Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-12-23
lT'stA GREAT opPoRpUNiTY
Offered Southern Farmer by Fifth
National Corn Exposition.

climate and soil be great. Few OF
our farmers can go any great dist
ance to make these comparisons, but
none Of them can afford to miss an
opportunity to see the results of
work done in other places when it Is
brought to their very door"
This statement Is made by w. l.,
English, State demonstration agent
for South Carolina, and superintend-
ent Of the extension work at Clemson
College. The full statement by Mr.,
English, relating to the National
Corn Exposition, Is as follows:
People who know what the Ma
tional Corn Exposition really stands
for do not need to be asked to take
an interest in 1t or b. urged to at
tend. Unfortunately for us, however,
very few people In South Carolina
understand the scope and purpose of
this great educational exposition.
The name in itself Is somewhat mis-
leading, and has been accepted by
most Of our people as meaning
merely big corn show, gotten up,
perhaps, on a larger scale than any
OF those heretofore held in the
South 1t seems that no amount of
advertising and newspaper notices
has succeeded in entirely removing
this impression from the minds of
the farmers of the State.
Knowing that there is going to
be il very pleasing surprise in store
for those who attend the exposition
with this impression fixed in their
minds, and feeling that at no time in
the past have the farmers of the
South had an opportunity to take
advantage Of such an educational ex-
position as this will be, 1t would
seem wise for every individual and
every organization in the State in
terested In agricultural advancement
to get behind this movement and
push 1t in every possible way.
THE success of the exposition so
far as the exhibits are concerned, Is
already assured. A sufficient num-
ber of exhibits from tho United
States Department Of Agriculture and
% various State experiment sta
t1ls have been secured to make this
one OF the greatest shows OF It's kind
arn' held.
The only question now is Will
-!.o people Of this and other States
take full advantage Of that which is
offered them? The management Of
the corn exposition does not feel that
its mission will have been fulfilled
when the great agricultural display
has been called and Installed I'm
less people come to look at it and
profit by what they see, little real
good will have been accomplished.
The farmers cooperative demon
stration work, representing the Uni
ted States Department Of Agriculture
and Clemson Agricultural College,
has been behind this movement ever
since 1t was first decided to make
South Carolina headquarters for the
coming year. Everything possible
has been done by the demonstration
agents to advertise the exposition
and get people not only to make an
effort to get exhibits into competition
classes, but to attend the show and
find out for themselves what the far
mers In other places are doing.
Undoubtedly the Southern farmer
has suffered from lack Of contact
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standards Of success have been made
by comparisons between each other
rather than in the broader and better
way of comparing the methods and
"Let South Carolina show to the
world that our farmers a > ready to
grasp and put to use every available
means Of improving their agriculture,
and at the same time, let us be out in
full force to greet the multitude of
farmers who will visit the exposition
from all sections Of tho United
States.
Preliminary Corn Show.
In order to determine just what
samples Of farm products are eligible
to enter the competitive classes Of
the National Corn Exposition at Co.
lumbia January 9th to February Sth,
1913, preliminary show will be
held at the State Fair grounds Janu-
ary 9-10, 1913.
In order 10 economize on space and
to bo sure that the National Corn
Exposition will be q show noted for