Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-12-24

this means, 1T Is pointed out, the
who Is discouraged by the boil
weevil from continuing to raise cot
ton, Is assured that he can raise cat
tie, hogs, grain, sweet potatoes, sugar
cane nd legume crops and turn
them into cash at nearby points. The
farmers are being encouraged by
bankers and business men in Charles,,
ton and other cities joining the State
Development Association as the re-
suit OF membership campaign con
Quoted in several cities.
That South Carolina can produce
the goods in other lines than cotton,
as can other Southern States is
shown by the fact that Federal de-
partment Of agriculture records chow
that the three largest record crops Of
corn were grown in South Carolina
where the yields per acre was in
each case over 200 bushels, reaching
256 in one case. Also, South Caro-
lima Is making such progress in the
livestock industry that she will be
the leading livestock State of the
Union, according to George R. Wheel
er, Of Charleston, manager Of the
South Carolina Landowners Associa-
ton, Of which Senator Niels Christen-
sen, OF Beaufort, is the president.
That association has q legislative
program to press before the General
Assembly this winter, which program
officers Of the organization believe,
will help overcome the effects Of the
boil weevil. The program includes
authorization Of q State highway
system which will enable the farmers
to get their products to market; a
doc nn,tro1 To, xubioh ,v,ttI &1,I ~
encourage development of the sheep
industry; amendment Of the chattel
mortgage law and passage Of q marks
and brand law which are calculated
to help develop cattle raising; elimi-
nation Of the free range, and a law
for the control OF woods fires.
A model drainage law also Is to
be sought Of the South Carolina
Legislature, and in that connection
1t Is stated that this State has over
100000. acres Of land that need
drainage in the interest Of health i'm
prOvement and general development.
A good deal Of drainage Is being done
by the organization Of local districts
in the State as in other parts Of the
South. One Of the newest Of the
South Carolina districts Is Clarendon
County drainage district No. 3, which
Is operating near Foreston, having
been organized largely through the
efforts Of Courtney Campbell, Of the
Carolina Stock Farms, Inc, at that
place. =
The concern Is developing 1000
acres of land near Foreston. It is
said to have the largest silos in South
Carolina. Some Of the cutover land
that is being cleared on this place
Mr.. Campbell plans to plant in car
pet grass mixed with Bermuda grass,
white clover and lespedeza or Japan
ese clover. For this purpose he has
bought several hundred pounds Of
carpet grass seed, which Is reported
to be the entire visible supply of this
seed in the United States this year.
Carolina Stock Farms, Inc. Ia special
izing with Western range COWS and
Hereford bulls, besides which 1t has
herds OF Angora goats which, while
producing the valuable material for
mohair cloth, are busily engaged in
cleaning out the underbrush on land
that will be put under cultivation.
Next year it Is planned to have sever
al thousand head Of goats on this
place. There is understood to be a
ready market for Southern goats,
hogs and cattle at Richmond, Va,
and other points.
Besides his Legislative program
and other constructive work, Mr..
Wheeler is planning to hold q series