The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-03
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en- by Central Railroad, Awarded
to Winners. Pig Seven Months
Old Weighs 23O Pounds.
The corn and pig show of Terrell
county at Dawson Friday manifests
the great interest that is being taken
in the work.
1t marks the beginning Of more
diversified farming than has been
practiced in recent years.
The court room, where the corn
and four-crop contest were held, had
been appropriately decorated for the
purpose by the ladies of the city VINO
had previously shown interest in pro-
gressive agricultural work by con-
Quoting creditable county fairs.
The boys enjoyed a number of ad-
dresses, among them one by Mr.. J. G.
Oliver, of Macon, district demonstra-
ton agent, on the Importance of Ie-
gume as a means of storing nitrogen
in the soil. Mr.. T. G. Chastain, ag1l-
cultural agent of the Central rail-
road, spoke on the work that rail
road hopes to accomplish through its
Four Crop Club in 1915, and County
School Commissioner j. w. F. Low
rey told the boys of the great work
that is being done by their clubs.
Prize Pig Handsome Specimen.
The winners in the pig club show
ed the great possibilities in hog rails
ing in this section. Buren, Jones eX-
hibited a pure bred Berkshire seven
months and five days old that weigh
ed 230 pounds, and was raised at a
cost of 21a cents per pound. Jesse
Henry exhibited a pure bred DUroc-
Jersey eight months and twelve days
old that weighed 200 pounds and
was raised at a cost of three cents
per pound.
The winner of the first prize re-
ceived 1 500 pounds of guano, 1000
pounds of which was given by the
Home Mixture Guano Co. and 500
Co, The second prize was a suit of
clothes valued at $1,000.
The work of the pig club members
has stimulated a great interest in
hog raising, and the number to par
ticipate in the work another year
will be decidedly greater,
The Corn Club Winners.
Fourteen corn club boys made ex-
hibits, and prizes were awarded as
follows:
follows: Billie Hall, pure bred
shorthorn bull by Central of Georgia
railroad and years subscription to
The Dawson News, given by the edi-
tor, 1926; Tom Kennedy, scholarship
to the short course at the College Of
Agriculture at Athens next January
by board of education, $25; VIM
Mcleod, springtooth cultivator, by
Dawson Hardware Co., So; Charley
H. Kennedy, pair of shoes, by Dozier
& Co., $3.50; Willis Avera, pair of
shoes, by Mornady Shoe Co. $3.5O;
Jesse Martin, hat, SO; Rufus Hol-
land, hat, $3.50; Lynn Dozier, hat
$3.50; Franklin Stapleton, hat,
$3.50; Chester Bridges, years sub
ScriDtion to Macon Daily Telegraph;
George Ivey Jones, years subscrip-
ton to Progressive Farmer; Glenn
Minis, years subscription to Southern
Cutiyator; Art Collins years sub
Scription to Southern Ruralist; Earl
Bryant, years subscription to Daw-
son News; Othello Rainey, shirt, ST..
Fourteen corn club exhibits were
sent to the State Fair in Macon, and
from there they will be sent to the
Corn Show in Atlanta in December.
Boys Marched Around Town.
The county farm demonstration
agent, Mr.. R. H. Kent, was assisted
IN Judging the exhibits by the dis
'rct agent, Mr.. J. G. Oliver of Ma