The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-02-12
SWINE SALE SUCCESSFUL.
Evan Mccall's Duroc Bring Top
Prices at Baton Rouge Auction.
By H. ]. sEIFERTH in Times-Picayune

Is EriceS al D2CoR NougG ANCHOR
/ By H. j. sEIFERTH in Times-Picayune
The Louisiana Swine Breeders AS
sociation had Saturday to itself in the
State University's farmers short
course, holding an all-day auction sale
of Louisiana bred swine, and the an
nual banquet and meeting at night
with President I. S. West and Prof.
| +. L. Jordan, secretary of the organi-
fzation and organizer of fhe annual
Isale plan, doing the honors.
/ There We're ninety-three swine sent
| to the sale, and but for the limited
number of buyers who came it would
have been a great success, for there
We're several features of immense
value. The henetieiaries were the
buyers, for they got bargains in fine
/ foundation stock. The breeders were
game and did not withdraw a single
Offering, so it was the largest sale
ever held in the south. The average
was reduced by the young boars, for
which there is vet no wide market,
| and the prices reached such low
| level toward the end that George w.
Bolds, of Plaquemine, donated two to
/ the Protestant Orphan Asylum and
| the Associated Charities of Baton
Rouge.
The total proceeds of the sale were
S2521, and the average was S27.To.
The breeders played the patriotic
part, taking the sacrifices with good
grace. and charging the difference be-
tween receipts and costs to their adj
Ivertising accounts. They consider
| that they have distributed their breeds
in a large way, all over the state, and
that the new herds will encourage
others and win honors at the local
fairs, which will increase their busi-
mess in the future.
The consignees We're Evan ]. Nc
| Call, of Evan Hall; George w. Rolds,
| of Plaquemine;S ;S the Utility Stock
Farm, of Mound; w. R. Dodson and
Sons, and Maurice j.. Mayer, of Baton
Rouge, and Dodge & Sundbery, Of
| lNapoleonville. representing the Du-
roc-Jersey breeders; Garig & Jordan,
lof Baton Rouge, and the Robson
Stock Farm, of Shreveport, the
| Berkshire breeders; Putnam & Nor
man, of Kleinpeter, the big-boned
Poland Chinas, and John II. Cocker
ham, Of Natchitoehes. the Hampshire
breeders.
Not only were the Duroc men in
the majority, but they had the big
gest buyers as well, which fact recon
Iciled the breeders of that strain. The
first hog offered was one of McGall's
Defender sows, and she was sold to q.
A.. Godchaux, of Abbeville, for $32.-
$50. The Duroc sale also was topped
.Iby Mccall, because he was generous
enough to offer the magnificent model
defenders, the sow that won first at
the Mississippi state fair, and she
went to S. T. Raymond, of Baton
Rouge, for the top SOW price Of $92.-
$50.
The Berksflires, like the others,
went far too cheaply, ara even the
Iboar, Governor of Louisiana, could
mot attract more than a $14-bid.
The Hampshires went begging, be-
ling new breed in the state, but
Cockerham challenged the other
breeders to contest for the future, an
|nouncing that there would be $4,000
| in Hampshire premiums at the next
state fair, the largest sum offered by
any breed at any southern event.
Oscar Geren brought some of his
finest Poland China stock to the sale,
and earned more distinction than
profit The purchases showed that
Iseveral very important breeders will
take up the industry, notably Geo.
w. Garig, president Of the Baton
Rouge fair. Mr.. Garig paid the top
price Of the sale, $135, for Louisiana
Defender. the boar second only to
Louisiana Joe, and $142.50 for two Of
| the sows. A yearling boar went to
Thomas N. Samuels, of Irene, for
lS54, and the SOW of Louisiana De-
fender, for s37.50, to Allen Mehle, of
Port Hudson. The Bogue Chitto
stock farm, Of Isabel, paid $72.50 for
| the remaining SOW, and is the first OF
the breed there.
The leading buyers of Durocs were
Charles F.. Buck, of Welsh; Il. 5.
| Burrows, of Lecompte; w Vaughn,
| of Houma; v. M. Knox, C. Fl. schex-
nayder, Floyd w. Spencer and J. r.
| Bailey, Of Baton Rouge; F. A.. God
chaux, of Abbeville, and A. ]. ALI
man, of Opelousas.
| The Utility stock farm il the Max
well & Yerger concern in Madison
parish, and it made an excellent i'm
preston at its maiden sale.
| All interests agreed that the sale
would develop into an annual rally OF
highest Importance. Professors Kerr
Staples and others helped in the sue.
|cess.
| At the meeting Saturday night, tbs
Swine Breeders Association elected
the following officers. Oscar p
IGeren, of New Orleans, president
| Evan J.. Mccall, Of Evan Hall, VIC
| president; DR.. E. L. Jordan, Stat
University, secretary; Maurice Mayer
Baton Rouge, treasurer; DR.. Il. Z
Morgan, Baton Rouge, auditor; A. J
!, Huffman, Mound; George w. Bolds
IPlaauenine, and ]. S. West, Bato
souge, directors.
The next meeting will be at tn
i BoIds farm on the third Thursday i
. April. 1t was decided to perpetual
g the annual short course sales and ad
/. Iothers. A committee was named t
i study the marketing problem. and il
4 Educe ice plants to add curing faoi
E tiles.
t The Louisiana sugar crop OF III
!, fell to the lowest level IN over qua
liter Of century. With the Texas ere