The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
CATTLE AND HOG
PRIZES OFFERED

pany Announces That It VIII
Give Away $115 for Best Cat
tie and Hogs.
One of the most forward steps
that has been taken by a business
concern in this section In the In
terest of s~tockraising is the an
nouncement today by cashier w.
B. Williamson of the Wachovia
Bank and Trust company that dur
ing the ensuing year the bank will
offer as prizes the sum Of $1l5 IN
gold for the first and second best
steer and first and second best hog
raised west Of the Blue Ridge
moutains. The steer contest is open
from October 1, 1911, to April 1,
1912. For the heaviest steer, on
foot not over there years of age,
sold and butchered at the Ashe-
vile market a prize of $50 is Of
fered and for the second best
$25.
For the heaviest hog, net, not
over ten months old, killed be-
tween October Is, 1911 and March
L. 1912, a prize of $25 is offered,
second best $15.
Cattle raising is a large, profit
able industry in western North
Carolina, but it is a recognized
fact that, the industry could be
developed to a larger extent.
With the fine grass lands in the
mountains there is no. reason the
cattle production cannot be doubl
ed and perhaps trebled; 1T is a
vast field. Inseparably linked with
improved farming, is stockrais-
ing, one is, dependable largely
upon the other. To raise big crops,
fertilizer must be used, and moth
ing is better than barn products,
while the crops In this section can
best be converted into money by
feeding them to stock.
The dog raising contest is linn
tied to pigs not over ten months
old because pork raisers say that
the money In hogs .Eesin pushing
them while they are young.
Farmers in County Who May Com
pete.
The farmers of Buncombe, Hay
wood, Pennsylvania, Henderson,
Jackson, Madison, Swain, Macon,
Clay. Graham, Cherokee, Yancey
and Mitchell are open to compete
for these prizes. Indications are
that a large number will enter. In
offering these prizes the bank Of
ficials and stockholders are act
ing upon the. idea that the basis
of a permanent prosperity lies to
a considerable extent upon the
development of the agricultural
and resources of that section.
Following IRE the stipulatiOns in
detail:
$115 ia Gold Coin Given Away to
the Farmers of Western
North Carolina.
Wachovia Bank & Trust Com
pany's Asheville N. G.
BIC CATTLE RAISING CON
TEST.
For the heaviest weight steer,
on foot, sold and butchered on the
Asheyille market, between Oc-
tober 1, 1911, and April l, 1912.
Open to all farmers and stock
raisers of Western North Caro-
lima of the Blue Ridge.
First Prize Fifty Dollars.
Second Prize: twenty-five Dol
lars.
Rules.
I. Entry to open Feb. 1, 1911.
2. Entry to close July l, 1911.
3. Contest to close April 1,
1912.
4. Steer must not be over 8
years old when sold.
5. Steer must be calved and
raised In Western North Carolina
west of the Blue Ridge.
6. ALI steers must be flesh
marked and a proper record kept
of same.
7. Afidavits and proper
p aof of weight must be furnish
cd.
8. In case Of ties prizes will
be divided In the class tieing.
8. There must be two witness
es, to entry blank, not related to
contestant by blood or marriage.
Wachovia Bank e Trust Com.
..pany' s AsheYille. N. C.
BIG HOG RAISING CONTEST
Fer the heaviest hog fnet) Kill
led not over ten months old, be.
tween October Is, 1911, and
March /, 1912.