Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-26
PRIzESFOR BEST
MARKET HOGS
Swift & CO., Through Colquitt
Fair, Offer Premiums To En-
courage Industry

MOULTRIE, May 26.-The Col
Quit County Fair association vii
this fall distribute more than 1000
in prizes on carload lots of fat hogs
to be shown at the fair to be held
in Moultrie the last week in October
The offering of the prizes for fat
hogs is a departure from the usual
custom of fairs, awards generally be-
ing for the so-called "show window
.ncy breeds. Six prizes are offer.
~ for carload showings of Colquitt
county hogs.
The same contest with the same
prizes will be thrown open for COM
petition by farmers in the counties
adjoining Colquitt as follows
Brooks, Thomas, Grady, Mitchell,
Worth, Tiff, Berrien and Cook.
A carlot must comprise 10000
pounds or more with hogs averaging
in weight from 165 to $50 pounds.
The hogs must be exhibited at least
two days during the fair and will be
scored on the following basis. Fifty
per cent on market finish for top
load and fifty per cent on quality
of the meat.
The prizes covering these compe-
titions will be awarded through the
fair association by Swift & Co.
In order to determine the best
quality of meat of each lot, the hogs
after being exhibited at the fair
grounds and judged for market fin
ish will be slaughtered at the ,hck-
ing plant and after Deing chilled for
4S hours will be judged at the plant,
by a representative of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington; Georgia State College
of Agriculture, Athens; the Coastal
Plains Experiment Station, Triton; a
committee of county agents repre-
senting all of the counties contesting
in this competition; a committee of
packers representing the White Pro-
vision company, Atlanta; Armour
and company, Jacksonville and Swift
and company, Moultrie. The car of
hogs showing the greatest percentage
of standard hard hogs will be scored
so per cent and the other carload
lots will be graduated down from this
so per cent score on the basis of
their quality and comparison with
the best car. The hogs to be shown
in the competition will be purchased
by Swift and company and paid for
upon receipt at their plant here at
the regular Moultrie market price
on that day. Swift and company will
pay a premium of one cent per pound
on all medium quality hogs that they
find in any car. If any standard
hard are found in any car, the pack
ers will pay an additional premium
@Rove the one cent per pound over
l. Moultrie market. The manage
mept of Swift and company here
stated the reason for offering these
prices to farmers to produce of bet
ter quality is to assist the grower in
producing hogs of good quality so
that the grower himself may deter
mine whether it is more profitable
for him to raise standard hogs at a
premium in price than to produce
peanut-fed hogs at the prevailing
price for them.
1t is further stated that the put
ting on of the contest is not meant
to discourage the production of soft
hogs as it is possible to handle three
or four times as many hogs at their
plant as were received during the
past year, provided the marketing
period is drawn over a long term
and not all offered during the short