The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-28
ANDERSON OATS At
PANAMA EXPOSITION
WATSON ASKED FOR FINE
. SAMPLE
RAISED BY BOWEN
Anderson Planter Has Succeeded
In Breeding Appler Oats Up To
Very High State

<hhuci SUI county people are now
planning by the dozens to go to San
Francisco in 1915 for the Panama Ex-
position and this article is to inform
them that they will see a sight there
to warm the cookies OF their heart.
When they get to that porion Of the
expoeition devoted to grain It will be
their duty tt go down the line aud
pick out the finest specimens OF APP
plear cats to be seen there An in
vestigat.on' will then show the visitors
that these oats came from Anderson
county. South Care lima. and were
raised by Sam Bowen, who lives eight
miles from Iva. E. j. Watson, COM
missioner Of agriculture for South
Carolina. has asked for peck of Mr.
Eowen's finest Appler oats and the
commissioner says that these will be
among the finest to be found at the
exposition. either from South Caro-
lima or from any other state.
Some Of Mr.. Bowen's Appler oats
are OIL exhibition at Furman Smiths
Wholesale seed house and everybody
taking look at them has q word of
praise to- offer They are as near per-
feet az 1t is possible to get oats and
Ne bowen deserves, great credit for
What he has been able to do. They are
all a perfect golden color and the
closest search does not reveal a sin
gle black cr stained grain.
Discussing with an Intelligencer re-
porter the method followed in perfect
ing his oats. Mr.. Bowen said that one
Year ago 25 Fer cent of his oats were
black or stained. He took the best
six bushels that his supply afforded
and these he carefully handled
through the grader. BY this process
he got rid Of all but one and one-half
bushels, but even then a few Of the
black oats were left, since the black
ones are slightly smaller than the
perfect .oat and could get through the
| grader. He then carefully picked the
entire bushel and half, sorting and
resorting until, there was not a single
oat with even one peck left. He es-
Inmates that when he finished the
| process the one and half bushels
were worth at least So, and this he
planted on one and one-half acres OF
land. On Nov. 26 he sowed the oats
using 500 pounds Of 8-4-4 guano to the
| acre and in March he added about rs
| pounds of Nitrate of soda. AS result
OF this he secured 6S bushels of oats
as fine as may be found. They arc
striktngly yellow, without blot or
| hiemish and Mr.. Smith says ths. he
defies anyone to find single black
oat in the entire 6S bushels. Mr. Bo.
wen says that he is by no means salts.
fled with what Ahe has accomplished
and intendes continuing his effort to-
ward improving the high quality of
his oats. year by year, until '1e gets
them to the place where they can be
surpassed by no mans Props and
cqpaled by few. -
Mr.. Smith said. yesterday that the
Southern Railway Company and the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway had both
requested that Mr.. Bowen : furnish
Ssssem with peck Of his oats and tfias.,
exhibits will be sent to the asFidtf1
tural 5epartaents- of th9sa two great
roasts. later they wili-be ssnt on..on
tho. exhiAtion cars of the roads to
visit he county fairs and thus 'Sill
Andsfson's fame as tho sbsnt>agricul-
turhl County ;Fft6 sHonth Carolina ba
spread br0adeast bcfsere tie world.
T AHielscn> is: proud sos .-HBwen!
and of-what he haa,Au6T and of what
he rs promising yet tofdo.
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