The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1917-10-27
NNE PARISH, LoUlsklA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917
Rovs; and G;rls' Club EXHIBITS Make Remark.
able Showing at Club Day Fair Last
Saturday. List OF I nze Winners

building last Saturday, was of
a hle for the number and quaiiy W
the exhibits. The Club FAR "as ,'s
held in lieu of the, Parish FAN 'ne
holding of which was postponed ua
til next wear on account OF W cone
ditions, and the splendid sucees: ~
this effort of the Boys and eli,s
Clubs leaves little room Tor oooo.
az to the interest felt throughout
the parish in agricultural extel slon n.
work and agricultural fairs 1ac'
that argues we'll for the next fai-
ish Fair.
Speaying of the interest SHOWN
by the Club members in their Work
and the creditable showing MADE ny
their exhibits, Mr.. Thos. ]. GriIlln'
Assistant Emergency County Assn >
in charge ffthe Club work IN thls
parish, said:
Because of :. temporary suspen-
sion Of the regular Parish f'alr !.
seemed as though ou: e'u': mempeIs '
would be left out, but the? "sre
very determined, so the Police Jury
and Parish School Board Ganl7 70
their rescue, making it pos;9bles Tor
October goth to become Clup Far
Day. The response with exhibits
was worthy Of being copied by older
people.
..When one would stand at the.
front door of the livestock butLllng
and gaze over the splendid spsc'-
mems of hogs and chickens, pro-
duced by about sixty active Club
members, the question would i'm.
mediately arise as to the possibili-
ties of food production which cbuld
be accomplished by the concerted
action OF four thousand school chill
dren.
IF we expect to continue to pro-
vide meat to our allies as we'll as to
our own people, each man, woman,
and child must put forth every eff
fort to produce more corn. hogs,
poultry, and gardens. Each can ps
raised profitably upon every farm
There can be no chance OF produc-
ing either in excess OF: reer :raments.
sThe boy o. girl bsc, at I, ,is4.~<s
who produces bushel more of corn
or a pound more of meat than has
ever been produced before, and who
aids to conserve it, is wing our
country in patriOtiGnF
sour actual alTslub erhiDits
were almost entirely lacking. The
boys have beautiful oppprtunity
to do some creditable work along
this line The failure .olshis year
should spur our boys to- Greater ac-
tivities for the next year. Corn
Club members are furnished read
ing matter on principles underlying
seed selection, corn planting and
cultivating.
The Pig Club members have
done well during the past year. The
most notable feature is that girls
are becoming interested over the en
tire parish and proving themselves
good managers. They produced two
prize winners at this Fair.
.'The Berkshires shown were
splendid animals, and would show
we'll at Shreveport. One thirteen
month Berkshire boar weighed a
little over four hundred pounds.
'The Dnrocs shown were well
built and finished smoothly.
The interesting feature of this ex-
hlbit was the strong competition
with Hampshire fat meat hogs. A
solid carload will be shown at the
National Live Stock Show in New
Orleans, during next month. Watch
the papers, even Ca,ddo Parish is
nervous.
Our Pig Club members are be-
ing taught many fundamental princi-
pies OF hog raising, breeding, pas
turing, marketing, and rotation OF
crops.
The Poultry Club members put
out a strong exhibit. They have
shown judgement in chicken raising
during this,their first year of &C
tive club Work Several exhibits
would be credit to Terrebonne, il
sent to the State Fair.
This Fair will lead the members
of the club into an appreciation OF
the frequent lectures on poultry
raising, diseases, sanitation and
housing, given from time to time.
Certainly our school children are
going to profit by their home gar,
den work. In this mild climate
something can be eaten from the
garden during every month of the
year. This course is to be followed
by canning and preserving OF al
surplus.
1T thus becomes evident thai
each club member acquires know
Ledge as he carries out his respec
tive project, This Club Fair has
served from an educational stand
point, to give our boys and girls
standards toward which they may
work. Since this Agricultural