The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-03-14
THE DALZELD MEETING.
Speakers Make Interesting Talks on
Agricultural Topics.

al and agricultural meeting of which
previous notice was given through
your columns come off today, under
the auspices of the School Improve
ment Association. Mrs. ]. NJ. Parker.
president, in the chair.
The meeting was opened at -
O'Clock and after the roll of the
members was called and some other
routine business of the association, a
short address of welcome to the visi-
tors was delivered.
DR.. j. II. 'Haynsworth, our county
superintendent Of education, was the
first speaker introduced. He gave
very timely talk, as well as compli-
mentary and expressing sincere sat-
isfaction for the efforts that are being
put forth in the way Of progress and
better things in this community.
Mr.. l.. l.. Baker who is connected
with the demonstration work, was
next introduced, and he talked along
the line of better and more economi-
cal farming. laying stress on soil
building and not soil robbing, where
by the farmer instead of paying out
SO much money for commercial fer
tilizers, can retain part Of his mon
ey crop and yet have his dealer salts
fed for the advances made and the
land left in much better condition for
the succeeding crops
Mr.. j. Frank Williams, our county
| demonstration, was next presented.
His theme was the education of the
boys and girls Of today for the du-
ties that await them. He said that
a boy to succeed in life must be fit
ted and prepared for the vocation he
Is to follow, and without the prepara-
ton he can not attain to that high
degree Of efficiency in life, that he
otherwise would. He further empha-
sized the idea that the educational
and agricultural interest must coop
crate II the farmer ever expected to
reach the goal. He asked the ques-
tion, what is the ideal of the farm
er who tries TO live and build up his
fortunes, material and educational,
within himself? BY cooperation, he
not only helped others, but his own
interest was advanced and if we all
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would be in much better condition
Miss Mary Lennon Of Sumter who
Is looking after the interest of the
girls tomato clubs and their other
domestic interest in the county, was
next presented and she gave some
very practical hints along those lines.
She stressed the idea of pure food
stuff and the surest way to get it, is
to do the canning ourselves. That
the canning industry is not confined
to vegetables. but there are several
kinds Of meats that can be preserved
in way. While talking, she held
the attention OF the audience.
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to the opening. had diagrammed his
plots on the blackboard Of the school
room. for system Of rotation Of the
regular field crops. injected with the
winter legumes and humus cover
crops. was next introduced and he
tried to impress the idea that that is
the only successful method by which
the depleted soil can be restored He
also stressed the idea of deep break
ing, followed with the harrow every
few days as the only successful means
OF conserving the moisture. Rota
ton of the regular field crops, with
the cover crops in the winter to at
tract tho nitrogen and produce the
humus matter necessary to making
the land more porous, producing the
bacteria, without which the soil be-
comes nonprOductive, and deep
breaking to keep up the moisture, is
the only methods known to science
by which soil fertility can be pre-
served. In opening he said this
was the first meeting he had attend
cd, over which a lady presided and
in addressing the chair, he would
have to say Mrs" instead Of Mr."
President. On finishing his speech Il
recess Of one hour WAS taken, during
which time dinner was lavishly
served and the gnawing sensa-
tons of the inner man were palliat-
ed
After dinner the exercises were
resumed and Mr.. w. w. Long, State
demonstration agent, took the stand
and, after expressing himself with
great satisfaction at some observa-
tons he had made since coming on
the grounds, one Of which was that
Dalzell had the best rural graded
school building in the State; that he
had travelled all over the State and
he had not seen anything in the coun-