The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-16
Sixteen ar-0ld Boiilneau County
Lad Champion Pig Raiser
WON PORK PRODUCTION CONTEST
Results Of Contest Prove Industry
Possible--Wjnner Gets
500 Prize

Charles Russell, the sixteen
year old son of Henry Russell
of Pickering township. is the
champion pig raiser of North
Dakota. He has proved that
pig raising is profitable in
dustry for the farmers of the
state because he cleared over
$91 on one litter of pigs last
summer in addition to winning g
the prize of 500 which was
offered by Director Thomas
Cooper of the North Dakota
experiment station.
Young Russell was given a
close race for his honors by a
girl, Anna Barrett of Lari-
more, who demonstrated that
pork production is a source of
profit for the farmers wife as
we'll as for the farmer himself.
Anna won the second prize of
$50.
The first pork production
contest held in the United
States was inaugurated for the
farm boys anu girls of North
Dakota last spring by the Bet
ter Farming section of the
North Dakota experiment sta
ton and was conducted under
the direction of Thomas Cooper.
1t was intended to stimulate
pork production by North Da-
kota farmers as well as to
demonstrate it's possibilities as
profitable farm enterprise.
Three hundred farm boys
and girls, representing all Sec
tiOns Of the state. entered the
contest. Each of the contest
ants was permitted to select a
SOW before farrowing and were
required to care for it and the
litter of pigs produced The
object of the contest was to
produce the largest amount of
pork. at the smallest cost and
in the shortest period of time,
thus taking into consideration
three factors which enter into
the profit making of the indus
try on every farm.
Each contestant reported
weekly to Director Cooper of
the amount and kind of feed
ueed and this was charged for
at the average price which has
prevailed in North Dakota for
the last ten years. No charge
was made for houseslops. The
contest closed November 20.
and Director Cooper and his
assistants have been busy COM
piling the data from the re-
ports, the three factors enter
ing into the decisions causing
a great deal of work.
A pure breed Yorkshire boar
from the Garfield herd was Of
fered to the highest prize win
ner using a Yorkshire SOW.
This was awarded to Charles
Russell. Another prize of a
Yorkshire pig from the same
herd has been awarded to Allen
Porter of Hoople, obtaining the
second highest record with a
Yorkshire SOW. The Frost
Publishing company of Spring
field, Illinois, awards a pure
bred Berkshire boar to the con-
testant with the highest stand
ing using a Berkshire SOW,
Amos Cox of Fullerton. Other
prizes of tool chests were pro-
vided by the Kelly. How
Thompson Hardware company
of Duluth.
Charles Russell, the winner
Of first prize is sixteen years
old. He was born on his
fathers farm near this city,
where he has lived all his life.
He has finished the grade
schools and is attending the
School Of Forestry where he is
studying agriculture. His
father has been q successful
feeder and breeder Of live
stock. Charles record is e.
9O3 pounds of pork from the
litter Of one SOW at the age Of
2O8 days. His feed cost per
pound Of gain was 2.86 cents,
giving him profit Of A.86
cents per day or a total profit
tcontinned On pare u