The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1913-11-29
SOMETHING ABOUT THE LOUISE.
ANA BOYS PIG CLUBS.

Louisiana claims the distinction OF
having started the Boys Pig Club
work, the first club having been or
ganized in the Parish of Caddo, La.
in 1910.
The work is under the supervision
,of the Extension Department of the
Louisiana State University in cooper
alton with the Bureau of Animal Indus.
try, 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-five
parishes of the State represented in
the Pig Club contest at the annual
fair, at Shreveport, just closed.
Some of the boys placed their hogs
in the show ring in competition with
prominent breeders hogs, and one of
these youngsters took a first prize in
the Understandable 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,
Curley Bryant, took second in the
same class. This boy earned the
money to purchase his pig last spring
by sweeping out the schoolhouse
which he attends; and TIE 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 features
of the boys exhibit was a pig, raised
by one of the boys, that weighed 1856
pounds at eleven months, and beside
1t was its hibernate raised by neigh
boring farmer in the old root hog or
die" manner which weighed only S.
pounds. This was a splendid object
lesson and caused great deal of
comment.
There were 100 hogs shown in the
exhibit by 1O7 school boys and girls
between the ages of ten and eighteen
years.
Harry Means, boy from Ida, La,
had two pigs on exhibition, and twelve
more at home that he raised. He has
bank account of $1O5.0O which he has
accumulated chiefly by raising hogs.
Mary Douglas, little girl from Gil
liam, La, had pig on exhibition that
is to be starter for her college edu.
cation. 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 fit-
ting process.
From one agricultural school alone,
there was a full car load 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 Louisiana |
State Fair Association and twenty reg
istered hogs by the Fort Worth Stock !
Yards Company. DR.. Nash Collins, of |
Delhi, La, gave Berkshire pig to the
boy winning the sweepstakes in the !
Berkshire class.
The Worcester Salt Co., of Dallas,
Texas, gave fifty pound sack of salt |
to each of the prize. winning boys; and |
the Texas Progressive Farmer, the
Trucker and Farmer, the Berkshire
World, and the Gulf States Farmer,
each gave large number of subscrip-
lions to their papers to the boys max
ing the best records.
The railroads of the State and the
State Fair Association co-operated in
sending all of the hogs belonging to
he members of the clubs to the fair
ind return without cost to them.
The Louisiana Boys Pig Club ex.
,ibit this year was the largest and
,est that has ever been held in any
state.