The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-12-02
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At the recent exhibit Of the Boys
Pig Club held on the public square
in Covington considerable interest
was shown by all who witnessed It
and much enthusiasm was very evil
dent in each and every boy exhibitor
who had been getting their respective
pigs in readiness for the show. It
might be well to mention the fact
that each boy who became a member
Of the pig club was given a record
book by County Agent Hollingsworth
in which a daily record was to be
kept as to cost Of feed and time con-
sumed in raising these pigs to a
given period. There were about so
ourebred Hampshires on exhibition
and nearly every one showed that
much care and time had been spent
to improve and grow better pigs. In
every instance there were points of
merit refleeting favorably on all the
boys. 1t was indeed interesting to
note some of the records kept by
some of the boys. One of the COM
petitors, Milton Owen, who lives in
the Atoka vicinity, was awarded first
prize, and his record book shows that
when he received his pig it weighed
"a pounds and on the day of exhi-
bition the weight had increased to
25l pounds, gain OF, PIT pounds.
Milton Is very enthusiastic over his
good fortune in hog raising, and he
has favored us with his experience
in very interesting record, in which
he discusses and explains the many
details Of growing his pig and we
publish it below, which, we think. is
splendid effort:
| read in the Covineton Leader ono
Day about the pig club and / wrote
TO the county agent, Mr. Hollings-
worth, asking him for pig. He said
that l could have one and later 7 re-
celved letter from him saying that
the pigs would be at Covington on
June 19.
When got up that morning it was
raining and | had IA miles to go, but
l wanted q. purehged pig and | did
not have the money to buy one, SO
started. thought that / was going
to be late, but / got there on time.
But all the pigs did not get there
that day and the boys that lived
nearest to Covington said they would
wait until the other pigs came. AS
there were more boys than pigs, anil
the pigs had tags in their ears with
numbers on them. Mr.. HolIingsworth 4
had the boys to draw for them and
| drew Number %. What little
pig! Just weighed 81 pounds, but I
was glad to get any one, Just SO Il
was purebred Hampshire. Mr..
Hollingsworth said they were the
best. The pig was so small that the
crate ! carried for her was SO large
that she could come through the stats
and ! had to put an old feed sack
over the crate and hold It down and
she bit so bad that | thought several
times ! would have to let her out
but got home with her about DARK.
and as had already made LITTLE
plank pen, l put her in it. i,
But how wild she was. Icould not Il
put my hand ON herr and asf r had to I
pillow every day, | did not have much
time to pet her, but I fed her three
times a day and she soon rot so / |
could rub her down the back.
Mr.. Hollingsworth told the, bows
low to care for the pigs and / tried
% do as near Us ] could what he
old us to do. fixed d little lot and
lug little pond and let her 20 in
ne water when she wanted to. / am
solng to sow a small pasture for her
iext year.
want to raise purebred hogs be- !
'ause It takes the same work and feed
Q raise scrubs and the purebreds are
worth more money and want to sell i
iome and buy books and help to pay
ny way through school.
But / tell you a lazy boy don't ;
iced a pig. MILTON OWEN.
Age II, Atoka, Tenn, No. /.
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