The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-10

Of the men whose advice Ii. sought
was Mr.. Long. After the latter recon-
incndcti several men for the place. Dr.
Riggs proposed To MIR. Long tl.at he
himself accept the position. pointing
the Southeastern territory, Mr.. L0pg
out the large possibilities of the Mork
in this state. Willie field agent. he
had become acquainted with Sout':
Carolina's problems and Interested in
ana enthusiastic over South carolina's
possibilities. He felt that in this State
ay II great field for scrvic" Accepting
l,r. RiSg's tender OF The position Mi..
Long came TO South carolina in tie
spring Of 1915: to become State Ayeht
Of farm demonstration and supcrii-
tcndent Of the extension division oi
Clemson College.
Directly under the State apen; l.;
;:n assistant State agent. who is also
acting ~; d:stric; agent :or The Wcs-
tern district u! the State; and two d.
tric1 agents. one for The Central aud
til" other fnf the Eastern Il striu
Tn"sc three men are trained farmers
of Wild experience AID are men rn-
dowcd viii ,!:c m:saiunary .ipiri, in
Il high degree.
Next in the organization are il
county demonstration AGENTS. There
;1c two agents in each Of three cour-
ties and there are two counties which
have no agent. but these r:ic;;..cic:
are only temporary. Tie !al.trir:i of
these men are pa:i Jointly ny Glenn
son College md Tie D"n,rtEi"n; of
Agriculture and in most ca.;cS com
nercial bodies or groups nj citiH,M j,
in ,.e localities; add TO t'cir .;:,lar:ri
Also connected with the orr mia
tion are Two live stock ADMINISTRATION
agents. I poultry demo. .slra;;un AGENT,
II mill village agent :.ntl an ;gri:.,i-
turul editor. This does not take Into
consideration the girls canning .Iul.
forces. witch are under Tie '.rc lion
%! Winthrop College bu: with watch
the Clemson demonstration lC3,c;
;"nrk in icatry cOOrcrat:on.
All t!;r "cr': done is i,lani on "a.
LEGAL CT county a.ci!i. pon his cf-
io-tS depend tl:n s,:", lr:..A or fail!
urcs OF All tho work III ~; 10 .lii:
lie must br II mti: CT t.in"n'ic.. tarnrc-
teal and piIrtica! training. :: n:i,ural
'c3:ler and nr"niZrr, cidowrd V iti
wonderful patience and :aiti in men
ana hc:di,:j" of personal .,.,;I U- loss
: sjch ~" are na,ur1ll: ;..nicu!NtD tnd
a:ir, %!: = g. present Tie ;:.iir;, are
not large. ;:.'s 9 especial, true How
ever, Il; SG,E a., the mC,:r. f:,m t,c
Lever Agr: "lii,al Extension iii; h,.
comes ;,,iiabic these ,;,'. .-irs W.
probably bc Increased MA ,"ia;iy.
These COUNTY "Gents arA amon: t..u
! hardest ~Ov':il" men In G2Iti. Caro-
, lima. bu. H. :rc selt;i.r suits ana
! that is villa, they care lbou; mus;.
Many m.n = "ncctcl VIII. the De-
, partmca: or Agriculture u. Washington
| lake EXPRESSED the. UpiH..a tina, tra
demonstration organization in Snmt'i
| Carolina IS til. mGst efficient ia the
United S',,Is.
The slogan Of tie demonstration
forces IN :,oati Carolin., ii Soil
building" T:.c county aren't; arc cx-
pectcd 10 make fi.is :lic keynote Of
thc," work. Ihey have don. SC by
encouraging The growth II winter COW
cr tr.;'? in their COUNT; To such ~.
, cXtIu. that the acreage planted In
cO'cr trni;e- las: winter was !::H HOG0,
"a.ainst l:.p10 acrc3 ;..r year be-
lore. il is cypccir. i,,al dis year
from ;0c.nG0 to 5C0,con atvc., will liz
pluntutl In winter .cD."r crop; in this
Stale. Th's :pr!i:g ,i:r Waite of rsun.
crop; is Gs:ii:iatpI Ill $I:HUIc for rye,
$2l0.0U0 for vetcl. and $ihl,1r for
clover, ;ii,i rr.;:;:c. |v;al al S:,.,:,,t,i
.hEt the lium'ls va.rG T.; ral.y equal
To the r,ant iU.,l v:,rr TIL refer. in
! creased GilicieIc: in .",.;:, Carolina
soils from last winters cover crops
amount to Sl.lt7.no. .nd TIL, cal..u-
lcti0n was made on Il INST run.crva-
tive bnsis.
The mex. impor. duiy ol The
! county a"crt is To a",'n:c :, :,uml.e- o.,
cooperative dcmonstr::ur :. :tr.d'!irm-
crs III his county, wl:n agree III grow.
under his direction :'apl" crops by
demonstration me! ,.ds The total
nuni!'cr Of bmshcl i corn protlmcAI
by these demonsi ore in i9i. was
| ."h,Il? and The = nhcr Of pounds OF
cotton was 4.5S sc, adt!i,: 10 the
wealth Of .-o0th ,'nhna $l.l34 .iii,1o
rnesc dcMonsi' iora take mp nianv
oihcr crops y y. w. purpose nf
the. work IA aco"rsI,. farmers to
use good ms ]" hy having them
I'm :.;tr sm"t' .ul ne,rhr u.;.
| Acpthtr d.. uf the .0..;l agent Ia OF
SilCw :; rn:e'. how 10 secure per,lan-
en-. Eastu:f He a.so instruct.s his
nciGhEO-s improved n:nt.nhs nf TIL
nsr.
| One of ne agents most Important
tasks this year WEE 10 show Tic farm
or; .ow to mix their own {. rtilizcrs.
Home: CT fertilizers save a
farnc2r from $3 to S. .onr ton Agent
&. n. Fa!.S. in Greenwood County. in
trc fir.. wee, after ris appointment
in March. surc' intended the mixing Of
FUca tons oi fertilizers. llnS affecting
~ the farmers of his ru:li :! IN - iirs.
weeks work saving equal tc lr
S:";1cr t"a' his salary for whLlr