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About The Bartow tribune. The Cartersville news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1917-1924 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1918)
Pig Club Boys Making Fine Records,' Visit To Their Homes Demonstrates That the pig-club members of Bar tow county are setting a pace in th:- raising of blooded stock, is a fact too well known for any alaboration. But to realize just what they are doing and the manner in which they are minutely following the instructions given them by the county agent, with its resultant benefits, one must visit these boys, and see with one’s own eye, the sleek, well-fed hogs with their litters of new-born pigs. County Agent C. H. Cox on Tues day afternoon made one if his regula: visits to several of these boys' homes. So elated is he over the results achieved ,that he invited Messrs. J W. Vaughan, Supt J. W. Jackson, and a reporter for the Tribune-News to accompany him. What they saw was nothing short of a revelation. The boys are giving careful attention to their pigs, and before many months have gone by, will have raised a lit ter for practically every pig given out under the county agent’s plan. Going out the Alabama road, the party first stopped at the home of Master Madison Vaughan. Here they found the shoat secured by this young man only a few weeks ago putting on flesh rapidly, and the gilt weighs about fifty pounds more than it did when Madison secured her. He is enthusiastic over his prospects, and said he expected to be able to deliver a pig next fall, and also have several to sell, or to form the nucleus for a herd for himself. Asked what he fed her, Madison answered: ‘‘Shorts, corn and green stuff —and I give her plenty of fresh water." The party then visited the homes of Masters Charlie Ponder and Wiley Vaughan, who live in the same com munity. Both these young club mem bers are making excellent progress. Arriving at the home of David Perkins, the party found him busy in his father’s field, but as he was ex pecting Mr. Cox, he soon came in, and took a great deal of pride in showing his pig—now a full grown mother pig, with seven little pigies, just five weeks old. They are as pert as a cricket, and when David brought out a bucket of butter milk, and poured it in a trough, they went for it like vet erans. He has already been offered fifteen dollars apiece for his pigs, but says he is in no hurry to dispose of them, as he believes they will be worth much more than that within a mighty short time. He is going to stretch some more wire, and arrange a nice place for the litter. They are now in the same pen with his fath er’s stock, but as the pigs are so val uable he is taking no chance of any of them getting mashed. He told Mr. Cox he was following the directions given him when he bought the gilt, about a year ago, and had excellent results because he had fed them, and cared for them along scientific lines. Asked about the different breeds, Dav id replied that he preferred Berk ishires “Two to one. They are just naturally the best all ’round pigs, and those you see before you are a fair sampe of what any boy can do with Berkshires.’’ Ralph Layton, who lives not f.;r from David Perkins, has a club pig secured about a year ago, t,hat is now the mother of a litter of seven of as frisky little animals that ever bore the name of pigs. He feeds them on milk and corn berad, and if their growth is to be judged by the food given them, milk and corn bread can’t be ebat for growing pigs. This litter was one of the best noted during the afternoon’s trip, and Ralph was highly compli mented by the county agent on the fine showing made. * r < T'De pen owned t>*y Master Gordon i Lee Cook was next visited, and here the party found a gilt with seven fine healthy pigs. Gordon has arranged his pen along modern lines, and is confident he Will raise his entire lit ter. He has fine arrangements for ■watering and feeding his pigs, and they bear the earmarkes of good terat ment. James Black, an ardent pig club member, has a little pig, secured onlv a few weeks ago, but he is making pans to house and care for it. It is lieves he will have something to show for his efforts when reckoning time comes. During the course of the drive over that section of the country,,, the party went though he Sproull Fouche place, and saw the fine crops growing there, end admired the fine stock sheltered on this estate. Arriving at the H. C. Stiles place, the visitors were made to feel at home, and were shown over the farm by Mr. Stiles himself. He has just gathered a fine lot of wheat ,and is proud of the handsome yield secured. It was the first year wheat had been panted on this particular spot,, but because of the intensive cultivation [given it, the wheat did well. It is ] now shocked, and when dry, will be j threshed and carried to a nearby mill for grinding. M. Stiles has his crop in fine shape, and his stand of cotton is unusually i good. This year he broke his ground with a Cleveland tractor, and says the results achieved by this little ma | chine were nothing less than marvel ous. On the ground given over to j cotton, the soil is ab it soft and he had not been able to get a tractor that would stand up to the work. The Cleveland solved this problem for him, and his ground was broken to a depth of nine inches. The results of this deep plowing are obvious, and his stand, of cotton attests the good it has done. He invited his guests to; go over to the pasture, and there was a treat; in store here. He has turned a large acreage, running close beside she river into a paseture,, and 2 years ago planted bermuda grass. Already this grass has overlapped itself in a perfect man, and today he has plenty of green stuff for his stock practical ly the year round. Being close to the; river, good running water is etsily ac cessible, and the stock shows up nicely. o|t this place Mr. Stiles is having great success in the raising of hogs, and while not a ‘‘pig club member’’ :n Vie usually accepted sense, being too young(?), he is an ardent sup porter of the ieda of interesting the young folks in raising blooded stock. He is specializing on a breed of hogs which he calls a “cross between the medium and big-bone” Pouland Chinas These hogs are sleek and fat, and look like they are right now ready "for the block. “Not so,” said Hamp. “Wait until they have been turned in the pasture to fatten, and then you’ll see SOME hogs.’’ Anyway, it looks idea thathash hit" upon ercafi N Nl2 mighty like he has hit upon a fine idea that others, not fully decided on their strain might give serious consid eration. Of course, the hospitaity of this famous old place is known far and wide, and Mr. Stiles invited his guests to “help yourselves” to some of the sweetest, juicest plums, raspberries and cultivated blackberries to be found in a day’s trip any where. His place is one of the best in the coun Ty, and columns could be written about it—and will be, some day —but as the party on this particuar after noon was out visiting pig club boys, they reluctantly bid the genial Hamp good-bye—acecpting his invitation to “Call again.’’ Separated as they are in every sec tion of the country, Mr. Cox found it impossible to get around to many of the boys on Tuesday afternon, but it is his purpose to call on all of them just as soon—and as often —hs possi ble. The boy appreciate his visits, and as he has such a large store of helpful advice to give the boys, they are glad to see him and talk with him any time. The roads in that section of Bartow TRIBUNE-NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, JUNE 13, 1918 are in very good condition, and a car gets over them in good shape. Of course, this is not to be taken as say ing the surface is smooth all the way; r.ot at all, ,but taken as a whoe, they are in good shape. CLEVELAND TRACTOR SPEED! The Crying Need of n arms and Farmers. The war has reached its critical stage. It has resolved itself into a life and death race between the farms and factories of Amer ica and her Allies on one hand—and Prussian ism on the other. We have greater speed. That is the cry ing need of farms and farmers. For speed properly applied will win the war. Cleveland Tractors are helping to meet this vital need for speed. They are success fully replacing man and animal power on thousands of farms—large and small—and in scores of factories, all over the country. They are enabling the war depleted ranks of labor to meet the increased demands for product ion—in faster time. North, South, East and West, Clevelands are plowing, harrowing, planting, reaping. They are cultivating and hauling. They are building and repairing roads and dragging huge logs. They are spotting freight cars and pulling wagons. They are crawling among the lathes and benches of our factories. They are working in mud and sand, on loading platforms, and on our boulevards. They are doing stationary engine work of various kinds. The small size of the Cleveland enables it to go under and among small fruit trees, in and out of narrow doors and over untraveled roads. It carries, picks up and lays down its own tracks like the famous “tanks” on the Euro W. H. HELD Dealer for Bartow Cherokee, Gordon, Polk and Cc jb Counties. The crops look good, and bountifu 1 harvests are seemingly only waiting for the coming of the reaping time Cotton and corn is well up, and the stands are noticeably good. Every possible hand is busy in the field, and there is a constant call for more help. A noticeable fact, in this con r.ection, is that much of the work is being done by women, children and old men. The reason for this is too well known, but. one has only to ride through the farming sections to have the shortage of manpower brought most forcefully to his attention. In the towm mere is, of course a short age of man-power in all the trades, but, some-how, it is not so noticeab'e as in the country. pean battlefields. 600 square inches of traction surface help to prevent miring, slipping and sinking in soft mud, clay, sand or gumbo. The Cleveland steers by the power of its engine, and will turn in a twelve-foot circle. ’ It can be housed in less space than is required by a single horse. But in spite of its small size the Cleveland develops 12 horsepower at the drawbar and 20 horsepower at the pulley. It plows 3 1-2 miles an hour—eight to ten acres a day. That is equal to the work of three good 3-horse teams and three men. Rollin H. White, the famous motor truck engineer, designed the Cleveland Tractor. He has used only the best materials. And the machines are built under his direct supervis ion. The track is designed for long service. The sections are constructed to prevent dirt and mud from falling into the track. They are joined with hardened steel pins having their bearings in hardened steel bushings. Gears are protected by dust-proof cases and are of the same quality as those of the finest trucks. The Cleveland weighs less than 3,200 pounds. Speed up your farm work—or your fact ory work with one or more Cleveland Tract ors. Serve the Nation in her hour of need— and incidentally do your bit more profitably to yourself. Write to us for complete information. Truly, we are at war, and war cals for a nation's men. The men of Bar tow county have responded en masse, and there are still not a few who are simply waiting for their government to say it needs them more “over there” than at home in the fields, and in the trades. Truly, it. is a time for the boys of the pig-club to put in some mighty telling blows, and, truth to tell, they r.re doing it with the heartiest sort of vim. M. L. F.
