Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-09-05
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
By H. F. Eaton, County Agent
First Official Ton Litter

First Official Ton Litter
G. K. Bailey, Malta. Rt. 2, is
the first farmer in Morgan county, to
produce ton of pork from litter
Of pigs in $50 days, under the rules
OF the Ohio Ton Litter club, sponsor
ed by Ohio State university. In fact,
Mr.. Bailey had 140 u pounds over a
ton from the ten pigs in his litter
which consisted of six SOW pigs and
four barrows. The heaviest pig
weighed 237 pounds, and the light
est, 100 pounds, when weighed the
180th day, last Saturday
Mr. Bailey, in consequence of his
achievement, is the first Morgan
county farmer to qualify for any
Of the production clubs, sponsored
by 0. S. u, among which are the
80 bushel wheat club, 100 bushel
corn club. and 400 bushel potato
club. It takes good stock, good
feed, and careful management to
produce ton of pork from a lit
ter Of pigs in $50 days, and Mr.. Bail
ey is TO be congratulated upon this
achievement in which probably from
a long time viewpoint, no money
will be made from hogs in Morgan
county, by selling young pigs, rath~
er than trying to fatten them. 1t
would mean not many ton litters
in the county. and perhaps, wisely
SO. Mr. Bailey will attend Honor
club banquet at Columbus, in Oc-
tober and receive medal for the
production of a ton litter He will
then take his place as one Of Sc
lect few farmers in the state, who
, have gained this distinction.
4-H Club Members At State Fair
For the first time recognition was
given at the state fair to counties
which stood out predominantly in
winnings, in the various like stock
exhibits. Morgan county club boys
brought home two beautiful cham
pionship tokens" which are on
display in the Citizens bank window.
One is for county championship in
class "B" Merino sheep, and the
other for county championship in
class CO. Merino sheep. In other
words Morgan county brought home
all the championships in the fine
wool classes.
The boys who owned the sheep
together with their places, follow:
Il" yearling ewes-Conrad Pier
point, 1st; Leonard Benjamin, Sd;
Dalton Dougan, 4th; Dean Ben
jamin, 5th. "B' yearling rams
Lewis Strong, 3d. Dean Benjamin,
5th. "B" eve lambs-Dean Ben
jamin, 1st; Robert Carr, End; Har-
ry Reed, 4th; Charles Hall, 5th.
"B'' ram lambs-Conrad Pierpoint,
-Snd; Lewis Strong, 5th. &C" eve
lambs-Delmar Dewitt, 1st; Charles
Hall, Sd: Lewis Strong, 4th; Robert
Barkhurst, 5th. &C" ram lambs
Robert Carr, 1st; Charles Hall, End;
Dalton Dougan, 4th; Robert Bark
hurst, 5th &C" yearling rams
Delmar Dewitt, 1st; Lawrence Best,
Sd; Dean Dougan, 5th. The boys
brought back nearly $500 in prize
money on their sheep. Transporta-
tiOn ALLOWANCE amounted to nearly
500 more. In addition, Dale Strong
won first and $500 on his eve fleece;
Lewis Strong won fourth and $500
on his eve fleece. Robert Bark
hurst and Lewis Strong for the third
time won first and second in the
wool judging contest, followed close
ly by Dean Benjamin in third place;
Conrad Pierpoint in 4th; Leonard
Benjamin in 7th, and Charles Hail
in 9th. A total of $36 was won by
these boys in the Judging contest.
Jimmie Dougan, Ralph Wagner,
Gerald and Vaughn Stoneburner all
judged high in the All poultry ex-
hibit and each won several dollars
in premiums.
The above record speaks well for
the Morgan county boys, and leaves
no doubt Of the fact that Morgan
county is holding her own with the
boys of other counties at our large
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