The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-19
one GREAT NEED
Makes SlIoag Plea for the Establishment
Over he States Of
SCHOOLS FOR FARMERS
DR.. Knapp. OF che United States De-
partment OF Agriculture, Points
Out the Great Valae to the Whole
Country BY the Establishment Of
Such Institutions.
Such Institutions.

Such Institutions.
In an address at Greeoville on
Wednesday DR.. Seaman A. Knapp,
Of the department OF agriculture
made strong plea FOR the establish
nent OF fasm-training schools to
supplement the State agricultural
colleges. The resultant benefit to
the community and the country at
large would be immense. Dr.. Knapp
pointed out. because Of the incseas-
| ed production OF food supplies and
the better condition Of those who
produced the nations food.
"At the last census" said Dr..
Knapp, there were 100000 rent
ed farms and 1o.5oo.o0o labcrers on
ali the farms OF the United States.
What per cen. Of the re1red farms
were well farmed and what per cent
Of the 10.50o.00o farmers were real
! " good farmers? Possibly l per
cent and per cent were fairly
good; sz per cent get from one-halt
to ore-rou-ea Of what they should
obtain from the soil. This loss
must not be regarded as Individual;
it is e loss to the State. to the COM
mun;ty. What does this State pro-
pose to DO about It?
The speaker declared the masses
must De divided into two classes
those who could afford to attend
school Of some kind and those who
could not leave home to obtain an
education and who, therefore. mus:
get their education IN or near their
homes. For such as were able to de-
vote some time to study. Dr.. Knapp
advocated their attendance on farm
training school, such as ne oUtl!n-
ed.
The farm training school must be
both effective and economical he
said The training must At men
to do the work On the farm necessary
for them TO do and, inasmuch as
tne,r funds are limited. It must be
economical. and even II their funds
were not limited the farmer must
learn economy"
Such school. In Dr.. Inapp's opin-
ion. should be equipped with simple
apparatus; It should make a feature
OF manual labor and it should strive
70 teach By practical methods rather
than through the agency OF books
"Now. after some Of these .tunda-
mental things are acquired" continu-
ed Dr.. Knapp. which OF course must
be acquired along with the other
studies. what actua, knowledge must
be obtained? And among the actual
knowledge that he needs to acquire
for the farm-aod am now discuss
/ ing the man who proposes TO live oE
the faEm-are the following:
How to make crop successful
~. which viii include the prepara-
ton OF seed bed, the seed and cult
Tat.on; how to DO his work the most
economicaily-which would include
the kind Of teams. the feeding OF
teams. t:ss use OF the best farm tools,
ETC.; the feeding Of animals and the
value OF the meadow and the pas
ture: the use OF green crops and
the economic ration
The improvement OF the farr7
would follow Immediately OF the
adoption OF modern methods and the
application OF the above knowledge
to Its administration. said Or. Knapp.
He declared, slso. that the improve
mea.s on farms at the present time
were nearly all OF temporary ma
ture and. therefore. costly in the
long run. The cost OF repairs IS
too great" he said. land the life
OF the improvement IS TOO short"
| Dr.. Knapp concluded his address
with glowing tribute to the farm
er's wife. He dwelt upon her prac-
t!cability and he- love for her home.
Taking one such woman. whose
name he did not mention. he said:
'Shc believed in housekeeping as
a fine art and an art worthy Of any
woman. Such woman is treasure
n any household and worthy OF all
honor by the best man that ever
lived
Dr. Knapp IS delivering a series
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OF the Southern railway.
A large crowd Of farmers from the
Piedmont section OF South Carolina
heard Dr.. Knapp. The demonstra.
ton agents OF the State also held
meeting
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