The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-22
South Has Best Blood.

Some Of the finest OF the pure
BREEDS are resident in the South. Two
Of the three national grand Champion
Duroo bears are serving In Southern
herds, and II money would buy him
the third one would also come south
q the line Orion Cherry King, Jr,,
the first Grand champion at the Ma
tional swine show, is owned by Pea
cock & Hodge at Cochran, ca. THE
Second, Ioe's Orion King, commonly
Known as Scissors" is owned by 4. G
James, Of Pine Crest farm, near
Charleston, Miss. The third grand
ehsmpion, Great. Orion, Is owned By
Edward Kern, stanton. Neb. =
Pork production has Increased at least
2b0 per cent In the South In the last
five years Mr.. Hooks states, This he
attributes largely 70 the spread and
success OF cooperative marketing. This
has given farmers a gooa market fol
hogs, VINO before never thought Of max.
ing money on them. and has naturally
made, the production grow BY leaps and
bounds.
wye have made equally fine advances
\ Thoroughbred breeding stock. Bul
the pure-bred liz not the only thing n
hog raising, = said Mr.. Hooks, THE I'll.
innate end and aim Of pork production
g quantity for the packing house. Ano
the South can excel In this as well a,
in the production OF pure-breds,"
Mr.. Hooks, who is on the staff of In,
Progressive Farmer, Is one OF the lead.
ing Southern authorities on things porky
Madison county, Tenn. has one 3,
the largest pig club exhibits. judo
Brooks, the county agent of that eoun,
ty, brought 80 champion Duroc, POLAND
China and Hampshire pigs from tn,
Jackson fair,
Mr.. Hardy declares that the presenr
pig club exhibit Is the best the Tri,
L HA. 4 d. FAl. 49,. aa,an tal - - - =.
part toward getting the National Swine
Tri-state breeders are making a re
markable showing In the exposition
Among those entering swine are:
Duroc J~erseys-Pine Crest farm, w
G. James. Charleston, Miss. puntreatl
farm, J. B. Goodhar, Forest Hin, Tenn,
H. G. Hobson, Houlka, Miss; johnson
Mercantile compa W, Eden, Miss. Les
pedeza farms, Mr., II. y, Duryea, Kick
DRY Valley, Tenn; Hayhaven farms
tpIo, Miss; j. Il, Elan, Whitehaven
Tenn; j A., Martin, Jr., Agriculture
College, Miss; Eastern Arkansas Dem
onstration farm Blackton. Ark; c. I
Nicely & Sons, Jonesboro. Ark; Mrs
Alien Lucus, Gates, Tenn, A, Ramey 4
Bros, Hickory FONT, Tenn. Mario
Saunders, Bonneville, Miss; McCallur
& Robinson, Memphis; Henry Graf
Memphis Englewood Farms. Houston
Miss; Merremeet farm, Dyersbure
Tenn; stanley d. Carpenter, Osceola
Ark, Fly & Denny, Milan. Tenn. Ii
grett Hopper, jackson, Tenn, and Rut
u Ingram, Bells, Tenn,
Poland China--F, M, Norman, Houlkt
Miss. p, T, Ballard, Verona, Miss v
w. Fortner, Vilonla, Ark, "A, s, Pyl,
Jonesboro, Ark. g, r, Jackson, Tupei,
Miss; W, T. &Anderson, Tupelo, Miss
Marks n Davis. Buntyn, Tenn; Jeff /
Hunt, Jackson, Tenn; r., I. HaxtoI
%Greenyile, MISS; Harry Carr, Bon,
Ark, Hartwell Greeson, Prescott, Ark
White Brothers, Norwood. Tenn,
Hampshires Divine farm, Raleigh
Tenn, Gayoso farm, Horn Lake, Miss
Crossett Cattle company, Crossett, Ark
and O. X, Robertson, Memphis,
A number of other breeders, Mort
and South, also have entries In Il
various divisions OF the swine shoN
ASaong these are:
Durocs--M ahan q Neff, Osborne, O
j, w, Campbell, Hopkinsville, Ky, Bal
dad Land and Lumber Co, Munson, Fla
and w, I, Harris, Morganfield, Ky.
Poland China-W al nwright lie
~Brooksville, KY and, W, g. canfie
Hampshlres~Clayto Messenger, Ke,
wick, la; orie Lebus & SON CNnthian
Ky. and Claire Rhode, Pine Valley, In
spotted Poland China~-Adam Al
Rockford, O.,
chester NnlteS-Alnerl Newman, NJ
riett, Mich. Harry T, Crandell, Ca.
CITY, Mich, and Ii. A. Murphy, Hardi
III.
Tamworths-T. G., Scaeer, Bethan
ILL.,, and w, Warren Morton, Russel
vile, Ky
Yorkshlres-Durant McLeroy, Ca
vile, Tenn.
Judging in the swine show viii beg
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, openii
with Duroc Jerseys. $, 10, Morton W
be judge,
Hampshires and Poland Chinas W
be judged Wednesday, beginning at 4
sameI hour, with nr, j, W, Riley a.
L~W Kemp, respectively, Judges.
Chekter Whites, s u. Morton, Juds
viii, be Judged Tuesday,
Berkshires, J, NJ Kemp, judge. W
be judged Wednesday.
Spotted Poland Chinas. Iorkshires a
Tamworths will be Judged Thursday.