The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-22
FOUR EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED By
IL. l. MANNING.
Experiment Stations in Piedmont Belt
and Coastal Plain and to he Estab-
lishcd i'm Pee Dee and Sand Hill
Sections of State.


sections of the state might know
what they could best grow on their
land it was decided by the Clemson
Board at its recent meeting at Glenn
son College to have experiment sta
tions at four points in the State. Two
Of these stations being already es-
tablished, 1t was decided that the
other two should be established in
the sections OF the State not already
provided with them.
The resolution was drawn up and
offered by Mr.. Il. /. Manning, Of this
city, and was adopted by the board.
The resolution calls attention to the
fact of the peculiar geographical di-
visions In the State, there being four
distinct divisions OF the State. each
of which possesses q soil different
from the other sections and on which
different kinds Of agriculture can be
best carried on with profit
At the meeting Of the board Of
trustees of the Clemson Agricultural
college on March Z, the following res
olution was adopted as the public
utterance of the board in regard to
the establishment of branch expert
ment stations i'm the State:'
Whereas the State is divided nat
urally into four climatic zones, due to
elevation and latitude, and into four
main soil types, due to their geologi-
cal formation, thus dividing the State
into four main natural agricultural
divisions. and whereas Clemson Col
lege Is now operating experiment
stations in two of these divisions cone
in the Piedmont belt at Clemson Col
lege. and the other in the Coastal
Plain near Summerville). therefore be
IL resolved:
as soon as practicable two more
branch experiment stations, one Of
which is to be located in the Pee
Dee section, and the other in the
Sand Hill section Of the State, which
Will complete system of expert
ment stations that will provide each
OF the four distinct agricultural divis-
ions Of the State with a we'll equip
ped and complete station, capabls Of
"A 80 xtt.t.
practices Tor that sector.
.. That these stations shall be
equipped and operated for the pur-
pose Of determining and demonstra-
ting the various crops, fruits and
vegetables that may be produced with
profit in these representative sections;
for the purpose Of determining the
best methods of fertilizing and culti-
vating the soil; and the best system
Of rotation and diversification Of
crops. etc; and also for the purpose
OF determining and demonstrating the
most economical methods OF produc-
ing and feeding live stock, and all 9TH
er matters looking to the avancement
of agricultural, interests.
3. The work Of locating and de-
veloping the Pee Dee station shall be-
gin at cnce. and that as soon as this
station has been fully established. the
work OF locating and developing the
Sand Hill station Shall commence.
4. That IN accordance with the
Act OF the General Assembly author
izing these stations, the board OF trus-
tees announces its readiness TO receive
offers Of land or money, or both,
from various localities, for the es-
tablishment OF the station in the Pee
Dee section.
8. That the work proposed for
this station will require at least two
hundred acres Of land that Is rep
resentative Of the soil OF the Pee Dee
section, and is we'll adapted for ex-
perimental purposes; ard all offers Of
money and land should be addressed
to the President of Clemson Col
lege. who will submit them to the
board Of trustees. In the consider
alton OF the matter the desirability OF
location and the character OF the soil
for the purpose Of the experiment
stations shall be the prime consid-
Grafton, and not the amount OF the
offer In land or money. 1t must be
distinctly understood, therefore, that
the board reserves the right to re-
jcct any and all offers"