Oxford eagle., 1916-06-15
Pig Club Boys Are Making
State. Hog Producing Center

sippi. who has Just completed a
two months trip during which he
visited every county in the state
having a pig club. reports that. As
a result Of the work for the past
year and A half in promoting pig
clubs. MIssisSippi = RAPIDLY be
coming hog producing center
due 10 the effective work being
accomplished By the club boys.
According u Mr. Sanders there
are now nearly BOO members of
these clubs located in a. counties.
and other counties are rapidly
falling IN line. The report show
ing the rapid growth Of this work
: as follows
To make Mississippi a I-ader a. a
hog producing state. A. well A. to
enable the country boys and girls q
the state d Earn money, cultivate a
love for the farm. and educate them
selves for the hfe that they are to live.
the keynote Of pig club work has ever
been pure bred pigs At hrst q
stumbling block was encountered,
bseaGse OF the fact that the very boy
vino needs pig club work most Il mo-t
habl= 20 he unable b meet th- rnAn-
eial OUTLAY Necessary for the purchase
of pure bresi pig This obstacle was
soon overcome, however, when
bankers and business men all over the
state realized the Importance of the
work, not only 70 the boy Dot to the
who'll eounty and state, and in more
than rwenty e1unti-= industrious and
Trustworthy boys, by the signature OF
An unendorsed aote bearing q nominal
rat- Il interest, have been able 10
borrow money with xhieh TO purrhAs~
pigs. The boys have not been slow TO
take advantage % this liberal Orer.
The J&ckson Bard Of Trade, nj
Jackson. Mis-, led IN the movement
By furnishing financial assistance to
the erst pig club in the state. At a
meeting OF this body last fau $1,000
wz= pl=siged t0 the support OF Hinds
county BOYS and giri-- shortly after
wards the BAnkers' Association OF
CovingtDu county furnished ananei2I
backing 70 lsrge number of boys and
girls Of that county. Holmes county
followed. when the Bank Of lexington
called for 100 pig club members, and
of-r~d financial backing The senti-
mens has gr0wu 10 such an extent
that since the beginning of the present
year practically one third Of the
eounrisS Of the state have enlisted IN
tAe movement
During th= past TWO months clubs
hAve been organized and piz- delivered
n anmher of eo0nties- On April
Ist An agricultural club day was held
IN Grenada, Mis-, with An attendance
q mor~ tkAn a hundred ooy= and
girls, and a pig club Of 50 members
wAs organized under the loint I-ader
ship u County AEent J. P Fisher and
Superintendent u. Mckiob-u- This
club VIII breed only Duroe-Jersey
Pig
Ou the following MOusiAy 50 bred
gilts. Of the DurOc-J Jersey breed were
delivered 70 the members 0f the Pom
tos0e county club The youngsters Of
this club were under the leadership Of
Agent G. NJ. Holland, and were
financed By Mr. ". A. Booae, Of the
Poutorae Bank
Lee county Organized soan after.
Agent J. z Rar and Superintendent
T. VI. Milan secured a total member
-=s4zs f15 00ys ana gfrts- and
aboGt 50 q these we're furn1sh-d
means for the purehAs- of pure br-si
Poland China pigs
Winston eoanty has a club of y
boys. Agent V. v Eason and sup
erintsndeut Neal Pri-ock organixe,i
the club and viii direct th- work,
with th= Bank OF Louisville furnishing
the money.
On May 1st, ~ Duroc- Jersey pig
were delivered 10 the Tppah eo1nty
member Agent ". l. Mcbride
wanted better class q pEzs than
were then available IN th@ state and
purchased pigs from one of the largest
breeders In the soGth living in Louis
lana The Bank Of Ripley furnished
the necessary money.
chickasaw county has = club Of 81
members, 50 Of whom are raising pure
bred Poland China pigs Of the big
ooued type Agent R. :. Mitchell,
together with the banks Of woodland
and Houston, has created 4 great deal
Of interest IN this type Of hog. The
greater part Of the pigs purchased for
eiub members were obtained from q
Missouri breeder pioneer in the
Poland China hog business
Twenty-two Berkshire pigs were
delivered 20 members of the Tate
county pig club on May Il, and the
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