The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-02
GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK CAM
PAIGN.
Chamber of Commerce, Clemson Col
Icgc and State Department of Ag-
riculturc to Have Experts Tour the
County I'm Automobiles to Talk on
These Subjects.


of Commerce is getting things lined
up for another grain planting, live
stock, and poultry raising campaign
in Sumter County. He has requested
Clemson College, and the State depart
ment of agriculture to cooperate
Professor w. w. Long, Of Clemson
College, State Agent and Director Of
Extension, in the Cooperative Exten-
sion work, in agriculture and home
Reardon as follows. I'VE will be very
glad to cooperate with you in the grain
campaign in Sumter county. l think it
is a splendid idea and anything we
can do to help along will give us very
great pleasure.
Commissioner of Agriculture E.. J.
Watson is awav from his office, but his
assistant writes that on his return, Oc-
tober 1st, Mr.. Watson will take the
matter up with the Sumter Chamber
of Commerce. The November, 1915,
Fall Poultry and Pigeon Show in Sum-
ter will be advertised on this cam
paign.
1t is the intention and the earnest
hope of the Sumter Chamber of Com
merce to stem the tide which many
fear will set in for wholesale planting
Of cotton next year because of the in
crease in prices. Every possible effort
will be put forth to induce the farm
ers to diversity by planting more corn,
oats, wheat, peanuts, potatoes, vetch,
clover, peavine hay, and to grow
truck OF every possible kind for home
use and for the market, and to raise
as many hogs, cattle, and chickens as
possible and to reduce acreage Of cot
ton.
Clemson College has been requested
to- furnish expert takers on grain.
cover crops truck, live stock, and
poultry raising.
AS soon as Commissioner Watson
returns a program for the meetings
throughout Sumter county will be ar
ranged, and a number of Sumter
bankers and merchants, with local
Farm Demonstration j. Frank Will
liams will accompany the Clemson
College and State Department of Ag-
riculture diversification takers to use
their influence towards carrying out
the purposes of the campaign.
In the meantime the commercial
organization candidly believes that
hundreds of the more progressive
farmers of Sumter county will see the
wisdom of preparing their lands at
once for wheat, oats, and other grain
crops that may be planted in the fall.
The planting of tobacco will also be
urged and the fact that inferior tobac-
co brought low prices this season is no
indication that the weed will not bring
profitable figures to the grower next
year will be pointed out by those COM
petent to discuss such matters.
Hundreds of farmers have found out
during the past twelve months that
it pays to raise all of the food stuffs
and feed stuffs needed on the farm as
far as possible, although farmers may
have to bide their time in disposing
of grain that they do not need for
home consumption.
The past year has been largely ex-
perimental as regards diversification
and the live at home" methods on the
farm. But the experiment forced on
the farmers has proved profitable.
If the farmers demonstrate that
they really mean to continue planting
wheat the facilities for grinding same
will be supplied in the city of Sumter
and elsewhere in the county The rea-
son more wheat grinding mills were
not established is due to the fact that
business men did not want to invest
thousands of dollars in machinery.
sites and buildings when it was. and
Is yet as far as that is concerned,
doubtful whether the farmers will
continue planting grain or plunge back
into cotton, almost exclusively Ii
does not pay to neglect planting ne
cessites of life and then pay big prices
for imported food and feed stuffs for
man and beast.