The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-12
Agricultural Department
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The past session has been the most
successful Clemann College has ever
experienced Clemson is truly the
farmers college, !, More, than, &c. neg
cent of her 800 students are taking
the agricultural course. This. paSL
session 418 men studied agriculture at
this, the greatest agricultural. college
In the South. When these agricultural
colleges were fret established they
were criticised by people in general
becauee their students. especially their
graduates, did not engage in farming.
This criticism at the time was unjust
because, the country was demanding
the services Of these graduates in 9TH
er and more important work These
demands came from the U. s. Depart
nent of Agriculture. the agricultural
colleges. the state experiment stations
and other scientific institutions. While
only a small percentage Of the gradu-
ates of these college in the early days
engaged I'll farming. 1t is fact that
tho great majority of them have made
excellent and substantial citizens and
their Influence. has always been for
good
In tn, early '90's when most OF the
.institutions we're first established,
agriculture. over the entire country
was greatly depressed on account of
over-prDduction. Wpen cotton was
sellicg for five and six cents d pound
and % 3. price Of all llsngricultnrRl pro.
ducts wa5 c6rrespondfngly low, ,there
was little faducement offered to the
graduate ofsthese institutions to en-
ter the profession of farming. The
over-produotton Of farm products q
few decades ago was due largely to the
clienn ins.ds OF the west which ai lint
time could produce crnns With very
little outlay OF money. The .conse-
qupnce OF this filling up of the west
with farmers was over-produotiOn and
over-pro1 .tion has always meant de-
PRESTON .nnd farming at more or less
OF q losS. The boys of a generation
ago co,tld not see any advantages in
forming for there were few: Come
qtienely this majority OF them 81 that
grti6uated ut; our agricultural colleges
sought employment in other profess
stons, especially In college and expert
inent station work. 's,
Now that the country Is filling up so
rapidly. With people. the demaud for
agricultural products is such that q
young man we'll trained along agricul-
tutal lines can find valuable employ
meht on the farm. q In this age unless
"a man is highly trained to produce
agricultural products economically, he
is doomed to m ore or less failure The
time has passed sA--~hen medipcrity
meets with SUCCESS on the farm, Keen
competition means the banIshment OF
Ignorance for only the we'll Informed
can succeed The world Is demanding
trained mem who are capable of pro-
dNcing farm products, economically.
our increase In population, II
Is doubtful s. we Will ever have low
prices FOR farm !, products again for
MANY years: TIE young men waOs are
trained ut. Clemson college arc = we'll
fitted to go back 70 the farm aud sens
ter into this comp. .ition. Their train
ing gives tlieu an advantage In Sthe
struggle; and they are being imbueti
with the tides while at Clemson that 1t
isS their dltH to spread the gospel OF
good Mrmb. & iii their comriiunities
6ahny off, the agricultural, J students
that ARE leaving Clemson are going
back to the farm enthused with their
calling and with the determination to
heis pbailds up ,the 'agficuitGral tfe-
Bources OF South Carolina. b
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