The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-05
MAKE MARION FAMOUS
FOR ITS MEAT
IS THE OBJECT Of THE PIG CLUB MOVEMENT JUST
STARTED IN OCALA

Thirty live boys met this morning
at 1880 o'clock at the office of the
Marion County Board of Trade to
start what bids fair to be one of the
most important movements ever start
ed In the county-the pig club work
and the standardization of hogs to
the extent of making the county fa-
nous for one breed. The boys who
will be members of the pig club are
In nearly all cases members of the
corn club. There are about Al mem
bers of the pig club all told, and thir-
ty being present at the meeting made
a fine showing. Short addresses on
the pig club work, and its object,
were made by r. w. Blackjack, coun-
ty demonstration agent; w. M. Gist,
Of Mcintosh; John Edwards, president
Of the Ocala National Bank; z. C.
Chambliss, vice-president of the Mum
roe & Chambliss National Bank; w.
ID. earn, chairman of the board of
@polIy H. Lie
ton, state agent of corn and pig club
work; ard Mrs. J. r. Moorehead,
county girls canning club agent.
At 1890 o'clock the boys were CIV
en- dinner at the Ocala House. At
2 o'clock they left in autoes to see
the acre of corn grown by Randolph
Mathis, on his fathers farm south
east of the city.
Mr.. Blackjack told the boys that
the meeting was called in order that
they might come to know each other,
and to learn about the work to be
undertaken. He explained the method
of keeping a daily record of the corn
club work. The cost of making a
bushel of corn is the important thing,
Mr.. Blackjack said. 1t is more i'm
portant, he pointed out, to make corn
as cheaply as possible, than to make
a large yield. The keeping of cost
records is one of the biggest things in
farming, he told the boys. A farm
er should know whether he is max
ing or losing money. He said that
the corn club work had had bad
start this year, that next year he
hoped to. have the boys meet in JAN
uary or February and begin right.
he made a special appeal for honest
records, and warned against returns
Of corn made by parents or someone
else, saying that more and better
prizes would be offered and won if
honest returns were made.
Mr.. Gist, told the boys something
about how to make corn. He said that
probably all of the boys had their
corn laid by, but he advised them to
plow as long as any green remained.
He warned the boys against pulling
fodder, saying that it would reduce
the yield and, therefore, the profits
He also gave advice with regard to
seed selection, and told the boys never
tC hesitate to ask questions.
Mr.. Edwards explained what the
banks had in view when they agreed
to appropriate $1,000 to provide the
boys with pure bred gifts. He said
that each boy would be provided with
a gilt, which he thought would cost
about S25 apiece, the boys to pay for
the pigs in twelve months time. Mr..
Edwards said that the bankers pro-
posed to cooperate with the boys and
farmers in selling the hogs and meat
they make. He said that a farmer
should be good business man, and
that the idea behind the club was to
teach the boys good business, teach
them how to deal with the banks.
"The banks created the fund.-" said
MIR. Edwards" because we feel that
Marion county is one of the best
in the state for growing
meat Armour & Co. are going to
build packing plant in Jacksonville
that will take care of great deal of
meat, and the day is not far off when
there will be a market for all the
meat this county can produce"
Mr.. Edwards explained the object
of having the boys and the farmers