Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
WHAT OUR BOYS AND GIRLs
ARE DOING WITH PIGS

sponsible for the great development
which has taken place in swine pro-
duction in Georgia in recent years.
What difference does it make SO we
while for the advancement of our
state. There is, as has been so fine
ly said, Room and glory enough
for ALL
therefore not concerned about the
division of the spoils. On the other
hand, he is tremendously interested
in the people understanding and APP
preciating how much OF cont1bu-
ton to the great success achieved
girls who joined the pig clubs, es-
tablished and fostered by the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture.
This work has only been in progress
sands of Georgia boys and girls
have associated themselves with the
movement and through their efforts
demonstrated that the methods ad-
vocated by the. college would result
grade Of hogs at a lower cost than
has heretofore been possible. These
boys and girls were willing to use
serum to keep disease away from
their pet pigs: They we're Tf4,e or willing ing
used and feed them in accordance
with the directions sent out by the
college.
Achievements Made
Notice some Of the achievements
Of these boys and girls as set forth
in a report prepared at the request
Of the editor of these columns by
lege of Agriculture. This is rec
ord of which Georgia has a reason
to be proud and shows that her
young citizens are blazing out
s11a will 11a -
our agricultural industries as they
pertain to live stock on a safe and
firm foundation for the future.
That country boys and girls con-
stitute an unknown quantity is eX-
emplified in a case from. a county
where the farms are small, owing to
the rugged nature of the land. The
daughter Of a poor, small tenant
old for which she gave $3.50, ali
she had. It weighed barely thirty
pounds. A month later, it weighed
ninety-three pounds. A month later
148 pounds. A month later 20
pounds and a month Later 295
sisted chiefly of cornmeal made into
a dough and cooked, kitchen waste,
cooked vegetables, etc. At the close
of the county contest. she disposed
Of it for SIS. She won first pr c1i5e
won the championship which was
$40. She won special premium of
SIS and a registered boar pig do
mated by a local breeder valued at
$25. In all little over one hun.
dred dollars on an investment OF
Some idea of the progress being
made in south Georgia may be gained
from the report of one county that
had the cooperation of county
seat bank. The members of the P. pig
year ESQ head Of registered. cholera
immune, Dufoc-Jersey hogs. On Au-
gust % they sold eighty head at
an auction sale. The amount invest
ed all told amount to $1,000 ana the
sum realized all told reached $500.
Ono Pig Sale
The second pig club sale was held
during the Emanuel county falr IN
October. Members of the clubs sold
fifty-seven head Of surplus: cholera57
Duroc-Jersey hogs to people living
within the borders of the county.
The top was $175 for a bred gilt. The
plan for both sales was to confine
the purchases, if possible, to people,
boys preferred, In the county in
hogs sold outside.
The success of the schools in the
county that raised fifteen pigs and
sold them for 1915 has brought forth
donations Of pure-bred hogs fEom
packing houses and record associS,,
tons until there. are now stat1onep
at twenty-five schools in the county
Il corresponding number OF register
ed Duroc-Jersey pigs.
Undoubtedly, no one thing has CIV
en- the correct measure of the prog
ress and the value Of pig club work
more clearly than the two large fairs
in the state and the exhibits that
have been provided by pig CLUB mem
pride, likewise, of the pig club work
in Georgia to double its enrollnent
each year since it's inception: Inc
number Of finished hogs exhibited
each year at the fairs has kept step
with the enrolment of members. At
first, the exhibits were arranged for
at three fairs, but as the numbers
Increased, one of the fairs was aban-
doned because it could not be han
died. This year, but TWO ia1Gs "ep9 ere
the Influenza epidemic caused the
state fair to be postponed, and when
at last it opened, the attendance was
very scant and but few exhibits were
sent in by club members.
An unusual showing for o. new
county was made this year at both
fairs. This county exhibited. for the
first time and won twenty-five RID
bons at the Southeastern fair in At
lanta; six of them firsts ana an ti ;S
be Bons represented 1872 in cash and
three out Of four silver loving cups
that were offered. The same coun-
ty won thirty-three ribbons in all
at the state fair; $2S6 in cash, two
bred gifts and a silver loving cup.
Grady County Winner
From the second year of pig CLUB
work Grady county, adjoining the
Florida line, has been a consistent
exhibitor and winner. Last year
Grady eoupfy BOY & rear anothe
Grady county boy captured the state
each with a big-boned
Poland-China hog. The club member
ship has never reached stxty-fiVe,
but the performance Of the twenty .y.,
some conception of the quality pro
duced. These hogs won twenty
firsts, nineteen seconds, nineteen
thirds twelve fourths, two fit I,5ts,
at the State fair, the Georgia.
fair and the Southwest fair, three in
all. Seven of these ribbons were
won in the State fair Poland-Ch1na
amounted to ss175O, including the
State championship for the second
It is not often that an eleven-year-
old boy attains the distinction of
state champion so early in life. AS
matter of fact, many college gradu-
ates have labored long and earnestly
to earn such a coveted prize, but
Louis Hughes, of Grady county, won
his cup and ribbons beyond doubt. He
is the son of a small tenant farmer
known as a 'one-horse
farmer" living near the Florida state
line. The county agent selected
pig for him at sale of Poland
Chinas held at valdosta last March.
bidding her in at $3.50. She is worth
$500 today.
Grady county is also the first to
have pig club members start pure
bred hog farms. Six of the members
will start this coming year. Two
of them have their land and hogs
ready ALL of them started with one