El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-16

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dos at Fort Lee. y. J.. and Of the
stationary kind that obviates sea
sickness Her unique ideas OF con-
struction conflict with the stereo-
typed, commonplace ideas OF the ma
showed the people what might be done in
improving the breeds OF the hogs and in
crossing the meat and money supply. Some
I OF the work Is now done In connection with
the schools. and il is gradually spreading
TO such an extent that IL will form a big
item in the pork OF the future
This pig club WORK is divided into two
sections-that OF fattening hog for home
co sumption or the market. and that OF
raising a litter Of pigs. Each boy may
take the branch he likes best. but in
most cases. st IS a combination OF the two
Financed by the Parents. -
The pig clubs are financed by the par
snts Of the children. or, II the boy has
no money. he Is shown how he can get
work enough 10 earn his stock, the
money Is loaned from the pib club funds
OF the banks through the agent In the
latter case the boy signs a note for the
money and agrees TO submit report OF his
years work to the party lending 1t and
20 the agent He is put on his honor and
so far almost nothing hiss been lost The
pigs mast BE- fed and cared for according
20 the rules set down by the agents, and
the best stock only is used.
10000 in Pig Clubs
In 1915 there were more than 10 900
tnAllEEu N the fA4H1s ana OF these
more than 5000 were in louisiana, Ala
ba-la and Georgia, Where the work was
first started Many OF the states are now
offering prizes at the fairs FOR the best
pigs raised by these clubs. and q Is not
unc 1mmon to see the prize given 10 a
girl Alice Mccoy got the prize at the
Louisiana state fair in 1914, and Rachael
Spsas won the prize at three state fairs
a Tamworth and II distsnced all corners
he most Of the pig club members are
boys Everywhere they are beating their
Ia-lers- ana some OF them are making e1-
trs0~dinary records. In 1915 the average
valus ton Of hog in louisiana vas $40,
but the pigs OF the boys clubs were worth
on the average S22-25 and similar proper
ti1l existed in Alabama and Georgia Two
hundred and five pigs were exhibited by
N sluhers Of the clubs at the Louisiana
stlte fair and John Robert Reid won s12e
in rizes and was offered $500 for one
Of mis- soWs and its litter He refused this
but sold four Of the little pigs for S2so.
aui he estimated his net profit that year
at Ss47-
Midland. Texas. Boy Gets Five Ribbons.
Little Jack Starr OF Midland. Tex,
borght a pure bred runt ten weeks old.
which weighed % pounds. and then asked
TO join the pig club He Is only six years
Old, and vas kept out on account Of his
az Nevertheless. ne fed the runt ac
co-Iing to directions and at the next coun-
t. fair IL weighed $50 pounds. II was then
II months old Jack entered the pig in
some OF the classes outside the clubs and
got five blue ribbons and SIS in cash
The demonstration agents have given
ne many such stories. but these viii do
for the pigs They also tell stories Of the
baby becveS which the Texas boys are
now raising. and OF the baby beef clubs
The whole gives a promise Of a larger
and better meat supply than ever before
Forming Poultry Clubs
And now as 10 chickens and eggs The
bureau OF animal industry Of the depart
ment Of agriculture has aided in forming
nd frnrr
the south. and they are raising great num-
bers OF pure bred fowls and marketing
quantities Of eggs Their product is far
above that Of the grownups OF the neigh
boriood who keep poultry. and their fowls
axe larger and fatter when ready for sale.
FS1 information regarding poultry raising
can e gotten from the department Of
agriculture in Washington. and there II
no reason why tens Of thousands OF boys
and girls in every state should notsadd to
our food supply in this way There are
many Of these poultry clubs here in Texas.
In Dallas they have nine egg circles
which have marketed $4,000 eggs in the
past few months In Oklahoma IS girls
who have made reports as TO their poultry
iell hens in their flocks- They raised llan
chickens last year and produced more than I
$4,000 dozen eggs Each girl made
profit OF more than S25-
In Mississippi seven counties have coop I
erative egg selling, associations. and each /
member has on the average - chickens I
One girl raised chickens worth Sss and I.
another sold 10 dozen eggs. Virginia has /
SO members enrolled in the poultry ciun i
work one Of them has cleared SI65 from 4
50 hens
$4,000 Girls in Canning Clubs.
The best results shown by the girls have
come from the canning clubs. Nearly So 4
600 girls were enrolled in them in 1915, 1
al1 they raised and put up more thar 4
100000 pounds Of tomatoes and over
3. 900. 600 cans Of vegetables and fruits
TIE "a of rraar her each
only one tenth OF acre. but the aver
age profit from these small patches was
Over 81. or more than $3.50 per acre
These girls were scattered Throughout
the Is southern states and as I have said.
there were more than 5000 Of them 10
Texas one OF the latter put up 1889 cans
OF tomatoes and peaches and zoe glass
jas OF berries and other products She
made a profit therefrom Of s2f.
Texas Girls Record
Willie H1worth. another Texas girl OF
Of ctnned goods al the state fair al
Dallas She rented her tenth of an acre
from her father for 81. rental equal 20
$40 per acre. and paid o boy ~ the neigh
horhood 81 90 10 pillow IL "a inches deep
she planted her seed in r hot bed in Feb
ruary and set out the plants on che -sth
Of March She had her first ripe toma-
toes June O. and from then on they kept
coming until she had 1855 pounds In all
Shs put up from them more than thou
7aEd cans of tomatoes and in addition:
rom her fathers orchaFu- "th cans OF
peaches. In her canning exhibit al the
fair she had also IS quarts of berries. @e
quarts ~ cucumber pickle. six quarts Of
acets. sis quarts OF plums. efght quarts
= peach pickles. one quart % onions: also
peppers. grape JUICE tomato catsup ana ,
,-her thtnr~ This was the work 81 one I
,hud. THINK what thousa nd> Of such chill
Iren could DO IN supplying vegetable.
sauces =nd dainty tidbits for our troops .
u the field Willie HaWor-h sold her en-
lire stock al Eood prices and her net
profits were several hundred dolla-s.
Full directions for growing tomatoes
md other vegetables on these one tenth
lcre farms may be gotten from the depart
neut Of agriculture At Washington or .
rom the farm demonstrators who are i
working throughout the southern states