Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-11
LIVE STOCK MEN
MEET At WILSON
HOG AS A BIG FACTOR IN FEED
ING THE WORLD IS KEY.
NOTE OF SESSION.
A FINE EXHIBIT OF CATTLE
Dairy Products PromInent-G. A. tIoL
derness Elected President-Reso.
iutions Adopted.

estimated at between 700 and 1,OOI
souls, with complete exhibit OF dair,
products. meat and show cattle, tn,
sixth annual meeting OF the Nortf
Carolina Live Stock, Dairy and Porl
try Associations opened with an ad
dress of welcome from Mr. R. w
Freeman, district agent of the Agri
cultural Extension Service. The
weather was very cold, with snow
lying around in all protected places
but despite this fact Mr.. Dan T. Gray
chief of the Animal Industry Division
goes on record as feeling unusually
good about the success OF this meeting
because Of the large first days attend.
ance.
The first was swine day, featured by
addresses by Mr.. W. w. Shay, of Cru,
30; Mr. F. p. Latham OF Belhaven
Mr.. A. NJ. Swinnerton, Pinehurst. and
sale of So pure.bred hogs. AT the
beginning of the meeting Mr.. r. w.
Scott OF Haw River. member of the
State Board OF Agriculture, responded
TO Mr. Freeman's address OF welcome
after which he took charge OF the
meeting. The whole morning was de.
voted to the addresses, in which the
predominant note was the use of swine
as means Of quick efficient pork
production to decrease the present
shortage OF meat existing over the en-.
tire world. Mr.. Shay's address, "A
Hog as a Factor in Feeding the
World" was practically on this ono
subject.
Holderness Elected.
Before the sale OF pure.bred swine in
the afternoon, the Swine Breeders As.
ISOLATION elected at their business SEES.
sion Mr. G. A. Holderness. of Edge.
combe county, president Mr.. w. w.
Shay, OF Haywood county, vice.presi.
dent. and Mr.. Dan T. Gray, Of the Ex.
pertinent Station. secretary.treasurer
Fifty-two pure.bred hogs were dispos.
ed OF "a the sale at prices far above
the average Twenty-six OF these came
from the famous Berkshire herd of the
Pinehurst farms and &c were donated
to the association by different mem.
bers for its support, and their sale
netted a total of $3.50, which will go TO
the support OF the Swine Breeders As.
ISOLATION.
approximately twenty head OF pure
bred beef cattle consigned by the state
breeders were on hand for the sale
Wednesday, January 2, and In addition
% this forty head Of Aberdeen.Ang
.wenty head OF Herefords and twenty
Inc Shorthorns were also sold The
exhibits are already In place in the
Watson and Center Brick Warehouses
md are proving to be one OF the most
interesting phases of the meeting. The
Exhibit OF cheese from tn. mountains
" Western North Carolina Is OF un.
Usual attraction and is one Of the
most complete exhibits OF its kind that
las been made south Of the Mason
nd Dixon line.
Wednesday Was Cattle Day.
Wednesday was Beef Cattle Day
With many beef cattle men from over
he entire State present. Addresses
'ere made by Mr. F. T. Pettus, presi.
ent of the wilson Rotary Club; Mr..
leo. A. Holderness, of Tarboro; Mr..
!. B. Miller, of Salisbury; Mr.. R. w.
colt, Of Haw River, and Mr.. Wayne |
'insmore, OF Chicago. Ill. No less in.
sresting than these were the talks by {
arious members OF the Experiment
tation staff. /
The night meeting was featured by {
fdresses by DR.. Clarence Poe, edi. {
'r of the Progressive Farmer, Raj. |
gh, ~ c., and by Mr.. II. H. Page, v
tate Food Commissioner, OF Raleigh I
hese were OF as much interest to n
lie town people as to the visiting
rmers. s
Before adjourning the business SEES.
on In the afternoon, the members O, 4
e Swine Breeders Association adopt.
resolution calling for an appoint.
ent OF committee from its mem.
'rship to take up with the packers a
e matter of what constitutes a soft
'died or hard bodied hog on the e
arket SO that the farmer may know Il
hat to expect in this matter. This
as due to the fact that buyers dis. p
inmate against hogs which come s,
ON sections producing soft bodied C,
gs, regardless of the fact that many D
rmers are now hardening the bodies If
their hogs before selling. Al