Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-08
EXPERTS EIPlH.H
FARHIDG CLUBS
YESTERDAY WAS FARMERS DAY
~ REALTY AT SAND
SPRINGS.
FEDERAL MEN PRESEHT
Told How Boy May Make a. Much
a, 500 In Raising one
Pig.

How boy may grow pig and get
al least $50 for so doing, besides
spending four days al the state fair
without one cent of cost, ana perhaps
bc one Of the two boys who viii get
10 go rom this state TO Washington
CITY on trip that Will cost $50, but
free TO the boys, was one of the things
which best illustrates the incentive
for competition In the boys clubs in
Tulsa county as introduced by the
farm demonstration work How
girls Of Tulsa county may do almost
as well but in other lines proved an
other illustration.
These and many moro things equal
ly as important were eNplained to
more than forty young men ANA
women at the first meeting " the men
In charge Of farm demonstration
work in oklahoma and Tulsa county,
which was held yesterday at SAND
Springs park. The men who told
these things to the boys and girls, and
to the twenty-five Older persons pres
cnt were r. NJ Jeftords, chief of the
farm demonstration work In Oklaho-
ma for the government; President
Hinghaw of the Haskell school of ag-
rlculture. Of Broken Arrow; j. =.
IIarter. conductor Of farm demonstra-
ton work in Tulsa county for both
the county and the government ana
Rev. ]. c. Magce, of Tulsa
Mr.. Jeffords, following the invoca-
sh, a
noon hour impressed the boys ana
girls with the Importance or iarh
work, and pointed out the large sum
of money which the government Is
eXpendng in that way as PROOF tha'
the work is important. After ElVlh3
instruction in the art of corn culture
as a way of best showing how the
conservation of moisture may best be
brought about the speaker launcheu
into commendatory speech relative ~
tho worth of formation of corn clVns,
and kafir corn clubs, pig clubs can
clubs. canning clubs, and the various
other clubs which are being promoted
among both boys and girls under the
auspices of demonstration work
Through the state fair and other
wise. he said, il was possible for boys
to earn as high as $50 for fattenlnR
one pig. Two packing houses are or
fering prizes Of $15. SO and 50 each'
AS first. second and third prizes toI
the best pig grown in each county
the same for the best corn fed pig
and the same for the best kalIr
corn fed pig; then the pig is sold to
the highest bidder. and the boy gets
the money; there is then premium
on the best Carcas, the stockyards
people give a prize, and the winners
have a chance at writing the best
story telling hoy they won, and the
winners in the writing contest also
get a prize, so that 1t Is possible for
bows to make nearly 500 on one pig
That was Just one Of the branches OF
the wcrk among the farm youths, and
it extends to calves and to corn and
to other things, and with the girls, 1t
reaches tomatoes, canning tomatoes
and fruits and other varieties of farm
products.
Mr. Jeffords stated that the meeting
was the best attended of any Of the
five he has so far witnessed.
Mr.. Hinshaw invited the girls to
come down to Broken Arrow, where
at Haskell school, he would do just
about all the work except the actual
process OF canning, and offered the
free use Of everything about the
school which could possibly be used
lie gave a general talk along the line
Of sticking to work in order to get re-
suits. and stated that the youth Of
this day was living in a time Of good
advice, when they could heard, prac-
ticc and read.
Rev. Magee related incidents OF
how farming was conducted when he
tv Ia. and showed the many advan-
tages and opportunities which farm
ers nowadays have which Were not