The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-01

Every farmer in Sumter county
should have been present at the
county court house on Tuesday to
near the warning given them by DR..
w. w. Long, head Of the department
OF farm demonstration work in this
State, when he spoke at the Glenn
Winthrop Institute. DR.. Long
told in an impressive manner Of the
general approach Of the boil weevil
towards South Carolina and it's sure
coming to this State about five years
from now and Of the great damage it
would bring with it to the planters
OF cotton, and not to them alone, but
to the body polite, who depend up
on the farmer for food and clthing.
1.-THE march Of boil weevil," said
DR.. Long, will be more disastrous
than was the march Of Sherman's
army through the State. 1t will be
attended with greater trouble, greater
disaster and greater destruction than
ever Sherman and his army could
bring" In this manner did DR..
Long characterize the coming of the
fearful cotton pest and he went on to
show that the farmers must now be-
gin to diversity their crops and to
raise live stock in preparation for the
evil days which were coming in five
and a half years from now.
DR.. Longs talk was the feature of
the institute, and as already stated, it
is pity that more Of the farmers of
the county did not hear him.
The meeting was called to order
shortly after II o'clock by j. Frank
Williams, local demonstration agent,
who presided. There were about fifty
persons in attendance upon the meet.
Ing and much interest was shown by
all. especially in Mr.. Elliott's talk on
the leguminous crops and Mr.. Longs
talk on the boil weevil.
Mr.. Elliott told Of the advantages
and disadvantages of each of the
leguminous crops. He especially en-
phasized the value of crimson and
burr clover as pasture and soil build
ing crops. He told Of what condi-
tions were best for vetch, clover, al
falfa, oats. rye and other Of these
winter growing crops, stressing their
Importance as producers of nitrogen
and In other ways as fertilizers for
the land. All Of them were easy to
grow and would grow in almost any
soil. He told Of the necessity for
deep plowing in order to hold water
in the soil for the growing crops.
Many questions were asked about the
crops and a general discussion took
place in which several joined before
Mr.. Elliott took his seat.
DR.. Long in the discussion Of nj
trOgen and farmogerm stated that he
did not think that farmogerm had
proved successful as an incubator for
and he thought that the price
was entirely too high. He had made
to get 1t much cheap
er for the farmers next year. Hu
stressed the Importance Of repeating
the planting Of clover. in order to get
a crop.
Mr.. Crider spoke on the value Of
fruit and vegetables being grown for
home consumption by the farmer. He
told Of the purchasing Of fruits here
which were shipped from California
and the northwest when just as good
could be grown right here. Prac-
tically every kind of fruit can be
grown by the people Of South Caro-
lima. he said, if the people would
grow them. He did not think it best
to depend upon the fruit tree agent,
good nursery. He told of the plant
ing Of trees, pruning and keeping
them in good condition for bearing.
You can have fresh vegetables ev-
cry day in the year from your own
garden" he said, If you want to. and
take the trouble to grow Them" For,
he said, this soil was adpted to the
growing Of all kinds Of vegetables and
many of them could be grown the
year round.
For lack Of time, Mr.. j. M. Bur-
CESS did not give his talk on dairy
ing and is features, but those present
were told that if they desired to
hear anything on this subject, Prof
Burgess wOLid come back in the af-
ternoOn.
DR.. Long was the last speaker, and
he held the profound attention Of his
audience all the time he was speak,
ing. He talked in an impressive man
ner and those who heard him were
much i'm. ressed by his message Of
warning. although he stated that he
did not want to exaggerate the dam
ger accompanying the approach of