The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-07

The First National bank of this
city has decided to offer prizes for the
youths under the age of Is years, who
show the best results from hog rails
ing in the state OF North Dakota and
the contest will be conducted under
the direction of Thomas Cooper. sec
retary and director of the North Da-
kota Better Farming association and
his men. "a& ~ b.
The First National bank of Fargo a
year or two ago offered prizes aggre-
eating $1,000 in gold for various prizes
in corn culture and the success of that
induced the management OF the bank
to go into the other.
I'VE are very much pleased with the
success of our corn contest and If the
hog production contest is half as sue
cessful we will be more than satis-
fed. We believe the time has come
when every farmer in the state should
take a deep interest In live stock
raising, and we with others are going
to do all we can to induce them to be-
GIN" -.a r# -#. e.. ~
The pork producing contest will be-
gin March 1 next year and will close
Nov. 20. This will be known as a
pork production, contest for boys and
girls of the state of North Dakota
under the age Of 18 years and is for
the purpose of demonstrating the val
ue Of the hog for the North Dakota,
farm, to show that it can be pro-
duced to good advantage and with q
good profit,
Much Going to Waste.
There Is much that is good feed
going to waste in the state" said Sec
retary Cooper this morning. in speak
ing of the contest. There is much
that the hog would grow fat on being
wasted, because we lack the number
of hogs to consume it, and it is to
remedy this that this contest is be-
ing brought about. 1t is believed that
the contest will show that the hog is
one of the greatest money makers the
farmers OF North Dakota can have
and the cost of producing pork is such
that the profit in the sale will be very
high,
The Method of Contest.
THE method of the contest is to
have a boy or girl acquire q SOW any
time before March l, and the animal
must be entered any time before or on
that date. The owner must keep an
accurate account OF the feed fed the
sow and her litter. before and after
farrow, and must show even the milk,
pasturage, grain, etc., that has been
fed, but the sIops from the table need
not be given. These reports must be
furnished the Better Farming associa-
tion in this city each month. The con-
test will close Nov 20, 1913. The
awarding of the prizes will be made
up by showing the cost of production
and the amount produced from the
litter,
Will Show Possibilities.
"This contest we believe will show
the possibilities of pork production,
even to the cost of feeding to the
market. So far as know this is the
most unique contest that has ever
been made in the United States, for it
is the first time pork production
economics from the farmers stand
point has been taken into considera-
ton in this manner. We are expect
ing additions to the prizes and will
have more announcements to make in
the near future. 1t is hoped that
hundreds will avail themselves of the
opportunity of securing some OF the
money that is being offered. The first
prize will be 500 in gold and the 9TH
ers will be distributed among several
contestants.