The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-05
SPLENDID PRIZES
IN BIC CONTESTS
JEFFoRos ANNOUNCES RULES
AND AWARDS IN BOYS
CLUB DEPARTMENT.
REPORTS EXPECTED FROM BOYS
stock to Be Shown at the County
Fairs and at the State EXPOSE
tlon-other State Capital
News Notes.

T. M. Jeffords OF the federal depart.
ment Of agriculture, and superintend-
ent Of the Oklahoma department of
the boys and girls clubs has out.
lined the plan for awarding prizes for
the best pigs produced at the thirty
two county fairs and at the Oklahoma
state fair this year.
Each member of the corn and kafir
clubs In Oklahoma will be permitted
to enter in the county fair contest of
his county, one pig, selected In May
d the present year and which will
not be more than one year old Octo-
Der /. of the present year These
pigs must be weighed by two neigh
bors and report made to the depart
ment as to the color and ear marks,
to facilitate naturalization.
The department has furnished the
boys with bulletins on how to proper
iy feed the pigs. The boys have been
requested to make at least one re-
port to the department as to the prog
ress the pig is making in taking on
aesh. Each boy viii take his pig to
the county fair in September, where
the pigs are to be jucLed on gain in
weight" and market type"
Grading the Entry.
For the best gain in weight so
points are allowed and for the best
type of market pig so points are al.
lowed. The first and second best pigs
from each of the thrty-two county
fairs will be sent accompanied by the
owner to the state fair at Oklahoma
City. The owner of the prize-winning
Digs is placed to no expense as the
prize money won at the county fair.
more than pays his railroad fare tc
the state fair.
While the pigs are at the state fair
they are kept in pens and cared for
without charge by the fair associa.
ton. The cost OF the feed given to
the pigs while on exhibition at the
state fair will be deducted from the
price the pig brings when sold by the
fair authorities. Tuesday, September
30. the pigs on exhibition will be
Weighed, and the state fair prizes
awarded, the prizes being SIS for the
best pig, $40 for the second best and
20 for the third best pig fattened on
corn combined with any other feed
except katir or milo. first prize of
SIS also will be given for the best
pig, $40 for the second best pig and
% Tor the third best pig fattened on
kafir combined with any other feed
except corn. A sweepstakes prize of
$l5 VIII be given for the best pig fat.
tened on anything.
All the pigs will be sold at public
auction September 30 at II a. m. The
sale will take place at the swine pavil.
ion and bids will be received by mail
from markets in the towns from
which the pigs were shipped to the
lair. 1t is expected that the pigs will
sell for a fancy price as at the Chi.
oago International livestock show
prize-wlnning pigs sold in the same
manner brought as high as SIPS per
pound All of the pigs will be sold.
aud October l Morris & Company and
S. & s. Company will each slaughter
one-half of the pigs in the presence of
the boys and their friends. The
Strengthening will be done free of
charge, and each house will give
prize of SIS, $40 and SIS for the three
best pigs slaughtered, the prizes to
be based on the character Of the car
cass.
Packing House Awards.
The packing houses will award
prizes of SIS, $40 and SIS for the three
best pigs fattened on packing house
tankage. The stock yards will award
prizes Of IS and SO for the two best
pigs from seven to eight months old.
similar prizes for the two best from
eight to nine months old, from nine to
ten months old, from ten to eleven
months old and from eleven mouths
TO twelve months old. The Oklahoma
National Stockyards bank will award
prizes of SIS, SO and so to the competi
tors for the three best stories on my
Pig and How Fattened It."
Kate Barnard lie Copoinc p,.lx