The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1911-07-26
Pigs AS PRIZES
IN CORN CLUBS
II TO BE GIVEN AT FAIR
ASSOCIATION WILL ALSO PRE-
SENT SCHOLARSHIP AS
SWEEPSTAKES.

Registered pigs will be presented as
prizes in the Faulkner county bows
corn club at the county fair to be held
mere in October, instead of the custo-
mary merchandise and cash rewards.
The corn club committee, composed of
Capt. w. W. Martin, c. +. Durham
l.. E. Halter, Prof. W. J. Sowder and
K. X. Wilkerson, after securing suffi-
cient cash subscriptions from local
merchants, have decided to purchase
II OF the best registered pigs that
AN be obtained at an average cost of
SO to $l2 each and to present them
to the prize-winning boys. This, it is
believed, will be a greater stimulus tc
corn-growing and at the same time
will improve the breed of hogs in the
county.
The premium list has been admira.
bly, arranged by the committee so as
to bring out the best points in corn.
growing, they having adopted the gov.
ernment plan of dividing the list into
four points of excellence, each of these
four points being subdivided into first
second and third prizes. The foul
points are as follows: Best single eal
of corn; best 10 ears of corn; largest
yield per acre at least expense; best
written record showing largest profit
on work DONE
No boy will be allowed to receive
more than one of the prizes, although
he might gain more than one first, sec
ond or third place, but the fair asso
citation will give as an additional prize
to the boy making the best genera
average on all points a paid scholar
ship in Ford's Business College al
Little Rock, worth $40 in cash.
Each contestant will be required tt
send to the county fair 10 ears of corr
selected from his crop, together with
record of his work and the state
ment Of two disinterested parties as
to the yield per acre.
In addition to the valuable prizes
offered, each prize-winner will have
the privilege of entering his exhibits
in the state competition at the state
fair in Hot Springs next fall, where
the total prizes aggregate thousand OF
dollars, and, in turn, the state prize.
winners may compete in the various
contests offered by agricultural papers
and in the national corn contest.
The thoroughbred pigs are to be
four each from the following popular
breeds: Duroc-J ersey, Poland China
and Berkshire. These pigs will be OF
exhibition during the fair and immedi
ately afternoon of the last day, The
prize-winners will in turn be permit
ted to select from the entire lot unit
each get shis prize.
l.. f. Halter of Conway and former
Sheriff w. M. Brady of Naylor hav,
been selected as superintendent o
the boys corn club department OF tn,
fair and will be in charge of the ex
hibits. In this connection Mr.. Halte
desires it announced that neither o
his boys, who have won so many prize
in this work in the past, will ente
their corn in competition for tn
awards this year.
The list of subscribers to the corr
club prize fund is as follows;
w. w. Martin, $40; Faulkner Coun
ty Bank, $40; W. NJ. Harrell & Co
$40; j. A. Pence, So; Greeson Dru,
Co., $5; Frauenthal & Schwarz, $40
Caspar Dunn, City Bakery, $3.50
Bank of Conway, $40; Martin & Har
ton, $40; o. ]. Owen, $3.50; S. A. Nc
Nish, So; Cole & Co., $5; j. j. Living
ston, $3.50; B. 7. Deal, S5; Faulkne
County Union, $40; Bahner & Co
$3.50; C. E. Durham, $3.50; S. G
Smith, $5; drummer Hardware Co
$5; ]. E. Little, IS; C. H. Robinette
$3.50.