The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-03-18
Durant Exhibits Top
Calves In First
Livestock Show
Sara Nell Majors,
Soro Nell Howard
Win Blue Ribbons


hibited the top calf in the Holmes
County Livestock show held Friday
at Lexington. Her calf was placed
in the blue ribbon group and was
judged grand champion of the show.
Sara Nell Howard of Durant ex-
hibited the reserve champion which
ran close second to the top calf
exhibited by Miss Majors.
There were other good calves in
the show and with just little ad-
ditional finish would have been as
good as the top calves.
The judge Of the Livestock Show
was Mr.. Ray Means, from the
Brown Loan Experiment Station
at Oakley. Mr.. Means classed these
animals as to blue, red and white rib
bon classes.
The calves were classed as fol-
lows: Sara Nell Majors in the blue
ribbon class, Sara Nell Howard and
Roy Dunn, in the red ribbon class,
Johnny Hoover. Skipper Maxwell,
Marion Brantley. Howard Presley,
Reedy Mcclellan and Aubrey Nc
Lellan in the white ribbon group.
There were eight hogs exhibited
by All Club boys and most of these
were In the blue ribbon group which
is an indication that they were top
hogs and the boys had done a won
derful job in the growing of these
hogs.
Jimmy Mcbride of West exhibited
the top gilt and was placed No. in
the show. Willie Joe Waits. Jr., had
two entrants which placed second
and third in the show. Paul B. Nc
Neer's hog placed 4th, John Kille-
brew's hog 5th, James CAROLS 9Th
and Hubert Yeager's placed 7th.
Mr.. Means stated that this was a
very fine group of hogs on exhibit
and that it was certainly hard to
place one over the other.
These boys and girls are to be con-
graduated on their efforts and the
success they obtained.
This is the beginning Of an annual
Livestock Show for Holmes county
and with little interest from the
] farmers and business men this show
, should grow into a show of which
| the people of Holmes county will be
proud. The results shown mean bet
ter livestock for Holmes county.
Show in Greenwood
These All Club boys and girls are
exhibiting their animals in the Dis
trict Show at Greenwood this week.
At the end of the show Friday,
the calves were put on auction and
sold to the highest bidder with the
understanding that the boys and
girls would be permitted to exhibit
their animals at the District Show in
Greenwood and to also offer them
for sale there. If the animals bring a
higher price at Greenwood than at
Lexington, the boys and girls exhibit
ting the animals could take the ad-
vantage of the higher price.
Bring Good Prices
Sara Nell Majors calf was sold to
Mr.. Jenkins, owner of the City Mar
ket at Lexington for 40 cents a
pound. Sara Nell Towards calf
brought 40 cents pound by buy
err from Durant. Roy Dunn's calf sold
for SO cents pound and was bought
by Mrs. Dunn Marion Brantley's calf
brought 80 cents pound and was
bought by F. V. McCullar of Durant,
Skipper Maxwells calf brought 30
cents a pound and was bought by
Weathersby Chevrolet Company of
Lexington. Howard Presley's calf
brought 80 cents a pound and was
bought by the Lexington Sales Com
pany of Lexington. Reedy and Au-
brey Mcclellan did not sell their ami
| mails.
Other Exhibits
There were also on exhibit nice
jersey heifer exhibited by John Lip
sey of Franklin and pen of COM
mercial cattle exhibited by Hoover
Maxwell of Pickens. Another pen OF
/ cattle was exhibited by w. ]. Waits
of Richland. Mrs. T A. Barrentine
| exhibited couple of nice white and
brown leghorn hens.
The auctioneer and commentator
was Mayor Norman Weathersby OF
Lexington.
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