Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-12-22
The First National Bank of
BarbOurville Made Famous
BY Its Boys Pig Club


Gifts and distributed these bred gifts free to ten farmer boys
Knox county and thereby formed the first Boys Endless Pig
Chain Club in the United States These gifts had already been
bred and the Bank receive choice of pigs of each litter
These pigs given other farmer boys and the club
creased to thirty members These twenty gifts found pigs
and the Bank receives forty pigs which being distributed
among the farmer boys of Knox county and thereby increasing the
membership of the club seventy When these last forty gifts
find the Bank will receive eighty from these forty gifts and
the membership of the club will by increased to $50 and will
forward at this rate of increase doubling time until
boy Knox will opportunity
of these pure bred hogs
This idea attention throughout the
The leading agricultural journals of the bankers
ca swine breeders associations business men and
have taken adopted the plan and commented widely
W. Po"l %eres in the christmas nunbr Of the iDeicLn
Farmer an agricultural published at Chicago Ill., devoes
three four that journal wreup the First National
Banks Pure Bred Endless Chain Pig Club giving photographs of
the bank the first ten bred gifts bought by the bank also
pictures Of Mr. T. Faukners members of the banks
club and two Of their pigs which the highest prizes at the
Knox County Fair and the Kentucky State Fair The following
part of Mr. Stevens article in the ieyico Farmer D 1910
OF the of Eastern Kentucky idea which
to be of the most factors the suppanng of
the scrub pig with bred swine the farms of that state
the idea of the Endless chain applied boys pig club work Pure
bred gifts supplied free to the club boys the First Nation
Bank Of Barboure These bred gifts being bred
bred males The bank receive pigs from each litter and
these turn by the bank free other boys and the club
this by leaps and bounds The pig club boys
whom unable purchase bred stock always keen
accept these fine from the bank realizing the great adan
bred pigs will afford their efforts win county champ
prizes the Kentucky State Fair with railroad fare
personal paid free transportation for the prize pigs
free entry fees and exhibit pens
Master Elmer Faulkner son of T. F. Faulkner merchant
of Barboure and member of the First National Bank boys pig
club the highest prize the Kentucky Septe
Der 1916 for the best month old Kentucky Eighty
other pigs in competition against his Another of the
banks club boys the highest prize for the best six month
old boar Kentucky the State Fair Some the boys
club have already realized several hundred dollars from the gifts
given them by the bank The live stock shows
value SO SO head The stock pig boys
had value of about 90 head and the
mals estimated to be worth hundred dollars
To NJ Robson president and Robert w. Cole cashier the
First National Bank of Baboure Knox county, Kentucky and
VIM Tye county agricultural the county are due the
credit for applying the endless chain idea the problem of intro
ducng purebred swine Mess Robson and prchas
ed bred Duroc gifts spring 1915 they were the
first bred pigs to be introduced the county, which indicated
that was virgin field for such work. The gifts distributed
pig club boys and have since brought fame Knox county
From this inception the has spread rapidly and its pre-
sent acceeraon almost compoundng
1t has been adopted by clubs swine breeders asso
cations bankers and other business been given the
hearty cooperation of thousands of More than $50
worth of pure bred pigs distributed in this way last srn
by Kentucky bankers partial list of organizations nstt
tons Kentucky have followed the lead the First National Bank
of Barbourv Includes Business Mems Association London Far
National Bank Princeton Commercial Club Louisville Ken
lucky Bank and Trust Company Madsonve Business Mems
ISOLATION Hopkusve Lewsburg Bank Lewsburg Swine breed
Association Henderson; Farmers National Bank Cynthani
First National Bank Manchester State National Bank Frank
Farmers Bank Independence Cadz Bank Cad Jackson County
Bank McKee, Owsey County Deposit Bank many others
The impetus given by the endless chain movement has had
tremendous effect pig club work Kentucky Mr. Otis Ker
the animal industry for the State Kentucky and
who charge of the work anticipates that boys pig clubs will
be organized at least eighty of the 20 counties
spring This started by the First National Bank of
Knox county has spread rapidly throughout the United States
The above is part of the few articles appearing the lead
ing farm journals business and bank periodicals the United
States concerning the boys pig club started Knox county The
OF the First National Bank and Mr. VIM Te the
county agricultural agent should be congratulated by farmers
and business Of the county and the farmers should
this work. This bank organized girls poultry club and has ar