Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-03

a great addition to, our food supplies
may be made. He is helping to wiz
the war by providing bullets OF pork
with which to meet the Onrush of the
kaiser's hosts. He is also keeping the
needs of his big brother who has gone
over there in mind. He is a soldier
just as much as the man who wears the
khaki. and he is the main defender or
the second-line trenches.
If you are not a member or Pls
club. If you have not thought about
the great help you may render your
country by being a producer OF pork
look into this matter at once; get II
touch with the boys in your county wht
are already organized; buy pig and
get in line to serve your country. the
uncertainties and the privileges AMI
methods Of procedure which members OF
the Pig club should follow In order TO
make themselves winners are outlined
below. Study these over carefully ana
remember that you can DO your BIT 10
this way to help Uncle Sam as effee-
lively as IL YOU were a fun grown man
What You Mag Win
Pig club prizes amounting to s752.5o
will given at the Macon and Atlanta
fairs this fall to the championship
winners. according to a recent announce
prizes offered for purered hogs raised
and exhibited Pig club membersrrr Is
s1.SS7.5O at Macon and s1,S65 at At
lanta.
There are but four breeds of hogs for
which prizes are offered at Atlanta ana
Macon. for Pig club me.noers. These
are Duroc-Jersey. Poland-China, Berk
shires and Hampshires. There are other
pure breeds Of hogs, but these are the
,Ta,h ,wFvn
are offered Each pig exhibited must
be double treated three weeks before the
fair 1t must be registered and the
papers sent the state Pig club agent
at the fair A record covering not less
than four months. of 1918 must also be
delivered to the Pig cluo agent at the
fair. If you have a Hampshire pig
IL should be recorded during this month
without fail.
records VIII Count
In order to compete for the prizes at
the big fairs in the fall, records or Pls
club members should date from June
10 AT least. as ii is impossible to begin
later and have the continuous record for
four months which the rules require.
All members should get their RECORDS
IN shape now. Keeping an accurate ann
correct record so you can compete TOT
a prize Is lust as necessary as feeding
reqularlv to make your pig grow In
making up the record be sure that you
have carefully written the breed sex.
date vou began feeding vorr pig ana
the value and weight OF the pig at thal
time
Won 10 not need TO put down how
much feed YOU give IL every day, Tor
that will fill up your record book long
before fair time. a good way to do is
70 weigh bag of feed, and put the
weight and what ii is worth down IN
YOUR record. together with the dats.
Won will find the prices in the record
hook at which all feed should be charg-
ed except peanut cake and velvet bean
meal Peanut cake should be charged
at the rate of cents pound and velvet
bean meal at 1-2 cents a pound.
You cannot tell how your pig is gain
ing unless YOU weigh II once month.
If il gains less than % pounds month
II IS not growing as II should. II
should gain a pound a day.
Your mig will not do well il ii is shut
IN in a dry pen and never has any
green feed or exercise. Pigs must havS
both pasture and exercise to grow We'll
With the price of feed so high you
should not waste any of it. One way
to waste feed is to have lice on your
mig. It takes an extra amount of feed
10 SUNNY the blood lice take from
pigs and you cannot sell lice. There is
no market for lice. Pigs do not grow
SO we'll and are more liable to get sick
when infested with lice. Any kind OF
oil painted on a pig, all over. Will Kill
lice. Keen the pig we'll, oiled
Sometimes worms prevent hogs from
gaining. If your pig has cough II
probably has worms. Here is a good
worm medicine that may be made at
small cost:
Mix thoroughly pounds of sal soda,
pounds Of Epson salts, pounds of