The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-22
CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS
SHIP CARLOAD HOGS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY LADS
MAKE SPLENDID RECORD
First Time in History Of State That
Sufficient Number Of Hogs Have
Been Fed Up to Make Carload
Nice Premium Paid Youngsters
President Of Packing Company
Makes Talk.

Nice Premium Paid Youngsters
President of Packing Company
Makes Talk.
A. B. Harmon county agent for
Montgomery county, es labhshed a
new record in boys and girls club
work last week, when he sent to the
Nashville market carload of pure
bred Duroc Jersey hogs that had been
fitted for market by boys and girls
club members in his county. Pig
clubs have been especially popular
for the past few years, but this is
the first time in the history of the
work in Tennessee that a sufficient
number Of boys and girls were in
duced to feed out enough hogs to
make a carload.
The hogs were bought by the
Power Packing Plant for local slaugh-
ter, bringing premium of 25 cents
per 100 pounds over the top of the
market.
In speaking of the purchase of the
Montgomery county boys and girls
pigs, R. E. Power, president Of the
packing company, said
"As a local institution, we are
naturally keenly interested in the de-
velopment of the livestock industry
IN the South, and especially SO in as
far as Middle Tennessee is concerned.
The splendid work that is being
done by the county agents in the
organization Of boys and girls clubs
is outstanding In this section of
the country we must look to agri-
culture for our prosperity. Livestock
raising and feeding is very closely
linked with agriculture, and hon
sstly believe that the effort to teach
these boys and girls on the farms
the science of producing good hogs
and good cattle at the lowest cost
per pound is going to mean a great
deal for these youngsters.
eve all know that well-bred and
properly finished animals yield the
greatest returns to the producer, and
likewise, the well-bred and properly
finished animal is always more de-
sirable on the part of the packer.
We paid a premium of Is cents per
100 pounds for these pigs, not be-
cause they were better than any others
that are coming to market, but be-
cause we feel that every effort of
this character on the part of the
boys and girls should be encour-
aged"
Mr.. Harmon reports that there are
100 active members Of boys and
girls pig clubs in Montgomery
county. There are three classes of
members-those who are handling
purebred animals for breeding pur-
poses, those who have taken bred
sOws and bred gifts with the view of
raising the pigs and feeding them
out and those who took pigs and are
feeding them out for commercial
purposes, as was this load of pigs
that were marketed last week. Mr..
Harmon further says that his club
members were highly pleased and
that they all made money. AS is the
case with grown-ups, some were bet
ter feeders than others and conse-
quently made better profit. Some
Of them, after paying for the pig
and the feed, made 100 per cent.
profit on their original investment,
which demonstrates the profit there
is in converting corn into pork. Plans
are now being formulated to greatly
increase the pig club membership in
Montgomery county for another vear