Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-28
SToNEWALL SHIRLEY, OF SUMTER.

Sumter county is justly proud of Stonewall
Shirley, who, although only Is years of age, has
:slzf3denly become of the first citizens of Geor-
.Esa, having produced, pig club boy, a family
eot Duroc Jersey hogs that have just carried off an
aaxnnful OF blue ribbons at the state fair to say
2Rathing of the $1,000 tractor and farming outfit
awarded him the grand prize over every other
e-elA1b exhibit
Sumter county is proud of Stonewall; Plains,
near which town he has been reared, is proud of
hlsn, and the Third District Agricultural school, of
(which he is now student going in for all he can
learn about scientific farming and stock culture is
proud OF him-the whole state of Georgia is proud
&aE HIM, for it is boys of his kind that make the
gIn9nr vino make the nation great and good.
Several months ago The Times-Recorder
toid of Stonewall's pigs and how if he didn
hE1ng home the Fordson tractor from the state
fair the boy girl who did win it would be there
sSa&h the finest hogs ever seen before in Georgia.
But he it-and over some mighty keen COM
petition too
The Macon News of last evening tells some
thing of Stonewall and the awarding of the trac-
fDr at the fair as follows:
Stonewall Shirley, of Plains, Ca, Swear
old pig club boy, is winner of the Fordson tractor
aksSa'zOO He was one of the happiest exhibitors
Un the state fair grounds Monday He entered a
pure-bred Duroc-Jersey and four pigs
DR. E. z. RUSSELL of Washington, D. c.,
Judged the entries in this contest. When he
STAINED Judging at the fair Monday morning he
took the pig club Fordson entries first, and after
careful study OF every and litter awarded the
Eractor to Shirley
he winner is the son of Mr.. and Mrs !. W.
sohirley, of Plains He has BEEN member of the
ocys pig club for four years, and when he learn
ed that Fordson being offered as a prize
East March he entered the contest
h1e IS one of the most successful hog grow
rTs in his section, and in addition to entering the
sos~ and four pigs, had several other entries. He
exhibited his sow and pigs at the Americus fair
OS1bere he sold the pigs for 500 each He cfeclin-
sed to sell the SOW.
-Four years ago, w. f. Brown, a farmer
and neighbor of the Shirley family, gave him a
BUroc-Jersey SOW, provided he joined the pig club.
HAT sow was the great-grandmother of the, four
pigs and grandmother of the SOW which won the
~fsEactor. From the sow given him. he raised tvven-
ty~elght hogs, selecting new brood SOW each year
In 1917, he raised two litters from new brood
SOW. The that won the tractor has had only
oEe litter and four of the pigs were exhibited with
her.
In addition to winning the tractor, this young
breeder also the junior championship in the
Droc-Jersey class in the open ring against all
Breeders
J. Z. Downing, state pig club agent said
Monday that Shirley was one of the most progress
aTve pig club members of the state and that he
uwns fine herd of Durocs he has raised during
the past four years.
Three cheers for Stonewall Shirley and Sum
ter county, was the telegram sent to The Times
Recorder from Macon yesterday by George O.
Marshall, Sumter county farm demonstration agent
who has been behind the development of pig club
work in this county.
But Sumter county says, Three cheers fo
Stonewa Shirley and Pig Club George Mar
shall"
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