Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17

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'.t w $50 .'7"'
49, '' ''' 1872 WIG. ~ ''"'.
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'''' -'''. I-.- Corn was l..."..G
d. COSY .I 7' t..-- p.' '"--.-
Inc '"'' c-i3 "Afa.m.1' WAS 1900,
| or "aom ga have mad" written ,a'
port or their work. OF This NUM-
/ Der ll5 planted rhcir acre plots %
/ winter cover crops, and 20I selected
/ their planting seed in the uc'd.
There We're SOB r.u-car exhibits Z
/ boys corn 9D display ~ Nh. Louisiana
/ Stale Fair and probably a- man. moro
/ AZ the various parish fairs. cash
yrizas. farlG.rc impleT.rr- and 7. :
/ Z. short course Scholarships Wa
awarded the members who made The
/ best exhibits.
PIC Clubs.
Louisiana pig club BOYS raised ..
/ 224 pigs in 1916. Tie average weight
% these picS at the time The b'ys
/ began keeping their records was L.
/ pounds indicating that most of '.,
/ club members starred the years wors
with young p,gs. The a.ersr, Ne,..t
n; the time the reports were made
was 205 pounds. Tie average GjUu
value OF me pigs VAS $3.50 and The
average presen, value $2l.20, accord,
ing 10 the boys estimates.
THE total FINAL weigh, II these p.ls
Is i55,92o pounds, which. valued at
eight cents pound live weight, would
make the pigs raised by the boys tins
, year worth, as pork, S%6.i73CO. The
actoal value OF the pigs Is consider
: aoiy ABOVE inns d. 81 per cent OF '"rHl
t were pure ored ana many we're gr79
j Mi.'Ne's d. paIlSA Ialts ana t3e state
e a. "-'c' gave uefh an enhanced
s '"lue dc DieeOlHs STOCK
g mere were SOz pigs exhibited az
>. parish ana community airs and 26O
: dI lhe state Falr' The railway COM
y. panleS hauled Is car loads OF boys
, pigs to and from the State Fair at
shreveport free OF charge.
Canning Clubs.
Nineteen parishes in Louisiana end
ployed women agents in canning club
WORK III 1870 fourteen Of these
agents were appointed for twelve
niohIhS ana hVe Tor only the canning
season. mere were l,l3O girls en-
ioi,eu ... III i me cluos'
d roIl hundred .lIl.rl ana toriy-nine club
ei'ioelS reported Z64,o0b pounds q
an, 49,, -'.,9eu' of'0o4 containers
80 anu al average proht OF Sl3.1S
80 ..lV o''o Vi canned goods. This
- 49,, -,'. ~ I''o account the largo
$50, ,',oi'' - -" canned tomatoes con-
- t,1 - i'ol '"s o'nleu goods placed
ava ti,;m ,.o'l,s poLl,i rs FouF hundred
80 49,, g.. 'N siI' II-"ue caps ana ap'
,,.Liot, - U'uio"S .ralohs,
rxbn,;,a Pc rt 49,, - ',.e iequiIed WORK.
roadn -, ,hg ~, s'''s "oiT were
and -, ,ho 'C ga pa, -, ~, anu "'ra tairs'
~ tLn shor, -. on oC'ioI"rSHlpS
cto,n r.nironni,,. - -, '''. iN'uis'"I'
Girl, ubo dfd 80 t..3 o""'"'u 10
no,a.h ard =. - WIN IL edcH
nri,os go ai..'. cases money
O.. ou's'y Ciuns'
.,ni. =. ' T'i,s.4. anu 'orIy Doys ana
So - ioOi7' an" enrolled 10 tho
,,,,.s 80 ~ iyi'' anu nearly one
,'-'' - I.'i 'e' 'uo-"i'led WRIT
=, POI ,-l - " '' ~, "oIN a. me close
- -. go 'lao'. ms - considered
' 80 ,foo' u '0' '''e H'S' year OF or
e'' ~
At. ',' pa nc were represented IN
"o ro,,-'i' III .LDr,SnIp' me boys
=, - ,,'t.'t w .u'I 'h'o 10 CUBS,
:? ~ ~" '''',' ~ III t"e agricultural
Is , ,..''.7' Nv I''n''hiHs CLUBS
w., - 49,. .''u ~ nome d'honStia'
~" pans" demonstration