The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-02-05
Mr.. w. %. BYRD MAKES
HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS
Live Stock Association Met in Column
bia last Week and Enjoyed Corn
Exposition.

OIa last Week and Enjoyed Corn
Exposition.
The South Carolina Live Stock as
sociation held it's annual meeting in
Columbia last week, taking advantage
of the Corn Exposition to enjoy a two
fold meeting. The association was ad-
dressed by a number of prominent ed
ucators and agricultural experts and
the entire meeting was success in
many ways, the members receiving
great inspirations to achieve greater
things in the live stock industry.
Pres. w. ID. Byrd, of this county.
presided over the meetings and was
reelected president of the association.
He made a very strong address in
making his annual report to the as
sociation. Among other things. he
said
Foremost among the sections of the
Union in conditions, resources and op-
portunities stands the South; and
foremost among the states the
South stands South Carolina. No
Fourth of July grafton is necessary
on this occasion to convince you OF
the superior advantages of our state
and of the grand and glorious future
agriculturally, that is immediately be-
fore us, If our people will only avail
themselves Of their opportunities.
Now, gentlemen, in the interest OF
one of the South's and our States
greatest possibilities and needs this
association was organized and is per
petuated. No one can easily compute
the value of live stock and better live
stock to the farm and hence to tbe
country. 1t means placing the pro-
fession of agriculture, on higher
plane, beautiiying the country homes
improving ouI school houses and
churches and making the rural dis
tricts more attractive to our youne
people. Hence the cry of "back to the
iarm' which is heard today from al
most every section-will cease. The
boy Will remain on the farm. In nv
opinion 1t is easier to keep the boy
OH the farm than to bring him back
When we build up the rural condi-
tiohs, we improve the towns, cities
and industries in the state. The on
portunities agriculturally of the South
are great. The thickly populated
North and Northwest with short sea.
sons, causing them to rush to make a
little feed for live stock, the cold icy
winters, with expensive barns to keen
the cattle warm, and other difficulties
that we in the South do not have tc
contend with, have their eyes on the
southland of ours, where we have lone
seasons and time enough to easily
produce two of three crops a wear or
the same land, winters so mild that
the output for cheap barn is sufi.
c!ent to Keep the live stock comforta.
Die through the winter and access tc
the purest water God has given tc
man or beast and cheap lands pre-.
dlct that when they realize the true
conditions and opportunities of the
South the phrase OF Go West. youne
man. go West" will change into "Gc
south, young man, go South"
1t means furthermore. diversified
ton, which all will admit, in this pro.
gressive age, is essential For any
farmer to be one-crop ridden is O
curse; and not only until the farmers
OF our state make their cotton cror
their surplus will they be entirely in.
dependent. Also 1t will greatly IN.
crease the fertility and productive.
ness OF our soil, which will enable us
to make greater yields, hence a great
profit. Wonderful has been the ad.
vancement in agricultural methods In
the last ten years, and wonderful will
be the advancement In the next ten
And well may the improvements come
and to help them to come, gentlemen
Is one of the purposes of this asso.
citation.