The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-18
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INsTITUIE PLANNED.
Chamber of Commerce Working
The Interest, OF County Fair.


The Sumter Chamber Of Com
merce is planning for a farmers in-5
stitute during the 1918 fair OF the
Sumter County Fair Association, at
which agricultural, fertilizer, grain
garden, home demonstration. i've
stock and poultry experts will discuss
changes in farm methods to prepare
for the inevitable early approach
the Mexican cotton boil Weeytl.t
Misses Keels and Martin, home dene
onstration agents and J. Frank Will
iians, farm demonstration agentsasaFe
working hard to have their clubs and
the farmers and their families make]
1, good showing &
The 1928 Sumter county faIfslsl
recognized by the commercial organ
ization as. the potential time anda0p-
pertunity for the farmers, merchants
real estate dealers, farm ma chipA5s
dealers, antomo obiies dealers. land:
renting, farmers, and the manufac-
turers ato get together for speeding np
preparations for the coming Of. the
boil weevif Rural and city schools;
and city home demonstration Clubs.
should join together in this. great ef-
fort for the bigges> Of all the 1918
war winning Sumter County fair and
boil weevil fight.
It is recognized by the Chamber OF
Commerce that Notwithstanding SUM
ter county has been forced by Waf.
conditions to do many things in farra
diversification that are absolutely es-
sential in boil weevil infected terri
tory, nevertheless this county is.
good ways behind the times in Pc
ing ready for the unexpected early
approach of the boil .weevil, and eX-
traordinary preparations must be
made, organization of the agricultur-
al. livestock, banking and commercial
interests, and very close and cooper
ative, speedy organization must be
| effected because Sumter county IS
just outside of the anarantined OF
closed territory already infected or
within the zone so close to the boil
Weeyil that the closed territory will
soon be "quarantined". territory by
virtue of the early infection. by this
cotton pest.
The farmers of this county can do
nothing better than to have on eX-
hibition at the 1918 cair the creates
amounts Of field products. improved
varieties Of hogs, beef and dairy cat
tie. poultry, and farm machinery.
dealers can do a lot Of good also by
exhibiting their latest. their very la
test time, labor, and money saving
machinery to educate the farmers.
With thousands Of farm, laborers
and young men being called to the
coIors, and labor getting scarcer and
higher each month, the farmers are
being confronted with labor prob
lens that must be solved, and solved
in a. greater hurry than heretofore
! and growing cotton under boil wee
vii conditions with scarcely any Ia
Dor will be simply impossible as
profitable crop.
Getting together and discussing the
many phases Of agricultural activi-
ties, exhibiting farm and field pro-
ducts, investigating methods of Other
farmers, etc, will be more success
fully accomplished in few days at
a county fair and among the largest
gathering Of farmers, bankers. mer !.
chants, live stock raisers, and other
interested men and women than at
ANY other gathering of people. at any
time in the county
Every man. woman, boy and girl
in this county should consider it a
patriotic duty to help make the 1918
county fair u great success, and ev-
cry community in this county should
be represented by combination ag-
rcultural. home demonstration, can
ming and tomato and domestic science
booth showing the progress and the
patriotism Of each community and
community school and club.
Individual agricultural farm ex-
hibits showing field, garden, pre-
serving, canning. drying. and other
conservation methods will be of i'm
mense value as educational features
in preparation of the boil weevil.
The Sumter County Farmers Tn
ion should take the lead in makinf
i the agricultural and livestock ex
hibits the best ever shown at apy