The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-02
Bankers and Breeders Put Up $lOO
n lPrize to Promote Progress
Mxys Of Swine Industry in
Grady County
EVERYBODY BUSY
ON FAIR PLANS
Working Out Special Features for
Women; Show Labor Saving De-
vices; Mrs. Coryell to Encour-
rs tage Winter Gardens

A 800 loving cup eighteen inches
high, with real boar tushes, enormous
in size, Tor handles. is the prize Of.
fered by Chickasha bankers and breed.
ers for the best herd OF hogs at the
Grady county lair, September 20, II,
and 90. A"herd" is board and three
sows, any breed. or mixed breeds, and
any age. Nothing will be barred from
competition for this prize. The cup is
70 20 to the best herd exhibited re-
gardless OF age or blood
The breeder who wins the cup this
year will have his name engraved on
il with the breed OF his hogs. and he
viii keep 1t in his possession until the
fair year from this one. He will
contest for ii again If he chooses, but
It will 60 during the year 10 whoever
has the best herd at the next fair. The
cup becomes the permanent property
OF the man who wins 1t three times,
In succession or otherwise.
The trophy has been in the Owsley
Jewelry store window for several days
where II has been admired by hun
dreds OF passers-by. eve believe the
cup win do much to increase interest
in the paying ciass Of hogs In Grady
county" President Good of the coun-
" Commercial and Farm bureau. who
is himself a farmer and hog breeder.
said this morning.
1T is TO the interest of every breed
er," he said. for there are to be just
as many othei good breeders in the
country as possible With our excel
lent corn and alfalfa land. we should
make Grady county the banner hog
section in Oklahoma. That is what
BANKERS and farmers and professional
breeders are attempting TO do. We
should build up the hog industry to
such a point here that any one in the
state who wished to start herd could
come ftre and within few miles in
spect some OF the best herds of every
breed. Grady county should be the
supply aection for good hogs for the
farms of the southwest.
Meanwhile everyone connected with
the farm bureau is working overtime
on detai.s for the county fair. Miss
Emra Chandler. in charge Of all the
federal work in Oklahoma among the
girls and women. was here yesterday.
she spent the forenoon with Mrs.
CoryelI, Grady counts's woman agent,
going over the detailed plans for cour-
tv fair and tor work among girls and
Women in Grady county
One thing the state supervisor is in
sisting upon is that Mrs. Coryell do
not spend time with club members who
do not do all their work conscientious
ly. "A county agent should not have
more than rs club members under
her" he said. She must not have
more than nine communities under her
supervision. She must concentrate
her work where it is most needed
and where il is profited by most by
girls and women"
Details of exhibiting the products oi
the garden and home were discussed
by the state and the county agent
and definite plans decided upon fol
the housing in tents of the enormous
amount Of exhibits the fair people are
expecting.
One feature is to be room where
some Of the labor saving devices vii
be shown, such as carpet sweepers
improved churns, possibly home made
fireless cookers, etc Then there il
10 be a rest room for women and chill
dren, to be fitted out by Mrs. ] A
Thompson of the Carnegie library
win contain a sample collection o
books on a variety of subjects Just Z
show to the public what opportunitie
in reading matter people are missini
when they fail to take advantage o
the free library accommodations &c
sides il will contain number of mae