Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-07-12

duSoN She iHtploFSu variety Oh IBS,
p1unes and dates rode on the back
Of camel hundreds Of miles in the
deserts Of the Far East? Take your
mind back for twenty years and re-
call the character Of fruit then Of
fered you, especially the peach and
the apple. They were small, wormy,
l1notty. Compare them with the
peach and the apple Of to-day, and
you will naturally ask why the diff
ference. Easily answered.: Because
the scientific man has made it pos
sible to control certain diseases Of
the peach and apple by the use Of q
spray worked out by many years of
experimentation. The plant patholo-
glst of to-day Is making as much
progress in controlling the diseases
Of our plants as the physician is MAX
ing progress in controlling and pre-
venting the diseases that af1lict the
human family.
Let us pass on and briefly state
what has been accomplished in the
development Of our animal husband
ry Twenty years ago the annual
death rate in hogs from hog cholera
in the United States In certain years
amounted to hundred millions of
dollars. The scientific man perfected
serum and virus that has practi-
cally made it possible to control this
disease. The invention of the re-
frigerating car has done more to in
crease the production and demand
for meat than any other agency. AS
sociations for the registry Of pure
bred livestock have been organized
and maintained throughout the
length and breadth Of the country.
In the matter Of our dairy industry
the Babcock test has been invented
simple method by means of which
the amount Of butter fat in milk is
determined. The invention Of the
cream separator, which IN a few
minutes separates the cream from the
milk which in the old days required
hours Of time for such an operation.
No country in the world has made
the progress that we have in the con-
troll or insect pests. In cooperation
with engineers the development of
spray and busting machinery in the
last quarter Of a century is distinctly
great. American achievement. The
orchardist would be at the mercy OF
the San Jose scale but for the mod
ern spray pump and insecticides. The
trucker would be at the mercy of the
various lcaf-eating caterpillars and
the various underground pests. Our
field crops would from year to year
be devastated by hordcs OF caternil-
lars, grasshoppers, chinch bugs and
thousand other pests. without the
modern fumigations and heat appli-
cations our granaries, elevators, seed
and packing houses Of this country
would be impossible.
The day is not far distant when
every planter and farmer will be so
we'll instructed by the scientist that
he will mold the soil to his profit and
the seasons to his plans, and he will
cause the soil to become RESPONSIVE
to the touch Of Industry and the har-
vest more abundant to meet the mea-
sure Of larger hope.
Legislation Enacted Favorable
tn drrfc,,lku,o
The first official recognition Of ag- ;
riculture was in 1889, when an ap-
preparation was made to the commits !
sioner Of patents of one thousand dol.
lars for the collection of statistics
and distribution Of seed. In 1855
provision for scientific STAFF con-
sisting Of three Investigate in 1862
the establishment OF bureau Of ag-
riculture. Again, in 1862, the grant
iEg Of thirty thousand acres of land
for each Senator and Representative
In Congress to the various States for i
the promotion Of Industrial educa-
ton. In 1887 the establishment of
experiment stations. In 1888 the bu-
reau of agriculture was made a de-
partment. In 1890 an appropriation
OF fifteen thousand dollars per year
to be Increased to twenty-five thous-
and in ten years, for institutions es-
tablishcd by the act Of 1862.
1t will be observed from the fore
going that little was done for agri-