The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18
Fifty Tulsa Youngsters
Given a Start in Life
By County Pig Society

Suskey third. the prizes hsFing been
IS, SO aud 81 in the order named
How the Club Grew.
The pigs were brought to c. s. !
Avcry's farm five miles east Of |
Tulsa. from which they were dis |
trlbuted the first OF this month |
Crowded around Alya J. Niles, presi- I
dent and Charles W. Breter. vice. /
president of the Security National /
bank, County Farm Agent Malone
aud the judges, was an enthusiastic
bunch Of youngsters. each with a
white slip In his hand, eagerly
awaiting the close OF the speech
making so they could rush into the
large enclosure and select the pigs
they were to take home with them.
The growth of the movement is !
shown by the increased number OF !
youngsters-both boys and girls
who participated In the drawing this
month. They were Juanita Rich
ardson g Collinsville. Francis Beck
man of Collinsville, Elmo Hirsh-
burger OF Collinsvillc, John jenkins
OF Owasso, Amillo Martiudale OF
Broken Arrow, Roy Domney of
OwassoS Ralph Depee Of Owasso,
Noel Evans OF Owasso, Eugene Ma
cey O.: Owasso. Everett Wagner OF
Tulsa, Paul Steele OF Colinsville
| Leslie Domney of Owasso, Melvin
Fillmore OF Sand Springs. Guy Pierce
Of Alsuma. Luz urn York Of Alsuma.
| Rudolph Frederickson Of Sand
! Springs, Frank Klohr Of Owasso,
| Elmer Tesman of Collinsville. Ralph
! Moore of COllinsvllle. Wilbur Krut-
! singer Of Broken Arrow, Pearl Chill
| coat of Tulsa, Archie Rutledgo OF
/ Owasso and Harvey Fillmore of Sand
/ Springs.
son OF thi three lists, brothers and
/ sisters of the youngsters who com
! posed the first list have since be-
come interested in the pig club
movement and have been given a
| start in the hog-raising business.
Numerous stories could beGwrit-
/ ten of the individual experiences OF
/ these boys and girls. As an Illus
tration, Jacob Naohtigal took sew
/ eral prizes with his exhibits in the
/ Poland China hogs classifications at
| the Tulsa and Collinsville free fairs
| this year. Then he took fist prize
/ of 50 given by the bank. His pre-
| miums and prizes for the one year
/ total $50. He has complied with his
CONTRACT with the bank. And he
| owns outright the original sow and
eight pigs that are fat and healthy
/ for the first litter produced ten pigs.
two OF which he was obligated to
| give to two other boys and girls.
At the present price of hogs
and especially of registered Poland
| China's, his holdings are extremely
/ valuable, The productivity of the
I original sow is unimpaired, and she
| viii produce several more litters.
| The banks purpose in keeping
male at all times is to provide year
around breeding facilities so each
SOW will produce litters regularly.
Fifty Given a Start.
From the twelve sows furnished
/ two years ago, approximately 30
/ boys and girls have been given a
start in hog raising. And next year
this amount will be substantially
increased. The pig club idea oper-
ates like an endless chain, and even
tually enough of these pigs wi, be
produced TO supply one or more for
every farm in Tulsa county. The
possibilities of the plan are virtu-
ally unlimited. If each of the boys
and girls given pigs this year are
successful, there will be 56 pigs for
distribution in December, 1922, and
the next year there will be ll2.
Some persons may regard this as
a purely selfish move by the Secur-
ity National" Alva J. Niles, presi-
dent, said. Perhaps that is true to
a certain extent--it is only Iptural
that the bank would not Object If
these boys and girls become deposit
tors in the years to come.
But at the same time II Is more
than selfish movement. Think
what II will mean foE Tulsa county
when there are pure bred Poland
China pigs on every farm-when
hog raisers from other states come
to Tulsa county to obtain hogs
raised here Pure bred livestock is
! always the most profitable. and II
not only makes better farmers but
il also increases prosperity.
There is another interesting an
! gle to this movement. 1t teaches in
dustry and thrift to the boys and
girls to whom these pigs are award
! ed They are encouraged to eNer-
! else care in raising them, and they
. find that the better care they give,
the better hogs they will raise
Hooks maunted near the rear OF
1.-THE runners hnd operated by a hand
, lever form brake for a new sled.