The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-01
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AUDIENCE
HEARD SPEECHES
LIVESTOCK MEN MADE AN
IMPRESSION
AT STOCK EXHIBIT
Splendid Speakers From Clemson
and Southern Railway Talked
To Farmers OF County
AT STOCK EXHIBIT

ihSS ieiatiFe 10 tnc raising OF i've
stock; the first part OF the program
for the farmers here YESTERDAY in
connection with the stock exhibit was
very enjoyable, was entertaining and
was highly instructive. Some tf the
best posted mon on things pertaining
to stock raising and cattle growing,
TO be found in this section, were in
attendance and delivered good ad-
dresses. This part of the program
took place in the park at North An
derson and began promptly at 10:30
O'Clock. Music was furnished by the
Zion band, following which s. A.
Burns, president OF the Anderson
County livestock Association. called
the meeting to order. Prayer was of
sSTed 6y Rcv. .. "a iii1i5fi ib5osiy, rec
tor ne Grace Episcopal schurch, and
tho first speaker was then Introduced.
w, j. Shealey, OF tho Southern Rail-
road. lie advised tho faYmers to place
their farms on d more bllsincss-iike
basis aud tA do away with the great
waste now being experienced en- the
average American sarm. III, frucb.
cd on fodder pulling as one s,f these
wastes, pointing out that this custom
destroys 20 ner cent. OF the yield and
advised that tho corn should be shock
ed and shredded and then fed to the
stock or store in silos. He said that
any farmer now owning p shredder
could plant the corn thick and cut II
and that the stock eat a. great
deal of this. He sa' .nlIing fod-
der costs more than &C. .fs worth.
DR.. j. 0.-Williams. OF Clemson coll
lege, made = splendid address and
told his hearers OF NAVY things in
which they are interested. He dis
|cussed the subject, "The Future OF
Southern livestock, = and predicts
THAT there viii be radical change ;n
horticultural conditions in South Car
|nlina within the next few years. He
Says that the System is at present
Oh IN unsta 3le foundation and with
ont diversification there must come
q change at no distant date. He point
ed to tils nacney invested by South
Carolina In farti tilizers. showing that
In 1894 they spent 81 GOO a00a on fer.
|tili2eFss III 1904 tfay spent $40, D90,-
0G6 and in. 4 OH they spent s. n, ,009, ,a00s
This is oite 81 ith OF nil the commercial
FERTILIZER sold 81 @ssss.e United States
each season. He ssfds that within Che
last ten years the crop production In
this state has Increased 10 per cent;
the yield sor the same time has de-
creased s2s per cent, vet the fertilizer
expenditures have iilceased 157 per
cent. He lays much OF the blame for
these conditions on Sopth Cilrslina'g
|oEercTOp y system. Supporting this
idea he showed that Ireland Mt one
time depended entirely upon the
single crop of Irish potatoes, bat fl
naily had to diverslfy nnd says, t;iat
this country ID now reanlIing tie same
point The hoR weevii caused tFegps
in.en to diversity according TO Mr..
Williams, and now Texas can pro-
|duee anything and vet continues 10
gsSw more cotton than anything else,
He pointed to the result cfsthe war.
now being felt on every side, and said
that conditions will he even worse
when the boil weevil arriyes here,
provided the people OF this State con-
tinue 10 depend npon one crop. He
says that the West s, almost nut pf
cattle and says that this is Il golden os,
porunity for the people or the South
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