Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-15
NOXUBEE FARM NOTES
A Rsecs Pig Club

." 3NOAuOSS COuuby W IGHdue the Cluk
the "Peace Pig Club" To all intents
and purposes this is the same as ir
other counties. The object is to teach
the value of finishing hogs for the mar
ket. Our pig clubs in the South have
resulted in bringing in large numbers
of pure bred stock. Now, it is pork
we want.
The Plan
Any member is required to provide
himself with one or more pigs, barrows
preferred. weighing about fifty pounds,
and feed it for the market. These pigs,
corn fed and finished. will be marketed
in cooperative shipment in April or
May. From time to time we will fur
nish written instructions as to the feed
and handling of your pigs. Any boy or
girl may become member. The entire
net proceeds of sale is yours. The mark
ct specialist tell US the market for
tnese pigs will be at its best at this
time.
Sssistrotion P1esss
agree to secure pigs weighing
about fifty pounds feed as directed by
the county agent, and put in co-opera-
tive shipment as directed in April or
May. l am to receive a check Tor the
entire net proceeds of the sale. I will
do my work faithfully.
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Age School
(Cut this out and mail to copnty agent)
Twor or three hundred boys and girls
have signlfied their intention to 60 into
the Peace Pig club, We are also list.
ing pigs held by farmer that can't be
cared for this winter who will dispose
of them reasonably.
Brooksville'a School Pig
The Junior Red Cross at Brooksville
is feeding pig from the school dinner
scraps. The different rooms have turn
about in the pigs care. Mr.. J. l.. Car
penter furnished the pig to the school.
Mr.. A. s. Stubblefeld, principal. re-
ports the raising of a pig last year
which made gains of about one and one
half pounds per day with food stuff
that otherwise would have been wasted.
A sack of phorts was purchased for
Saturday and Sunday feeding.
Potato Shipment Tussdcy
We plan shipping car Of sweet po-
totoes Tuesday from Macon. See us If
you have yellow potatoes that you can't
find local market for. A price of 81
per bushel could have been secured
some time ago. but nobody could dig
then. The market is paying some less
now. However, it would be best to
take rs cents now than $1.75 in the
spring, unless special hodses are to be
used to keep the potatoes. We are
told by South Mississippi growers that
when water stands on potatoes as it has
this fall, that they are hard to keep.
Return Sacks
We loaned a number of new graiu
sacks to farmers who were getting seed
this fall. Please return them as soon
as convenient.
Still More Food
Though peace seems certain we are
assured food will still be scarce next
year as this. Even though a good part
of the European fields are put to culti-
sation next spring they will require
wheat and meat we are growing .as
never before. 1t will be year before
wheat can be sown in Europe. There
is little doubt the revolutions in Aus
tria, Hungary and Germany came in
part from hunger, and knowing the AL
lied nations had food they have thus
shortened the war. Do we not owe
them food? They have declared for
a democratic government and over
thrown their ruling tyrants.
c. A. HUGHES,