St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-04-11
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SOMETHING ABOUT THE LOUISE.
ANA BOYS PIG CLUB.

ANA BOYS PIG CLUB.
Louisiana claims the distinction o
having started the Boys Pig Clul
Work, the, first club having been or
ganized in the parish of Caddo, il
1910.
The work is under the supervision
Of the Extension Department OF the
Louisiana State University in coop
GRAFTON with the Bureau of ANNA
Industry. U. s. Department of Agri'
culture.
The Louisiana State Fair has been
great stimulus to the Pig Club
boys, and this year there were %
parishes of the State represented In
the Pig Club contest at the annual
fair, at Shreveport.
Some of the boys n!aced their hogs
in the show ring in competition with
prominent breeders hogs, and ono o.
these youngsters took first prize in
the under-six-m0nths class for scws.
and stood reserve junior champion.
The owner of the pig, Carson Sulli-
1 van, of Goldonna, La, is boy only
I eleven years Of age.
Another boy from the same place,
Curley Bryant, took second in the
same calss, This boy earned the
moneyto purchase his pig last spring
by sweeping out the school house
which he attends, and the remark
was made by one of the school men,
that Bryant had "mopped up" to get
hts pig, and then ''mopped ups with
his pig.
One Of the most interesting fea-
lures Of the boys exhibit was a pig,
raised by one Of the boys, that weigh
ed 485 pounds at eleven months, and
beside it was its hibernate raised
by a. neighhor!ng farmer in the old
weighed only G5 pounds. This was
. splendid object lesson and caused
q great deal of comment.
There were 1870 hogs shown in the
exhibit by 1O7 school boys and girls
between the ages of ten and eighteen
years.
Harry Means, a boy from Ida. La,
lad two pigs on exhibition, and
twelve more at home that he raised.
He has bank account of &1O5.OO1
which he has accumulated chiefly by
raising hogs.
Mary Douglas, little girl from
Gillian, La, had pig on exhibition
that Is to be starter for her college
She is to receive all the
money she can make by raising hogs
until she is tweuty-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-
lsted in the boys as to direct than
low to, get the best results in the
ltting' process:
From one agricultural school, alone
Aene. was. a full car load of Grated
logs n the exhibit. This vas in
barge Of W. r. Horton, D odson. La.
Four hundred dollars, in money.
Eass given for premiums. bv the La.
tate, Fair association and twenty
eg!stered hogs by tie Fort Worth
took Yards Comr any. DR.. Nash
~ =! sDeiiil' Ao-, gave a Berk-
Ct '1S OOT winning the
IN ne Berkshire class.
Inc "orces' er Salt Co., of Dallas,
eAas. gave fifty pound sack of salt
eacH OF the u-ize-winning boys;
AZ the .ex1s Progressive Farmer,
az rVcker ard Farmer. the 3erk-
n4re WcIld,. AVID the Gulf States
x. each gave large nuEa5er of
w .ecr: vtions 20 their papers TO the
,icys making the best records.
The railroads of the State and the
state Fair Association co-ope-ated u
sending all of the hogs belong ne to
the members of the club, to Re Far
and return without cost to them.
The Lou siana Boys Pig Club OK
b bit this year was the largest and
hest that has ever been held in any
State..