The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-29
Show Held Wednesday at Nc
Dow Farm Was Most
Successful.
ENTRIES WREE NUMEROUS
Class of Hogs Entered By
Adults Also Elected Much
Attention and Show Up Well
For Farmers.

The Lancaster county pig show
was held Wednesday at the Mellow
farm, two miles from the city, and
was very successful. In the bows
and girls class there were "a ami
mails exhibited out of the 60 pure
bred pigs in the county, many men,
bers of the clubs being kept away on
account of sickness. The pigs shown
were of unusually high-class and
County Agent Graeber says that in
the five pig shows with which he has
had experience he has not seen bet
ter entries.
The judges were w. c. Parson J.
state pig club agent, of Bishopville,
and A. A. McKeown, district de-
monstration agent, of Rock Hi.
They were assisted in the Berkshire
and Duroc classes by F. w Harris,
of Newell, n. C.
OF the different classes exhibited
there were nine Poland Chinas,
ranging in weight from 200 to 37S;
IL Durocs, ranging from 1872 to 43O,
and 13 Berkshires. ranging from
164 to 29O.
The winners of prizes were as fol-
| lows:
For best Duroc-Jersey SOW under
II months old, exhibited by club
member, first prize, pure-bred
Duroc-Jersey boar pig, J. w. Cum
ningham, Jr., Kershaw, r. F. d. 2;
! second. $40 Wesley knight. Eancas
ter. r. F.. d. l third, $3.50, CRAY
) ford Crenshaw, Van Wyck, r. F.. D
l; fourth, 5, Connie Robinson. Lam
caster. r. F. D. /; fifth, $3.50,
Saulie Graham, Lancaster, r. F. d.
5.
For the best Berkshire SOW under
IL months old. first prize. a pure
bred Berkshire boar pig. Clyde Rob.
second, $1,000, Curtis Stee'e Ian.
caster. r. F. d. 5; third, $3.50. Rob.
ert Lee Hunter, Lancaster, r. f. D.
2: fourth. $500, David Clyburn
Lancaster. r. F. d. 2; fifth. $3.50
Alvis Plyler, Lancaster, r. f. d. s
For the best Poland-China SOW
under II months old, first prize, q
| pure-bred Poland China boar pig
Lillian Roberts, Lancaster, r. r. y
5; second, $1,000. T. F. Culp. Jr.
Lancaster. r. F. ID. 4: third. $3.50
Otto Adams, Lancaster. r. F. ID. g;
fourth, $500. Frank Gardner. Ker.
shaw, r. F.. D. 5: fifth $3.50, Ruby
Hinson, Kershaw, r. F. d. 5.
The Adult Glass.
In the adult class there were Is
entries by the following farmers: ]
F.. Craig. Latham Robinson, ]. C. FL
| lott, w p. McGuirt, b. r. Plylor
X. NJ. Yoder, JOS w. Knight la
KNIGHT, r. A. Rlackmon. r. d. Bal
ley, John ID. Wylie
Prizes were awarded as follows:
For best registered Berkshire SOW,
any age, first prize, 1-2 ton fertilizer
| Ira knight. Kershaw, r. F.. d. o;
second, Is ton fertilizer. X. 4
| Blackmon, Heath Springs, r. F.. ID. I.
For the best registered POLAND
China SOW, any age, first prize Il
ton fertilizer. w. =. McGuirt Va
| Wyck. r. F. ID. l; second Is ton
fertilizer, B. II. Plyler, Lancaster
r. F.. d. s.
For the best registered Poland
China boar, any age. first prize. one
nure-bred Poland China gilt, Joseph
W. knight, Lancaster
For the best registered Duroc-
I"rs"v SOW any age first prize, .
ton fertilizer. j f.. Craig. Lancas-
ter, r.. f. d, l; second Is ton for-
ti'i2or, Latham Robinson. Lanc~s
ter, r. f. ID l.
For best SOW. any age. any breed
registered, u ton fertilizer, W. p
McGuirt. Van Wyck. r. f.. u. 1.
HADN'T HEARD OF WAR.