The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-15
NEGRO FARM DEMONSTRATION
Report of Department Agent for
Sumter County.

demonstration agent of the Depart
| ment OF Agriculture, in charge Of the
work among the negro farmers in
! Sumter, Richland and Kershaw coun-
| ties. will learn for the first time that
this work has been successfully car
| ried on for the past two years and
that the results have been so satis-
| factory that DR.. Knapp has decided
TO extend the work and this year
there will be a negro farm demon
| stration in each Of the three counties.
! The negro farmers have taken up the
work with eagerness and have prose-
cuted 1t with zeal. the practical re-
suits obtained by the adoption Of pro-
gressive farm methods showing in in
creased yields and greater profits. The
report for 1910. submitted by Dem
onstrator r. w. westberry to DR..
Knapp. shows In striking and con-
crete manner what the negro farmers
accomplished last year.
The report follows:
The colored farmers Of Richland,
Kershaw and Sumter counties have
been much benefited by the demon
stration work Of the government.
There Is a steady improvement among
them. The brushes and briars along
the ditch banks are cut down and
the bitches are cleaned out and the
old bottoms are being cultivated.
Waste lands in many places are at
a premium. There Is very little talk
OF leaving the country now, for the
city. There is great profit in the
demonstration work and its influence.
The work has brought great sue
cess to the farmers. Mr.. Williams
has relieved me of two counties. j.
II. Goodwin has been appointed col
laborator OF Richland county; and
II. s. Murphy Of Kershaw county. And
now 1 am confined to my own county
(Sumter county, The following are
those who made 1000 pounds and
bushels Of corn and more per acre:
Henry Isabel. Horatio. LOO
pounds.
Daniel James. Horatio. 1.4O5
pounds.
Sampson Singleton. Dalzell. r. f.
ID. No. 1. 1900 pounds.
Bonham Robinson. Horatio, 2,313
pounds; AZ bushels corn.
adam SNOW. Torutio 200 pounds.
Wesley McClain, Horauo, 1000
pounds.
Wallace James Horaro, 1900
pounds
Hayes Kershaw. Horatio, 2,15O
pounds; &c bushels corn.
e. G. Dixon. Horatio, 1915 pounds.
Edgar Dinkins. Hagood. 1850
pounds.
Geo. w. Kershaw, Horatio. $500
pounds.
Joshua Capers. Dalzell, r. F. D. No.
1, 1880 pounds; AZ IA bushels corn.
Peter Simmons. Dalzell, r. F. d.
No. 1, 1000 pounds.
Sumter Capers. Dalzell, r. F. d.
No. /. 1850 pounds.
A. ]. Mack. Mayesville. 1900 pounds
U. NJ. Cohen. Rembert. r. F.. d. No.
2, $500 pounds; AZ 1-2 bushels corn.
f. w. Wilson. Rembert, r. F. d.
No. 2, 1900 pounds.
Isaac Rabb. Rembert. r. F. D. No.
2. 1000 pounds.
Thomas Wright Rembert. 1870
pounds.
E. Skinner. Rembert. r. f. D. No.
2. 1000.
Daniel Singleton. Dalzell r. F. D.
No. 2. 1900 pounds.
III. c. Henderson. Sumter, r. f. d.
No. 8. 1900 pounds.
w. S. williams. Horatio, 1000
pounds
Preston Robinson. Eastover. 1900
pounds.
Joshua Devaux. Eastover, 1900
pounds; 90 bushels corn.
William Weber. Eastover, 2,4OO
pounds.
IL. j. Scott. Eastover, 200 pounds.
Simon Shiver. Eastover. 2.100
pounds.
w. w. Dowdy 1.43O pounds.
l.. G.. Scott. Eastover. 1,134 pounds.
J. s. Collins Eastover. 40 bushels
corn.
T.. NJ. Weston. Gadsden. 1900
pounds.
Doctor Sims. Gadsden, 1000
pounds.
III. Thompson. Gadsden, 1850
pounds.