The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-04-28

pig, for it was evidently of much i'm
portance there; but we could not
find the owner and were about to
drive away after having admired the
pig, when we spied the owners faith
er driving in with load Of wood for
winter fuel,
We had hardly done more than
pass the time o. day." as Uncle
Remus says, before Mr.. Brigham,
seeing chance to tell about his boys
and their club work, began to let it
be known that he is going to school
to his club boys. Physically he be-
longs to the GASEOUS type of the
Team and hungry look" but 1 soon
found that his greatest hunger is for
a chance to learn as middle aged
man some of the many goods things
his youngsters are learning in club
work.
Il didn't think much of the corn
club nonsense" said he, with eyes
full of enthusiasm at the opportunity
to tell us about his boys, as he lean
ed against the pen in which a pig
iclub sons prize pig was grunting in
lcnntentment. Il have always made
la fair crop of corn-fair for me, at
least-but l make over two or three
times as much now per acre and all
because l just watched the club
boy"
In 1918 my first boy worried me
IA month or more about letting him
join Mr.. Epps' corn club. 1 put him
off each time and kept hoping the
, fever would pass. Fact is, 1 didn't
, think much of boys club nonsense
, l thought l was too busy with real
! hard farming to bother with play"
, farming such as club boys could do.
, But the rascal kept pestering me
| until finally 1 said, Well, go on and
; join
We'll, sir, that boy taught me
= something, sure, 1 used to think 10
Or IL bushels of corn per acre was
= about good enough. Now / get 80
to SO bushels and amt satisfied. I
: just watched that club boy He put
: plenty of stable manure on his acre,
5 broke it or 10 inches deep instead
of or 5 as / always did, and har-
, rowed it good, which 1 thought was
a waste of good time and labor. Then
I'm blest if he didn't plant more
stalks to the acre than l thought
could ever grow on the land, and he
plowed 1T often and careful. He said
IT didn't make no difference IL il
wasn't grassy, the moisture just had
to be saved because the corn plant
Is heavy drinker and there were
so many heavy drinkers on that acre
l had never thought of that, but now
l know how thirsty corn must get In
hot dry spell He got 4S bushels
and rs pounds off that acre and now
I'm trying to beat him by practicing
what he taught me about fertilizine
humus, deep breaking, shallow fire.
quent cultivation, and such like"
But we haven seen the pig that
VIC stopped TO see, have we? Well,
the pig is the property of another
youngster, pig club boy and not a
ccrn club boy. Laneau Brigham
bought his pig through an arrange
!. ment made for the club boys with
the banks of the county by the county
demonstration agent. She was a
Duroc and was four months old
when bought April l. She was bred
october ., and weighed $50 pounds
the middle of December. She was
awarded second prize in the pig club
contest OF Dillon County, and it is
hard to say whether Laneau or La
neaus father was prouder of La
neau's achievement.
Yes" said Mr.. Brigham, I'm
strong for pure-bred hogs now.
used 10 think that hogs was hogs and
tfat feed was what counted, but
scrubs amt sure enough hogs and
J.. I'm not going to rest until get
c| cry scrub killed off and then I'll
set more pure-bred Durocs. I'll tell
YOU what's fact, I've got three two
> Ye@r-oids in Il pen over there that's
had better chance so far as feed
; gees than Laneaus Duroc has had
< land they don't weigh $50 pounds
apiece right now And yet Laneau's
pig weighs $50 and hasn't yet quite
= reached her first birthday. Why, the
Il boy actually stinted his pigs some tc
keep her in better condition fol-
V breeding, but in spite of that she
n gained two pounds for every one thai
lthese scrubs gained"
-, When it was discovered incidental
: ly that Laneau is the third son to bt
. a club boy, the first two having beer
= corn club members while Laneal
:. preferred pigs, we asked Mr. Brig
:, man how many boys he had.
6 eve haven't got but eight boys
. he said. II think l can stay in tn,
n boys club work with my youngster
n a good while yet It's hard to la!
X by crop OF boys. And I'm learning
moro a hnnf hnW n Il