The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-31
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ANDERSON oats AT
PANAMA EXPOSITION
WATSON ASKED FOR FINE
SAMPLE
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RAISED BY BOWEN
Anderson Planter Has Succeeded
In Breeding Apple. Oats Up To
a verysHigh State
RAISED BY BOWEN

Anderson county people arc now
planning by the idozcn7 to 60 to San
Francisco in%1915 for tho Panama Elk.
| position and this article ., 10 inform
them that they will see a sight there
to warm the cookies OF their heart.
When they get to that porion OF Tho
exposition devoted to grain It will BIO
their duty Il. go down tho line aud
pick out the finest specimens o. Ap-
piear cats to be seen there. An in
vestignt!on will then show the yisitors
that these oats came from Anderson
| county, South Carolina. and wero
raised by Sam Bowen, who lives eight
| miles from Iva. e. ]. Watson, COM
missioner Of agriculture for South
Carolina, has asked for q peck of MIR.
Rowen's finest AppIer oats and the
among tho finest .to bo found at the
exposition. either from South Caro-
Tina or from any. other state.
SoEc nj MT. Dowen's Appler oats
are OH exhibition at Furman Smiths
wholesale seed house and everybody
taking q look at them has word Of
praise to offer. They are as near per-
feet as 1t Is possible to get oats and
Mr.. Bowen deserves great credit for
what he has been able to do. They are
all perfect Golden color and the
closest search does not reveal a sim
gle black or stained grain. ~
nlscnses.. {. ::.. ..: ga Ssi ..;i..5;;;sencer re-
porter the method followed in perfect
Ing his cats, ssaF. Bowen, 5aid that one
year ago 25 Per gent; OF his oats were
blaea or stained. He took the best
six bushels that his supply afforded
! and these he 8 carefully handled
F, through the grader. BY this process
he got rid OF all but one and one-nalf
bushels, but even then few Of the
black oats were sfeft, since the black
ones are slightly smaller than the
perfect oat and could get through the
grader. He then carefully picked the
entire bushel and q half, sorting and
resortinR untils there. was not a single
oat with even one: peck left. He es-
Inmates that when he finished the
process the one and a half bushels
were worth at.1east SO, and this he
planted ON one and one-half acres of
land: On Nov: s26ohe slowed the, oats
using 500 pounds OF B-4-4 guano to the
acre and in March she added about rs
pouftds sof Nitratd'uf soda. As q result
VI tniS ne secured 6S bushels OF. oats
as Tine as may be- found. They arc
strikingly yellow, Without blot .or
hiernisa snd M-.a sssn.zza ssys that Ia
defies anyone to find single black
oat> In the entire .6S bushels. Mr.; Bo-
Wen says that he, is by NO means salts
lied with what he has accomplished
and fntendes continuing his effort to-
ward improyingi ttsshigh quality OF
his octs. year by year. until he, gets
them to the place where they can Be
surpassed by no mans crops and
eQuaIed by few. 81.
MT Smith said yesterday that the
Southern Railway Company and the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway had bofI,
requested that Mr.. Bowen furnif,
them with a peck OF his oats and those
exhibits will he sent. to the agricni-
tlrai departments ,of these two great
roads. = Later they will be sent out on
the exhibition cars OF the roada tn
visit the county fairs and thus viii
Anderson's fame as the best aeric,,i.
,sss@ county Id S; South Carolina mn
spread broadcast before the world