
were never surpassed in the South or
anywhere else for that matter
Conradi is a great authority-a first
hand authority-who corrects the
books for you and shows wherein
Northern authors fail i'm describing
the habits of insects in the South. since
insects have entirely different habits
North and South.
For example, the house fly breeds
only in horse stables at the North. be-
cause COW manure and other places
are cold and unsuitable for Matching
eggs and feeding larvae but i'm the
South cow manure, closets and garb-
age cans furnish the fly ideal breed
ing grounds and they multiply Just as
fast in these places as they do in
horse stables. The remedy is to keep
the yard scrupulously clean and keep
all manure in dark covered recep-
tacles where flies can not get at it.
Nobody that heard Prof. Conradi's
description of the house fly can doubt
that as an enemy of the human race
the fly is more to be feared than the
rattlesnake.
Farm Statistics.
Prof. Barrow lectured in the day on
comparative farm statistics, show
ing average earning power of labor
ers, value of live stock owned and
other matters of live interest to farm
ers, This was varied by treatment
of other themes on different days
DR.. Barrow has clear, strong voice
and lets it out, so that he is heard
with ease in any part of hall. He
has had charge of the entire itinerary
ana ms arrangements on the whole
nave been entirely satisfactory This
is a difficult and delicate undertaking
when arrangements for three sep
arate parties of men have to be made
over period of two months i'm every
quarter of the State. He deserves
great credit for his success in getting
the best institutes Clemson has ever
had
Prof Mercier has charge of the
important branch of pasture maxi
ing-a subject neglected generally in
this State-and it is hoped that his
work will fruit in more attention be-
ing paid to ii in the future
Prof. Burgess is the dairyman of
Clemson, and his instruction in but
ter-making and in proper selection
and care of dairy herds was among
the most valuable given of vital i'm
| portance to the home life of the peo-
I pie.
Prof. Jackson has charge of live
stock. and to the average South Car
Gilman that means horses, nothing
but horses. He gave much informa-
tion about horses, their care and Sc
lection, but he covered wider ground.
Home Making.
Miss Hyde, with her assistant, Miss
Briggs, had daily conferences with
women as to home-making. No
home-makers club was formed. since
Fountain Inn already has mothers
club. but the organization was vital
ized-thoroughly aroused to the need
OF making better homes.
Prof Keit, whose work has al
ready been commented on, took his
favorite theme of Fertilizers. showing
how to hake fertilizers on the farm
ana thus save freight on useless fill
on oil i;