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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
10
Cleanliness is vital in canning and all tools, jars, rubbers, and cans must be sterilized. Use high quality jars like Lightning Latent with a glass top and new rubbers, select ripe produce, and preserve vegetables early. Do not can decayed or dirty fruits, and request Clemson circular No 27 for fruit and vegetable canning guidance.
The article notes Clemson College faces a late August need for a waiting list as barracks fill. It records 43 students in the current session with averages: age about 19 6. height six feet nine inches. hair colors blondes 301 brunettes 455. It details origins, farm backgrounds, and courses, with 121 graduates and 245 sons of farmers among current students.
Clemson College releases a detailed fiscal report for the last year. It lists resources including Morrill and Nelson funds tuition from cadets state loan sales and rents and outlines expenditures for operating costs buildings and public work. The South Carolina Experiment Station receives 30000 from USDA but cannot be used by the College and federal Smith Luer act funds go to demonstration and extension work. Funds from student fees are held in trust for cadets and not used for college expenses. Unpaid loan balances carried forward total 40888.56.
The State Board of Charities and Corrections investigates four year scholarship and free tuition applicants and reports findings to the College Board of Trustees. The Trustees decide finally with appeal possible to the State Board of Education. The College provides application blanks to all applicants.
The plea urges farmers to join a nation wide effort to boost meat and grain output for state food self sufficiency. It stresses packing houses for the fall and calls for a strong farming push to feed the nation amid poor wheat and oat prospects.
Write to Dr. R. O. Feeley at Clemson College for a free hog cholera symptoms bulletin and post yourself. When hogs show symptoms phone or wire your county demonstration agent at once for aid. Learn to treat them yourself after one demonstration. Prevention is worth more than cure.
A historical feature paints Clemson College as a 1600 acre estate with 23 main buildings 70 dwellings and 64 minor structures. It notes 116 teachers and officers 1.327 million in property value and a busy mail operation sending tens of thousands of letters annually. Two branch experiments at Simmerville and Florence serve agricultural research with plans for a third in Sand Hill pending funds.
A guide urging livestick farmers to maintain a small canning outfit to preserve garden produce. It notes canned goods bring comfort and potential income, lists fruits and vegetables suitable for canning, and references a Circular No 27 from Clea rion College for further guidance.
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