The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-09
HOW WATSON HELPS FARMERS.
TELLS GEORGIA MAN HOW EE
WORKS IN THIS STATE.

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The following letter from Mr.. E. ].
watso, :. Commissioner Of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industries OF South
Carolina 10 Mr. n. l.. willet, of Au-
gusta. is especially interesting in IL
Illustrating the manner I'm which South
Carolina is furthering a common eff
fort which Is just now appealing more
forcefully TO the Southern country
than II ever has In the past, and
showing why South Carolina has sue
ceeded so admirably in its part of the
undertaking.
Columbia. S. C.. March 25. 1910.
Mr.. n. L. willet. Augusta, Ga.
My Dear Mr.. willet:--I am In re-
ceipt of yours of March IL, which
would have been answered very much
earlier but for my absence from the
State.
i wish most sincerely to thank you
for your very complimentary refer
ence TO my work in South Carolina
IL has been hard work In a difficult
field. but at last don't hesitate to
sey to you that we have the masses of
the people aroused for better and
more intelligent agriculture, and
can only refer you to my Sixth An
nual Report. a copy Of which am
sending you under separate cover,
TO show you what remarkable results
we are obtaining by means OF a CO.
operative work with the Federal
government
In this State we have gotten the
Federal government to give us plenty
of aid. but that aid was given because
tho State itself invited the Federal
experts to occupy desks within Our
rGces and we have given them daily
and hearty cooperation. facilitating
theh work and obtaining results that
they could not have obtained BY
themselves in a very much longer
period.
In the departments Office at Co
lumbia today we have stationed in Of
flces to themselves. the State Agents
of the u. s. Farm Demonstration
Work. and OF the u. g. Bureau OF
Plant Industry. Farm Management
Office. and we cooperate with the TO-
bacco experts. soil survey. and indeed
all of the other bureaus of the de-
partment of Agriculture in Washing
ton. This Is not cooperation IN name
only but we are all part and parcel of
one great machine, and we work to-
gether exactly in that way. all pulling
each hour and day for the fullest de-
velopment of the cause Of agriculture
and In the effort to carry expert
knowledge to the individual farmers
upon the individual farm. That isl
the only way to get results, and we
are getting them. We are even today
helping any number OF live farmers
I'm some of our sister States. The mere
fact that we have increased the corn
crop of this State in one year by s.
900. 900 bushels, out OF an increase of
100000 in practically the entire |
South Atlantic States shows that we
are accomplishing something. and |
that we are usirg the correct methods
I'm order 10 do IT,
/ believe In good agricultural ,ter-
ature for certain kinds of men. bat
the agricultural department that sits
down quietly and waits for bulletins
TO do the work will wait forever. The |
practical "show me and 1 will believe |
you" work i'm the field with the ~
dividual farmer is the only thing that
counts. IL is hard work and must be |
untiring and unceasing In it's nature, |
but when one sees the uplift of rural
life that follows. and realizes the fact
that this Is the back bone of the COM
mOnwealth. one cannot but feel that
Il Is worth II.
The same class of close co-opera-
tive work that / have described above
with the Federal government Is a.so
engaged IN with the State Experimnt |
Station and with the Agricultural De-
partment OF Clemson College. So far
as 1 know we have no petty jealousies
or anything OF that kind. AS far as
I am concerned 1 won't let an agri- |
cultural worker quarrel with me. II
don't believe In wasting time with |
chickering's and with petty jealousies
and I see that every man Is given
full credit for the work that he does
and when ne deserves II / endeavor, |
60 see that he secures proper promo
tion. In this State. too the office of
Commissioner OF Agriculture Is dealt
With % cnnofrurt4,o nmoo A..