Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-09-28


Business Women Of Town Getting in
Touch With Business Wo-
men of Country
Evidence of the fact that the old
social barrier which has existed be-
tween people of the rural districts
and those of the towns in past gen.
erations is fast becoming a thing of
the past in East Tennessee, was clear
ly demonstrated at the recent farm
'ers' institute at Columbia. The Bus
mess and Professional Women's Club
of Columbia did much to make the
! Homemakers section of the institute
success. They furnished rest
room for the members of the Home
makers section which added much to
their comfort. The town women
also took an active part in helping
the rural women stage a dress pag-
cant, an evenings entertainment put
on to show dressing of former peri
DDS and to illustrate proper dress
for different present day occasions.
Many of them attended the program,
provided entertainment for the rural
women while in the city and other
wise devoted much time to making
their stay pleasant as well as pro-
fitable.
i Cooperation of the women of the
towns and cities of the state with
rural wonie& in their meetings has
been noted on frequent occasions in
recent years by Extension workers of
the University of Tennessee and they
look on it as one of the hopeful signs
of the times. The business women
of the towns are getting in touch
with the business women of the
, farms. The farm women are finding
that the women of the towns are good
people to know and the town women
| are beginning to feel the same way
about the country women, and so the
; old line that has existed so long is
: being rubbed out and in it's place a
spirit of cooperation and helpful
ness is springing up which will mean
! a happier and more contented wo-
manhood in Tennessee
, Club Boys and Girls Market Carload
q of Hogs
4 A. b. Harmon, county agent fol
I, Montgomery county, established q
! ! new record in boys and girls club
work last week when he sent to the
Nashville market car load of pure
. bred Duroc Jersey hogs that had beer
fitted for market by boys and girls
e club members in his county. PIG
clubs have been especially popular
. for the past few years, but this i
: 1.-THE first time in history of the work
e in Tennessee that a sufficient mum
= Der of boys and girls were induced tc
t feed out enough hogs to make cal
! load
S The hogs were bought by the Pow.
, er Packing Plant for local slaugh.
ter, bringing premium of 25 cents
l per 100 pounds ever the top of the
{ market.
' In speaking of the purchase of the
. montgomery County boys and girls
J pigs, Il. r. 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
/ lar as Middle Tennessee is concerned.
Inc splendid work that is being done
, by the county agents in the organ
+, ration of boys and girls clubs is out,
standing. In this section of the
country we must look to agriculture
for our prosperity, livestock raising
and feeding is very closely linked
, with agriculture, and honestly be-
heve that the effort to teach these
i boys and girls on the farms the sci
, ence of producing good hogs and
. good cattle at the lowest cost per
pound is going to mean a great deal
: for these youngsters.
/ "We all know that well-bred and
/ properly finished animals yield the
Z greatest returns to the producer, and
: likewise, the well-bred and properly
finished animal is always more desir-
{ able on the part of the packer. We
paid premium of 25 cents per 100
7 pounds for these pigs, not because
they were better than any others
II that are coming to market, but be-
l cause we feel that every effort Of
/ this character on the part of the boys
and girls should be encouraged"