The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-12

ter fat content of the milk. When an
! agent has made some progress in this
work In his county butter contest fs
held under the direction OF Clemson
| College expert. In the silo work the
college experts will aid any farmer
who assemblies tho material for a silp
! to construct 1t. The college and the
live stock demonstration agents are
working along parallel lines, the
method In both cases being to show
the farmer what can be accomplished
b ythc use OF pure bred sires on ma
! tive dams.
Experts from the colleges division
OF horticulture visit farmers who arc
In need OF 1t and give demonstrations
In orchard spraying. pruning and cul-
tural methods. In this work Prof. C..
f.. Niven. of Clemson. hns since No
vember set out 10000 young peach
trees in Richiand and aioiaing coun-
ties in the sand hill region and has
renovated 1000 old trees and put them
Ia bearing condition. This is In addi-
| tion to the regular demonstration
work In horticulture which time agents
are doing In their coutnies.
An example OF the cooperative meth
cd in plant pathology is found y. in
Charleston County. where farmer iB
giving a piece of his land for a dem
onstration In the eEadlcation CT cu-
cumber blight. The agent and tho
farmer carry on the work, but It is
done in accordance with directions
furnished by the division of plant
| pathology at Clemson and under the
general supervision of that division.
There Is ss,e CLOSEST cooperation with
| the division OF veterinary science. par
ticularly in the matter CT injecting
| hogs with cholera serum. The hog
cholera ss-;is; Is Nate at The college
| and sold at cost. The demonstration
| agent, when he finds choIera-threat-
ened hogs. writes or telegraphs for the
serum. which Is shipped to him at
OItce. Agent ShenlX, In Lexington
County. tnoculated 1000 hogs in so
days last winter. The veterinary d.
vision aiso cooperates by sen6ing It's
experts 20 farmers who report diseas-
ed condition OF stock for which they
can find no RELIEF and which are be-
lieved to be contagious.
The cooperation with the division of
entomology has two phases; one the
| encouragement OF farm sanitation and
the other the eradication or control OF
insect pests. The division has con.
structed fly traps and these have been
put In the hands OF the demonstration
agents., who instruct farmers and
farmwlves in the use of the traps
while on their rounds. Agent Claffy.
In Calhoun County. has cone especially
fine work with these traps. The agent
also shcws the farmer how to control
flies at their breeding places b5 using
sprays. The agent gets from the COL
lege Information on the control of
mosquitoes, reaches and, other house
hold peRte. In tho other form of tah
chronological work, theSagents distri-
butes among farmers the: information
he receives from the. College on the
control cs eradication oss;variQiis iu-
sect pests and In this way saves his
neishbors large sums OF ,moEey. S! The
division. Of entomology like tsse sotl-
erS, sends experts to sections OF the
STATE from which, agents report .condl-
tioas warrahting such tftps. l.,,s IS
The work In cb- b-opefatlon with the
aEfohotny division conbista largely in
disseminating Information received
from this division to the n farmers:
Though here agan specih1 fAld work
has been inLertaken bySt the divfsiun's
experts. Imr ttant experimentS are
now being made on the fice flelda of
Charleston County 70 AHsert ain sWiiAth-
or or not grasses can be pfoiitahfy
grown on these abandoned reaa. CsIer
| willow culture Is Eis0 being tried. st3.S 9 {.
Recently an AGRICULTURAL publlcist or
editor was added 10 thai Axtsnsioh and
demonstration division 9 HIS nrifieiuai