The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-04-01
HOGS HONORED
LAST SATURDAY
II LOCAL BOYS GET YOUNG SOwS
Union StOckyardS Co. Furnishes Animals
Moving Pictures Taken of Scenes
for Publicity Work

Citizens of the Apple Valley honored
the genus swine here Saturday morn
ing, when II pure bred sows were dis
tributed among the school children Of
the county. The proud new owners of
the swine we're on the scene to receive
their sows in automobiles, two horse
wagons and spriugwagons, and the
father of one prospective hog raiser
appeared with crate borne on his
back.
The sows were taken from the car at
the O.-W. r. & N. freight station. A
representative of pathe Weekly was
stationed near the car, and as each pig
was delivered to its new owner. the
happy smiles of the boy and the kicks
OF the struggling pig were registered.
These pictures will be shown at the
Oregon building at the PIP. |. Z. in
San Francisco and will later be sent on
the regular Pathe circuit over the en-
tire country. Camera pictures for
slides to be used at the exposition were
also taken.
As soon as the sows we're delivered
the wagons and other vehicles in which
they were loaded proceeded to Oak
street, where a parade was formed.
With the instrument stationed at the
Franz store corner moving pictures
were made of the parade.
o. M. Plummer, of the Portland Un-
ion Stockyards, which is making the
distribution Of sows in Oregon. Wash.
ington and Idaho to school children, and
DR.. j. G. Beattie and J. W. Creath, .of
the North Portland Serum Co., were
present.
The stockyards company furnishes
the hogs on credit of 10 months to all
school children making application for
them and who agree to rear them ac-
cording to prescribed Instructions and
to make reports Of their efforts. The
sows have been selected from pure
bred stock and bred to prize winning
boars. They are good healthy animals
and have been inoculated with cholera
serum. As soon as the little pigs arrive
the new owners are instructed TO keep
a record of the cost of feeding them
and their mother. An interest charge
of six per cent is made on the deferred
payments. In fact, the dealings with
the boys and girls who apply for the
sows are placed on strictly business
basis. The plan will not only make
successful swine raisers of them, but
will inculcate in them business princi-
pies.
At the end of the season the boys
and girls will be permitted to compete
In the annual hog contests to be held In
the different states. The records will
be compared, and those that show the
best results will be given valuable
prizes, among which are scholarships
at the State University.
The following boys received pigs Sat-
urday: Archie b. Cages. a Berkshire:
Victor Thomas. a Duroc Jersey; For
rest Carter, Stuart P. Bowman. How
ard Hollenbeck, Louis Eade. Hal. 4.
Gano. Victor Forsburg, Reuben Wells,
John L. Schetky, Charles Pealer.
Thomas F. Mason. all Poland Chinas:
Claire Bickford, Berkshire; Roger
Blackman, Berkshire; Thomas Scott,
Duroc Jersey; Claude Gordon, of Wy
eth, Poland China, and Howard Flint,
of Dee, Poland China.
"You want to wait few years."
said Mr.. plummer, as he watched the
boys drive happily away to the country
with their new property, ''and see
those boys coming in to market with
their hogs"
The interest taken by the boys will.
indeed, give an impetus to diversified
farming, which has taken strong hold
of the Hood River orchardists.
The youngest boy to receive pig
was Howard Hollenbeck, who is II
years old. Charles Pealer will be Is
years old in June.