The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-09
Agricultural Department
Gets OUer SO Per Cent. NOev

work. farmers institutes, special lee
lures. exhibits at state fairs. circulars,
bulletins and by answering thousands
OF inquiries by letter
An important feature OF the work of
the agricultural department IS the
conducting Of scientific experiments.
the object of which Is to collect data
that will be of value to the farmers.
truckers. fruit growers and stockmen
periments are published in bulletin
form.
To carry on the work of the agricul-
tural department successfully. many
thousands Of dollars have been spent
on apparatus and equipment. The
buildings Of the department comprise
an agricultural hall. large brick
building: the veterinary building; u
thrcestory dairy building: farm ma
chnery building: two large green
houses and the best equipped dairy
barn In the south.
A splendid herd of dairy cattle is
maintained for instructional purposes
The horticultural grounds embracing
an area of fifty acres. are used for
experiments and the instruction OF
students. A large farm is operated
primarily for producing feed cconomi-
cally for the live stock kept by the
college and for edmonst ration pur-
poses. The experiment station also
operates a large farm on which hun
drcds of experiments along practical
lines of agriculture are conducted
These farms urc well equipped with
improved farm machinery and afford
Il splendid object lesson for students
taking agriculture.
The Branch Experiment Stations.
Clemson college maintains two
branch experiment stations, one To-
Gated on the COASTAL region near Sum-
mcrville. and the other In the Pee Dee
section. within mile of Florence.
The coast experiment station con-
sists CT three hundred acres. one hun
dred Of which have been freed from
stumps and tile drained. This DARN
age system has worked admirably and
there are thousands Of acres Of unde-
veloped land in South Carolina that
can be drained in this way and prof.
tably cultivated.
The results Of the experiments being
conducted at this station are far-reach-
ing In their importance. The soils re-
spond exceptionally we'll to fertilizers
and elaborate experiments are being
made to determine the fertilizer re-
quirements of the soils Of that region.
Important rotation and forestry ex-
periments are being conducted and
also experiments with fruits. vegc-
tables. and nut-benring trees. grasses
forage crops. corn. cotton, etc. Splcn-
did results have been obtained from,
these various tests. Where proper
cultivation ia given and fertilizers ap-
piled. large crops have been obtained
AS much as 200 bushels of sweet po-
tatoPs. 80 bushels of oats. so to rs
bushels of corn and I to / Ia bales
of cotton have been produced per
acre.
The coast station Is we'll equipped
with improved farm machinery, work
animals. barns. tool sheds. an artesian
we'll and comfortable residence for
the superintendent.
The Pee Dee station has been estab-
lished only one year and is not yet
fully equipped This station consists
of 200 acres which represent the very
best type OF land in the state. Every
acre is capable of the highest devel-
opment and can be profitably cuitivat-
ed. The most elaborate fertilizer ex-
periments conducted in South Caro-
lima have been planned for this sta
tiOn and the conditions there are ideal
ly suited for this kind OF work as the
soil is quite uniform In type. This
present season a number OF expert
ments are under way. The work of
this station will embrace experiments
along the lines of rotation, cultiva-
ton, testing fertilizers, horticulture
plant breeding, stock raising. etc.