The age-herald., 1900-01-06


 Violet Hampton, colored, weighed. when dressed as pork, 401 pounds.
 Ozark Star: Hog killing seems to be the order of the day. Our people are going to have plenty of hog and hominy next year. Boaz Sand Mountain Signal: Joel Noel killed a pig last week that weighed 800 pounds net. Where is the man who can beat it?
 Vernon Lamar Democrat: Quite a num- ber of fine hogs have been fattened and killed off the mast this year, which is good argument against stock law in Lamar county.
 Greenville Advocate The farmers of this county will kill larger number Of fine hogs this year than they did last Most of, them will kill enough to make meat for the coming year, if they are lucky enough to save it.
 Florence Times: B. F. Hill, of Atlas, killed a sow last week which weighed 415 pounds dressed. The head alone weighed fl pounds. This is the largest hog reported so far this season.
 Hamilton, Marion County, News: J. T. Mcclure kills hogs today and G. W. Burle- kills tomorrow. The boys will have plenty of spare ribs to feed the editor on if he should pass this way. Suppose he tries 1t.
 It is high noon in the hog-killing time in Alabama, and the slaughter of the swine is greater than it has been in any season in A. kx-- vle Advocate thus refers to the champion 'porker':
 Ben Elkins. who lives near sandersville, in this state. killed last week, hog which netted him 1,117 pounds.
 Camden Progress: The famers of Will cox enter upon this years duties in better shape than for a number of years. Many old debts that have been hanging over of them for many years have been liquidated, and others have been able to lay away few sheckles for rainy days. Besides this, their cribs, as a general thing, groan beneath their burden of corn. and their smoke houses hold in store much meat and molasses.
 Greensboro Watchman: MT. I. l.. Smith, of Beat Mo- 10, was pleasant caller at the Watchman office few days ago. He is one of Hale's most prosperous farmers. He tells us that on a two-hcrse farm he raised the past season 300 bushels of corn, 215 bushels of potatoes, nine bales of cotton, has 800 pounds of meat to slaughter and one acre of ground he got ribbon cane enough to make 461 gallons of molasses, besides saving 1000 stalks of cane for seed. This Is A fine record
 Troy Messenger: H. M. Galloway slaugh- tered three eighteen-months-o pigs Mon day that weighed follows, cleaned One 404, 391. and one 355. These pigs were raised in his lot and without much expense to MT. Galloway.
 w. H. Herring killed recently five pigs that netted him 1,O41 pounds of pork. MT. Herring is a good farmer and believes in raising his home supplies. He has just turned from trip to Texas and reports that the people of that state are prepared for living.
 Greenville Advocate Mir. Chink Will jams, who farms near Greenville, has demonstrated what a man con do on land around here. He started his farm last year in debt, but careful attention to his mar ket garden has enabled him to not only make the farm self-supporting, but to lay by a surplus. This fall finds him with all debts paid up plenty of every thing needed on the farm and sung sum of money be- sides. MT. Williams killed last week seven hogs of the average age of II months. these hogs netted him 1,77O pounds of meat and about 175 pounds of lard. up to last week MT. Williams had fine tomatoes growing. What Mir. Williams has done others can do it's all in the trying.