Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-12
FRIDAY, MAY IL, 1911.

with what he had seen and with the
audience by which he was CONFRONTED,
and although his talk as usual was
along practical common sense lines, ne
did not neglect to say some very klnd
things about the cow show. One state
ment was like this: You people may
not appreciate it now, but many OF
YOU here will live to appreciate the
truth of what I say when I tell you
that this show you are giving here is.
the beginning of the most important
and most progressive agricultural
movement South Carolina has ever
known. 1t promises to make more for
the uplift of agricultural methods,
more for the upbuilding Of your roads,
schools, churches and the comfort or
the homes of your people. What l
have seen here today and what I see
before me recalls most vividly to
mind what the late DR.. Knapp, man
who did more for the development or
agriculture in the south said to me In
his office in Washington about seven
years ago, just before 1 entered upon
my work in this state. 1t was TINS:
Those people down in South Carollna
have the greatest country IN tne
world, (and DR.. Knapp knew, because
he had studied conditions all over the
world); but they need to be gotten out
of their present methods. So long as
they continue to devote themselves to
cotton raising alone as they are so
largely doing they can never make
progress worth while. If we can only
get them to take an interest in i've
stock, we will change everything. we
will soon show them the real secret or
wealth, comfort and happiness. 1 am
md In the nature or
things cannot hope to live more than
ten years longer, but If I could only
get these people into dairying and live
stock generally, 1 would feel that the
greatest work of my life had been ac-
complished and I would be willing 10
die"
Mr.. williams went on to say that
what he saw here made him feel that
DIR. Knapp's sole felt desire was being
realized; that this cattle show, and
the eager, intense, earnest interest ne
had observed among the people, per-
suaded him to think that in tVe years
from now the economic change would
he so great as to be accounted reVo-
luton, and men will wonder how they
ever existed under the old conditions.
Speaking of the show itself, Mr..
Williams said that he had been to fairs
of various kinds in the northwest, in
the south and elsewhere. and this as
far as it went was as creditable an eX-
hibit of the kind as he had ever seen.
From one standpoint it was the most
creditable cow show that he had ever
attended. At all the others there were
COWS, horses, pigs, sheep, goats anu
all that kind of things, and In addltlon
TO them there were Great western
snake eaters and other cheap trap to
keep I'D interest. Here he saw as
much intelligent and enthusiastic in
terest as he had ever seen anywhere,
and this was all the more impressive,
because there was no need ior
snake eater as an extra attraction.
In all Prof Williams spoke more
than half an hour and was listened TO
with the most rapt attention through
out.
prof. Williams was followed by Mr..
w w. Long, a dairy expert or the de-
partment of agriculture and owner OF
a large and successful dairy in Vlr-
ginia. He made quite an interesting
talk on dairying and the burden OF MS
advice was that while there was no
higher, better or more profitable sys-
tenn of farming, no one should attempt
to 90 into it with too big rush. The
thing was to go in slowly. Start with
such common cows as are available
and grade them up. On the sentiment
tai side of the question, he insisted
that the dairy business was great as
a character builder. He said that IN
order to succeed in the management
of COWS, men had to be so KIND ano
considerate with the animals that ne
would naturally come to be KIND ana
considerate of men. The highest tri-
bute he had ever known paid a man
was when Hoard's Dairyman once
spoke of an old farmer who was SO
much loved by his dairy herd tnat
when he went into his barn yard, the
sucking calves would leave their moth
ers to come and meet him. Mr.. Long
gave the audience many Va!uapie,
practical points and much OF what ne
said was calculated to bear fruit.
Hon. E. ]. Watson was the last
speaker, and he made a practical talk
that was full of facts, statistics, ana
good counsel, mixed with enough hne
humor to add Zest and spice He taik-
ed about Jerry Moore, the boy VINO
has spread the agricultural fame OF
South Carolina throughout the Union
and across the seas and attributed
Jerry's achievement to the intelligence
with which he comprehended and car
ried out the correct teaching that Is
now being spread throughout the state
Then referring to the $92,000,0OO the
state receives for the last cotton crop
he called attention to the fact tnat
we are still sending to the west go
600 600 for the rottenest corn that
can be had, $2O,OOO,OOO for flour, $40
900 900 for various other food stuffs
and are spending $2O,OOO,O0O for fer
tilizers. We could keep every dollar
of this at home by raising the stun
ourselves, and if we could only do II
few wears we would soon be the rich
est people on earth.
Mr.. Watson was very much gratihed
at what he had seen at the COW show,
and felt assured that the result for
good will be far greater than any OF US
can realize.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Watson's
address. Mr.. Felix Williams announced
the prize winners at the COW show as
published elsewhere in this issue, and
after passing a vote of thanks 10
Nessrs Williams. Watson, Long,