El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-03
~ IG clubs for boys are the new
est

P e $ :'.' s., 1.s sa'. ..l sa' 9's
starting in to organize them all
over the southern states For each state
there Will be a government agent. who viii
cooperate with local experts in giving the
Also. it viii be the business OF the pig
agent to get the boys together, and start
wherever 10 or more members can be Sc
cured, Any boy from 10 to is years Of age
The county win be the geographical
unit for pig clubs. Each county VIII be
divided into districts small enough TO reach
an the boys and each district viii nave
one or more clubs A boy, to be member,
must own at least one pig and must care
Tor his stock IN person.
Supplements Corn Club.
The pig club is the natural supplement Of
the corn club. Already the corn club move
menL has proved llseL gFeat success eil,5Ss
scattered over the country, and prizes are
awarded at intervals Tor the nest corn the
largest ears the greatest quantity grown
Eventually, doubtless. there viii be boys
pig clubs all over the United States, The
movement is being started in the south
because the people Of that section, while
great consumers Of pork, raise few hogs
They spend millions Of dollars annually for
pork raised in other secuons-Which, in a
way, is just so much money wasted, inas-
much as pigs can be raised and fattened in
the south more cheaply. than in any other
part Of the United States
ZIG agent VIII be SPECIALIST.
The pig agent in each state viii be
specialist in swine husbandry. Cooperating
the mig Club work. He will teach the boys
how to grow crops which, in the south,
viii furnish pasturage all the year round.
and he viii show them how they can sell
their corn in the form Of pork
Any boy who wants purebred pig may
apply 20 the government pig agent who
win help him to get the animal at a mod
It is recommended that the best SOW. pigs
the rest being raised for fattening, and
killed sold at the END or the wear
Under this method the hogs raised VIII I'M
prove in quality right along from year
To Keep Records for Prizes.
Each member Of pig club viii be re
and pasture grazeds Of the weight OF each
Rnimal at intervals, Of dates Of tarroVins,
county exhibition The boys who prove
winners at county exhibitions viii be ex-
pected 70 show at the state fair enterins
their snimals for prizes Some Of these
prizes, offered by the government, viii
where the lucky youngsters will be photo
grahped in groups with the secretary Of
1t is urged that parents Of pig club mem
brs should encourage the boys by paying
iair prices Tor their 1at nogs Wnen the at
ter are used Tor nome consumption ! ne
investment demanded Of any boy at the
outset is very small especially in the south
ern states. Where the warm winter ell
mate renders substantial and expensive
houses unnecessary One point Of instruc-
ton on which the pig agents viii lay great
have plenty Of clean, fresh water for drink
ing, and that a dry bed with plenty Of
sunshine must be provided for the little
Corn Clubs Have 10000 Boys.
No fewer than 10000 boys in eight states
are today enrolled in corn clubs; and in
parts Of the country where there is not
enough rainfall for maize there are kafir
corn clubs and milo clubs. Cotton clubs
FOR boys are becoming popular In Oklahoma
and Texas where special prizes are to be
won by growing the best cotton or the
most cotton on a given area Of land,
Poultry clubs are already an established
institution This is where the girls and
young women come in In most parts Of
the country these organizations for raising
and marketing chickens and eggs are null
uplylng and prospecting The department OF
agriculture is doing all II can to encourage
them, and government poultry experts 20
about from place 20 place delivering lee
with lantern slides, and giving instrue-
ton otherwise.
Proper Poultry Methods Needed.
The idea that is especially desired to be
conveyed is that the profits deriVable from
poultry can be greatly augmented through
TIE adoption Of proper methods. These do
not relate merely to selection and breeding
Of stock. although that counts for a good
poultry and, beyond this, attention must
be directed to the important problem Of
tarTn IS an Industry conducted, so to speak,
by rule Of thumb Rarely are brains used
In developing It, Hence Ii is not nearly
20 profitable as If ought to be-
The demand for good chickens never
fails and the market price Of this kind
Of merchandise is higher than It ever was
before The demand for really fresh eggs
always exceeds the supply If foI1oVys
then, that there is money in the business /
TOT anybody who VIII use intelligence. ANY Z
ihsFueuon required may be had for the !