The Natchitoches enterprise., 1913-12-25
Luella, La, Dec. IL, 1918.
Editor of Natchitoches Enterprise,
Natchitoches, La.

time to see if some one would not
give the results of the Pig Club
exhibit from this parish at the
State Fair, but so far I have not
seen any. l suppose Mr.. Sledge
Is to modest to praise his own
work,
The people of this parish should
be proud of the record made by
their Agricultural High School.
1t has been commented on by all
the daily papers and the Breeders
Gazette, the largest stock journal
I'm America, and / think that the
parish papers should have. some
account of this hor or that has
come to the parish.
1t is no small honor for one
school to enter five pigs; take four
frsts, three seconds, one sweep
takes, and one Reserve Junior
Champion. Three of these were
won showing against the best
breeders in the South.
The school entered two Duroc
Jersey sows under six months
winning first and second; two
Duroc Jersey boars under six
month winning first and second;
one o. 1. G. boar over six months
and winning first. In addition
they won Sweepstakes on their
SOW. This means the best sow
of any breed exhibited by the
Boys Pig Clubs. This was every
possible prize they could have won
in the pig club contest but Sweep
takes boar.
But this was not all. They en-
tered their hogs against the best
professional breeders in the south
and won first and second on Duroc
Jersey sows under six months and
Junior Reserve Champion SOW.
This shows what can be done in
the way of raising hogs in this
parish, and the best of 1t is that
these results were obtained under
the most unfavorable circum-
stances. The soil around Col
donna IS very average hill soil.
There are thousands of acres in
the parish much more fertile
This was the first year the boys
had tried in fact the first time
that many of them had ever fed
pig. Not only did they have to
get the feed for the pigs but they
had to learn how to feed the pig
and what to feed the pig at the
same time.
The people of the parish should
not only be proud of having boys
that can do things like this but
they should be proud that they
have as able and enthusiastic
q. worker as Mr.. Sledge in their
teaching force.
MIR. Sledge is a graduate of the
Miss. A. & M College and has
been in charge of the Agricul-
tural work at Goldonna a year
and half. In this time he has
gotten his field practically free of
stmps and in q workable condi-
ton. He has won the respect and
confidence of. the farmers of the
community by his practical appli-
cation of the latest farm practices.
His work among the boys has
been even more successful. He
has shown them by the wav their
hogs won that he knows what ne
is teaching and how to apply that
knowledge. He has gotten them
thoroughly interested in their
work and consequently they are
doing good work.
Mr.. Sledge devotes part of his
time to extension work in the
parish by going into different
communities and assisting the
farmers in any way he can and or
ganizing Pig, Tomato and Corn
clubs. The parish is SO large that
1t is impossible for him to get all
over it in the limited time at his
disposal especially as he is in one
corner. If anv of the communi-
ties or schools wish his assistance
they should write to him. He
naturally goes where he thinks he
can do the most good and if a |
community is interested he can do |