The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-29
Louisiana Boys pig Clubs.

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Louisiana claims the distinction
of having started the boys pig club
work, the first club having been
| organized in the parish of Caddo in
1910.
The work is under the supervision
of the agricultural extension de-
partment of the Louisiana State
University, in cooperation with the
Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
The Louisiana state fair has been
a great stimulus to the pig club
boys, and this year there were
twenty parishes represented in
annual pig club contest at the fair.
Some of the boys placed their
hogs in the ring in competition with
the entries of prominent breeders,
and one of these youngsters took a
first prize in the under-six-months
class for soWs, and stood reserve
junior champion. The owner of the
pig, Carson Sullivan, Of Goldonna,
La, is a boy only eleven years of
age.
Another boy from the same place,
4ouIlSy III eIts IOOA HStCo1u pltZG LII
the same class. This boy earned the
money to purchase his pig last spring
by sweeping out the schoolhouse
which he attends, and the remark
was made by one of the school men
that Bryant had "mopped up'' to get
his pig, and then "mopped up'' with
his pig.
One Of the most interesting fea-
lures of the boys exhibit was a pig,
raised by one of the boys, that
weighed 4S5 pounds at eleven
months, and beside it was it's litter
mate raised by neighboring far
mer in the old root hog Or die
manner, which weighed only IS
pounds. This was splendid object
lesson and caused a great deal of
comment.
There were 120 hogs shown in the
exhibit by LOT school boys and girls
between the ages of ten and eighteen
years.
Harry Means, boy from Ida, Ia,
had two pigs on exhibition, and
twelve more at home that he raised.
He has a bank account of $1O5, which |
he has accumulated chiefly by rails
ing hogs.
Mary Douglas, a little girl from
Gillian, La, had a pig on exhibition |
that is to be a starter for her col |
lege education. She is to receive all |
the money she can make by raising |
hogs until she is tWenty-one years Of |
age.
There were fifty boys at the state
fair who helped to take care of the |
pigs and fit them for the show ring
The breeders present were so inter-
ested in the boys as to direct them
how to get the best results in the
fitting process.
From one agricultural school alone
there was a. full carload of Grated
hogs in the exhibit. This was in
charge of w. r. Horton, Dodson, La.
Four hundred dollars, in money,
was given for premiums by the State
Fair Association, and twenty regis
tered hogs by the Fort Worth Stock
Yards Company. DIR. Nash Collins,
Of Delhi, La. gave Berkshire pig
20 the boy winning the sweepstakes
n the Berkshire class.
Inc WoLCsstGf@ Dali Co., OF Dallas,
Texas, gave a fifty-pound sack of
salt to each of the prize winning
Boys; and the Texas Progressive Far
ner, the Trucker and Farmer, the
Berkshire Worries and the Gulf States
Farmer each gave a large number of
to their papers to the
Boys making the best records.
The railroads of the state and the
State Fair Association co-operated
n sending all the hogs belonging to
members of the clubs tc the fair and
'eturn without cost to them.
The Louisiana boys pig club ex-
ribit this year was the largest and
'est that has ever been held in any
state |!