The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-20
Big Prizes For Big Pigs

from She Ne,rs anG Courier J!s:. q. 1898
Tile .tawS aad Caarier Viii gay Slo0 i:
gold 4, -. : N rs o. oh" persons ";hf
shall ia iS+ t.s.- 80 h-av;es' hcGs in South
Cn-oliue during he wear 1895 This amour
v;ll be divided into two prizes. The prize
for the biggest hcg will he eighty dollars in
GOLD, and for the se~ood biggest hog twenty
dollars in gold 4 I'D prize for the hog
showing the largest gain At the lowest cost.
vii, he complete set Of the Amsr;caozed
Cvclopadia Britannica, bound in morocco
and consisting often volumes.
The only condition of the contest is that
every contestant must be yearly subscriber
10 The Veshly Ne,cs and Courier. The con-
test will close on December 25, 1895, and the
prizes " i'll ha awarded as soon thereafter as
it is possible 10 compare the returns and As
certeia who have rsisrd the winning hogs.
Contestants will be required to send TO lhs
News and Courier not later than January !,
1895, a certificate signed by three witnesses,
and sworn 70 before the nearest Trial Justice,
giving the age, gross weight and net weight
of their hogs. and stating as nearly 2s poSsi-
BILE the methods employed in raising and
fattening the hogs, the cost OF raising them
and the breed OF each.
The contest will be open to every man,
woman and child in the State who is a year
" subscriber to The Weekly -Nsacs and Courier,
and who ran own and cultivate pig. The
purpose of The Nsws and Courier in Offering
prizes is to encourage the PEOPLE OF the State
to raise their own mea. and to show that
South Carolina leads in the production OF
hog and homipy, as it leads in the manu-
facture OF cotton goods Some days ago we
received letter from a Barnwell County far
ner suggesting that The Nsacs and Courier
offer premiums for the biggest hogs, and we
have adopted the suggestion. Our Ba.nwell
County farmer said:
''It is gratifying tro the fends of your
paper to see the interest manifested In the
welfare of our farmers. Only a few years
ago THE Neacs and Courier urged the people
to plant tobacco, which, from all accounts,
has been blessing to many in the Pee-Dee
section of the State. Now you are showing
what our people can do in raising their own
bacon ! would suggest that THE Nea0s and
Courier offer a premium of Sl00 to the one
killing the heaviest hog next December. |
believe that this would have good effect
and cause many of our people to give more
attention to the Hog, and that next Decem-
Der there would be bigger hogs killed in this
State than ever before. This plan would
allow The smallest farmer to compete for The
prize
The reports from all parts of the State
which We have published show that while
the people have little money '';at they have
more home-raised hog and homiuy than
in any year since the war. Some of the
reports of big hogs that we have received
are almost startling, so big we're the hogs,
and grown at so little expense. 1t has been
demonstrated that bacon can be produced in
South Carolina at an average cost OF three
cents pound.
THE Neus md Courier will pay one
huodred dollars in gold to the two men,
women or children who shall grow the two
biggest hogs this year. Every farmer in the
State should enter for the contest; every
town in the State should try conclusions
with its country neighbors