The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-18
.PlEPlR|le For BOIL WEEv|L..
PROGRAM FORMULATED FOR
PUTTING STATE IN READI.
NESS FOR COMING OF
PEST.
Great Live Stock Conference at Or
anseburg First Of Many to Be Held
In South Carolina During Next Year
-Committec Appointed to Make
Plans.

Orangeburg. Oct. 12.-The coming
Of the boil weevil will not find South
Carolina unprepared. A definite pro-
gramme Of Preparedness by diverslfi.
cation is being planned and before
the conclusion OF the live stock con-
ference here this afternoon a com.
mittse Of five South CaroliMians was
appointed to serve for one year. to
make plans for the holding ot otner
similar conferences In the State, pro-
mote the live stock industry. diversi-
fcatiop Of farm crops and kindred
subjects. This committee consists Of:
n. O. Dantiler. Orangeburg; d. G..
Columbia; r. l.. Montague.
Charleston; L I. Guion. Lugoff; N.
b. Dial. IArrens.
The oranysburg packing house and
the Oranssl,urg Farmers Cooperative
creamery w'srs indorsed and the farm
on w'rS we |. at once to begin the
grow ,ogs and cattle and the
estaL .isl.ins Of dairies. The confer
tnce also adopted a resolution in IA
vor Of the complete eradication OF the
cattle tick from the Is remaining
counties under quarantine In this
STATE at the earliest possible day ana
urged upon the people the necessity
for full and active cooperation with
the state and federal authorities hav-
ine this work In charge.
The high points Of enthusiasm for
the entire conference were aroused
BY two addresses today. one by Mrs.
@. II. Mathis, representative Of the
Alabama State Bankers association,
and H. B. Mobley. president Of thS
Arkansas Farmers union. the larssst
Attendance of the entire confererics
being the last session this afternoon.
And. whale these two speakers were
carrying the conference by storm, the
time between their addresses was
taken by experts from the Unired
States department Of agriculture,
clshnson college and farmers 6f
s5opth 'caroiina In giving the largo
endlsncs OF representative farmers
ttatnciai una practical infSrinatlSn
ttsh thS SsdfiAry prsbletn4 AikSttsas
~ - VIZ q alnk ana rsAxkstlnt
: ~ /. ead thS 3 trsa}snynt Of
anl1nAl distases. fj.
w This conference demonstrated that
the farmers Of South Carolina are
earnestly and seriously studying the
live stock situation with a view to-
ward chansing their methods of
farming from the one crop system to
diversified farming.
The entsrprising live stock men of
South Carolina who brought speci-
mems Of their herds TO Orangeburg
for exhibition found their animals
tho centre of attraction from morning
till night Of a group of interested
farmers who were carefully studying
the different types Of animals, and q
number OF sales OF the purebred stock
on exhibition were made to those
who had come for the purpose of
seeing AMI discussing the different ex-
hibits.
Out of recognition Of the enterprise
OF the breeders showing here, H. 7.
Prosser. assistant development agent
of the i3eaboard Air Line railway.
employed . special train for the
moving Ct all exhibits to Columbia
tonight for distribution.
Mrs. Mathis, speaking as a large
farmer In Alabama. who has success
fully worked out the problem of di-
versified farming on her own land,
with her own tenants. gave a warning
to the farmers OF South Carolina.
based upon her own experience
against the encroachment of the boil
weevil, which brought conviction. BY
the use of chart she pointed out
that the one crop system in the South
was responsible for an astonishing
comparative poverty. She showed
that the Sttae Of Iowa has a greater
wealth per capita than that Of all
the ten cotton States combined, and
attributed that situation wholly to di-
versified farming and the live stock
industry practiced In that State. She
told the exact methods by which she
and others In Alabama had induced
bankers and business men to adopt In
order to assist the small farm owner
and tenant farmer to secure the neces-
sary credit from the banks to buy
seed to mako pastures and to raise
hay, and she gave u most illuminating
the accomplishments of
girls canning clubs In Alabama, which
were assist ed In tho finding NJ n ,,,or