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Agricultural Department
C. (i. GARNER, Toombs County Agent
Shall the Farmers have Cooperative
Hog Sales or >'ol
There are those who would like to
see the cooperative hop sales elimina
ted. In many parts of this state they
are exerting every financial and poli
tical influence that they can control
against them. In some localities
they have even played on the suspic
ions of uneducated people and suc
ceeded in handicaping or precenting
sales in that locality in spite of the
wide spread publicity of the success
these sales have attained over the
State. These men have their own in
terests in view in trying to deceive the
public. Fortunately they are few now
and have in most cases realized their
error and are glad to cooperate with
the farmers in building up this pro
gressive step.
Putting on cooperative hog or cat
tle sales require n great deal of work
by the manager and the county agent,
listing hogs and checking up on the
number that is sure to come. For
that reason few counties without
county agents hold regular sales
though there are some that do.
The hardest work Is caused by the
farmer himself who neglects to noti
fy the agent or the manager as to
exactly how many hogs he will have
in the sale and brings them the day
of the sale. If each farmer interested
■will notify the agent promptly a great
deal of work would he saved and the
Bales would run much more smooth
ly.
It is always necessary that the man
ager have sufficient cars on the side
track to handle the hogs or cattle
that are brought in. If too many the
railroads charge demurrage, if too
few the buyers object to waiting for
their stock to be shipped. Where the
practice of requiring the farmers to
have all hogs definitely listed at
least 8 to 10 days before the sale and
wot permit any farmer to put in any
that are not listed the sales always
run much smoother. In our sales
here we are requiring 10 days notice
giving us ample time to have all fa
cilities arranged, buyers notified and
grader arranged for.
These sales have always brought
the full market value of the farmers
hogs which save him speculators pro
fit between him and the packer. In i
many cases they have secured even
better prices than (he market seemed
to justify. Those cases are during
times when hogs are scarce and the
buyers bid higli to get hogs. But the
safe basis to always figure on is the
full market value and your money
right here.
Another thing is that the sales pay
the man a premium for quality hogs.
Hogs that show finish always bring
more than those half finished or too
light. It enables the farmer who is
endeavoring to better the quality of
hi? hogs to realize ap rofit from his
“efforts. The scrubby hog fits into
the class that he so well deserves to
be placed in and the sales are by that
means a great influence for better
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hogs and cattle in a section. They
have done more than any other co
operative effort in this state toward
j improving the quality of the hogs for
tlie market and if continued on the
j basis they ave been running will soon
I have the hogs of this section showing
| as high finish when they ares old as
are those of the West. It will be a
long time if ever when peanut fed
lings are eliminated and other feeds
take their place if that should prove
to be the best step for this section
hut the sales have been and will con
tinue to be a great incentive for pro
ducing better quality hogs whether
they be peanut fed or fed on corn, po
tatoes or other feeds.
So, though, it takes hard work by
those handling the sales and by the
farmers and business men who have
the interest of the counties at heart
to establish the sales they are well
worth the expenditure. This is
shown by the interest and the support
the farmers have shown them In this
and other counties.
Toombs County Fair
The purpose of this fair is educat
ional in its efforts to bring the coun
t\ together in a general assembling
of her best products for exhibit. It is
not intended as a money making
scheme and a glance at the financial
sheet will emphatically show that it
has never been that. The backers,
who have been the merchants and
business men so far, do hope, though,
that the gate receipts and concessions
wil bear the expenses. Eevery citizen
of the county owes that much to his
county at least, to be willing to lend
his hearty support by attending, and
in making the fair better by lending
his assistance in every way he can
toward securing more and better ex
hibits. A great fair is not always
a state or national fair, it is any fairs,
small or large, that ha everybody
boosting.
The fair is the time of year that
many sections call their home-com
ing week. People assemble from all
over the near by territory and from
far if the fair is well advertised. They
come to see the people and to see the
progress the county has made as
shown by the fair. It Is true the fair
is one of the greatest indexes to the
advancement or decline of a county.
At least it is used by many as a means
of judging the county. If the exhibits
are good and show enthusiasm among
the farmers it is a mighty good sign
there is some hustling going on and
that county is a good place to live in
The fair affords an excellent means
of advertising stock or seed that the
farmers are producing and thus ena
bles them to build up a steady trade
for well bred stuff.
This coming season, especially,
there will be a big demand for good
sows, young boars, seed oats, wheat,
rye, cotton a*d corn. A blue ribbon
on your exhibit makes it much more
attractive to prospective customers.
This fair is our fair, every man
THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
and woman in Toombs County is or
should be interested in the success of
it. Their prizes are liberal as they
could be expected to be. Facilities
for caring for stock and exhibits will
be good. A new set of hog pens wLll
be built under cover with alleys pro
viding for jueging facilities.
Lets make this the biggest, the best,
the most worth while fair that has
ever been held in this section. Rem
ember in boosting this fair you are
boosting the entire county—not one
part of it—and that means you are
boosting for everyone that lives in
the county.
llog and Cattle Market Cotftitions.
Southern Market Quotations
Some farmers have been asking me
to give a little information along this
line. Lack of reliable daily report? of
Southern Market conditions has made
it difficult for the Southern farmer
or even the buyers to keep posted. The
day this paper is issued there will be
a conference between Mr. L. B. Burke
of the U. S. Bureau of Economics, Mr.
M. C. Gay of the Ga. State College of
Agr. and other livestock market men
in Atlanta to decide on a definite
plan of market reporting for the South
As soon as this is established it will
be possible for every farmer in this
state to keep posted on the market
and the conditions that prevail, which
might influence the market. Just as
soon as this is available I will notify
you through these columns where this
information can be obtained.
Hogs are now worth about 1 l-2c
less per pound than they were during
the high point in June but they are
still so high there is a profit in feed
ing old corn mixed in on some grazing
crop. Moultrie is quoting 8 l-2c de
livered at their plant for No. 1 hogs
weighing from 165 to 250. Atlanta Is
quoting a 1-2 c higher. All points
are quoting the 250 to 325 lb harrow
or gilt at from 1-2 to lc less than No.
1. It nearly always pays to sell a
hog before he reaches 225 lbs any
way so that will not interfere with the |
profitable faeding of hogs. The heavy <
fat hog is not in demand now like he ;
was during the war. Strike of so ;
many laborers he reduced the demand |
for ham and the coupled with lighter <
export demands has reduced hams ,
from 6 to 10c per lb which accounts j
for the drop in price of hogs during \
the past four weeks. |
Hog market is not very stable right ■
now and shows rather an uneasy cur- .
rent, threatening a rather serious break ,
early in October. So if you have hogs
for the market better get them in
either the Lyons sale Stpt. 19th of Vi
dalia Sept. 28th. I dont believe it will
pay te carry any fat hogs into Oct
bei", but sell at those times.
Southern cattle markets are about
steady with what they have been. Real
good fed cattle showing breeding are
going at a good profit to the feeder
but native scrubby grassers are as
they have been during the entire
year, rather low. The runs in Atlan
ta have been light for the past two
weeks helping to hold up that market.
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VIDALIA LODGE K. OF P.
Meets every Tuesday night in hai’
on Railroad Ave. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
J. B. TODD, C. C.
T. R. LEE. K. of R. & S.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922.
NOTICE
After being sick and unable to at- .
if tend to business for the past 10
} months, I am again on the job, and
| will open up more stores at an
early date for the
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