The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-11-11

. TENNESSEE FARM NEWS =
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Girl Maks Good As Cattle Feeder.
Considerable attention has been at
tracted toward Hawkins county,
Tenn, during the past two years as
a result of the baby beef club work
accomplished by the boys and girls.
In fact, the baby beef club has been
the greatest thing that could have
happened to the cattle industry in this
great livestock producing county.
While the club members were doing
so much for their county. they were
also helping themselves. Especially
is this true with Miss Mary E. Ellis,
of Church Hill, who, with a grade
Shorthorn calf, has taken off first
prize on greatest daily gains at fairs
in Rogersyille, Knoxville and Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, and Atlanta Ga.
The prize at Knoxville was $20z at
Chattanooga, SIS, and Atlanta, $40.
In Atlanta this calf also won $40
from the American Shorthorn Breed
els' Association Then in competi-
tion with breeders and feeders, Mary's
animal stood second as a senior yearl-
ing, thereby winning another $40.
This makes total winning of $105
for this season, Perhaps this will
not be all, for the calf will be shown
at Nashville during the Fat Stock
Show in December
Mary put her calf on test the 9th
Of April and fed it until September
22nd, when she brought it to the Haw
kins county club contest. On the
latter date it had gained 675 pounds,
or four pounds a day for 1853 days.
This clearly proves that she did some
excellent feeding in spite of the fact
that she had good individual to feed.
To say that Mary is pleased with
her results would not tell the whole
story. She is immensely delighted,
and in all probability this experience
will always be valuable to her
Big Cattle Show to Be Held in Nash
vile December 9 and 10.
During recent years the trend OIL
cattle production has been extended
over the South to such an extent
that the need for a Southern fat cat
tie show became apparent, and four
years ago, fostered by the Union
Stock Yards, the first annual show of
its kind was held at Nashville.
This year marks the fourth annual
show, which will be held December
8 and 10, and the indications are for
the greatest aggregation of fat cattle
ever seen in the Suth, according to
livestock specialists. Although sew
eral weeks off and formal entry Of
exhibits not required until December
/, many entries are already in and it
is safe to say that there will be more
than twice as many cattle in the pens
as were shown last year
To stimulate breeders and feeders
to compete at the show and demon
strate the practical end of of beef
cattle production, total of $4,000 in
cash premiums is offered. The money
is divided so that there are really
three divisions to the show--the open
car lot classes, the individual classes
and the boys and girls calf club
classes.
The greatest interest in the show
centers around the open car lot class
where the first premium amounts to
$1,000. This premium may be termed
the grand prize Of the show and is
coveted by the best breeders in Ten
nessee; Georgia, Alabama and Missis
sippi, not only because of its financial
value, but because it is a hard-earned
compliment which bespeaks the abil-
| ity Of The feeder who is able to win
Of no less Importance is the baby
beef club show. Here the product of
the boys and girls calf clubs in the
state takes prominent part and the
| fact that $500 additional premium
money has been added to the list in
this department this year has proved
an incentive to the organization Of
more clubs in the different counties of
the state. Consequently. not only
will the exhibits be Of higher quality
than formerly, but there will be adj
ded numbers. Six counties will have
calf club exhibits in the show, total
ing seven carloads. The cattle will be
judged on Wednesday, beginning at
IL o'clock, and sold at auction to the
highest bidder on Thursday.
Approaching the fact that feeding
is the first essential in successful
cattle production and that this is de-
pendent upon the economical pro-
duction Of corn, the crop which now
leads all others in value in Tennessee
the management of the Union Stock
Yards has decided to cooperate with
the Division Of Extension in staging
what will be Tennessee's first corn
show for boys and girls clubs. This
show will be held in the new Exchange
building Tuesday, December Z. APP.
proximately 40 counties in Tennessee
will be represented and compete fol
the $500 in cash, which will be
awarded to the young corn growers
for the best exhibits.
\ Farmers Urged to Select Seed Corn
With Unusual Care, Due to
New Diseases.
Corn is the most important fiele
crop in the United States. 1t is the
big crop in Tennessee. This crop il
threatened by serious diseases known
as rot of roots, stalks and ears. Al
of the different kinds of corn have
been found susceptible to these dis
eases and the most careful estimates
possible indicate that they are caus-
ing a greater loss in this country thar
any other affecting corn.
According to J. c. McAmis, special
list in agronomy of the Division o.
Extension, University of Tennessee
tbs disease is widely prevalent il