Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-29
THE WORK or COUNTY ss;ENT.
Some Things Being Done ana PLAIN
ned by Oconee's County Agent.

ing brief outline is given ofSshe. activ-
tiles now under way or planned By
Geo. R. Briggs, oconeet county's >ag-
ricultural demonstration agent Nil
/. He has organized boys club,
work with sc members Most OF these
are completing their records, show
ing good yields and profits. He has
recently held the first club show ever
held in the county Making good
farmers out of the young boys is; one
Of the most important phases ct dem
onstration work. ,E,%Gsis E[s;s & MI
2. He has hep "a, number of SOIL
building meetings, which were we'll
attended. AS result OF these meet
ings he has stimulated interest Sf1
cover crops and has ordered COOP
eratively for farmers over 5000
pounds Of crimsons clover and / 900
pounds Of yetch. This alone saved the
farmers concerned $2O0-over oGe
months salary. But the big result
Of this sort Of work Is in teaching the
farmers cooperative buying and Sin
helping them to improve their soils.
8. He has aided in the establish
ment Of three community co-opera-
tive warehouses, with total capac-
ity OF 1,100 bales. With the assist;
ance Of the cotton grader cotton is
now being graded and stored for bet
toy. n, .lYo tinp conditions \.
4. He has helped in securing a
cotton grader at Westminster for
the county and is impressing the peo-
pie with the value of the cotton
graders services. Through this co$
ton grader the farmers are learning,s
to their surprise and satisfactorily
that most post Of their otton zis of bettaw
grade than usually understood, and
much of 1t one and one-sixteenth inch
staple. This knowledge as to the true
grade and staple will help the farm
ers to command two cents or more
premium above the usual prices,
which are based on even-elgths inch
staple.
5. He has helped to establish the
Bear Greek Drainage District, which
would result in the draining and i'm
proved value Of about 400 acres of
land. Other drainage districts are be-
ing worked up also.
6. He has taken groups Of farmers
on observation tours especially to
study cover crops and the successful
methods Of good farmers.
z. He has furnished the three
newspapers Of the county timely agri-
cultural news and instructions, which
the farmers themselves say are very
valuable.
8. With the aid of the cotton gra-
der he Is now working out plans to
pool the cotton which Is being ware
housed, and in this way market it to
better advantage to the farmers.
9. He is planning to develop CO.
operative marketing Of live stock for
the mountain farmers, and various
other farm products for the farmers
III SeleTdl.
10. He is planning to help farmers
buy fertilizers comparatively for the
next season. Cooperative buying and
home mixing will save SIS to $40 per
ton.
II. To aid the fruit growers he has
arranged to have winter spray mate
rial made at the farm of Dan e. Good
at big saving to the orchard own
ers. He is working to develop orchard
associations for the mutual benefit Of
orchard owners.
12. lie is working also to help es-
tablish new money crops and a better
system Of diversified farming, en-
phasizing pure seeds and better vari-
eties, proper fertilization, suitable ro-
tations, etc.
These are few OF the things that
Oconee's demonstration agent IS do
Ing for the benefit Of the farmers and
the advancement OF agriculture in
Oconee. There are many other items
that might be mentioned whereby
hundreds Of dollars have been saved
to the farmers Of or county. One in
stance that has come under our no.
tice in the recent past was his will
ing activity in checking a hog dis
ease in one Of the communities OF our
county, his efforts proving effective,
thereby saving to the hog raisers of