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“L” is for Long, William Williams (1861-1934)

“L” is for Long, William Williams (1861-1934). Agriculturist. Born in North Carolina, Long joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry in 1893. The head of extension work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture asked Long to join the Farmers Cooperative Demonstration Work as a field agent for the South Atlantic States. In 1913 Clemson College asked him to reorganize the Extension Service in South Carolina. From 1915 until 1933 he served as director of the Extension Service. The editor of The Progressive Farmer praised Long for his interest in “the whole range of country life needs.” Through the Extension service he helped improve crop production, the livestock industry, commodity marketing, rural cooperation, and the social life of rural South Carolina. Long Agricultural Hall on the Clemson campus was named to honor William Williams Long.

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Dr. Walter Edgar has two programs on South Carolina Public Radio: Walter Edgar's Journal, and South Carolina from A to Z. Dr. Edgar received his B.A. degree from Davidson College in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1969. After two years in the army (including a tour of duty in Vietnam), he returned to USC as a post-doctoral fellow of the National Archives, assigned to the Papers of Henry Laurens.