Show I. I ft i Our Part in IlL Feeding the Nation I Special Information Service United States Department of at Agriculture re HOW ONE SOUTHERN COUNTY DID IT S A S A i j i 5 5 S L. L J I 4 S t r S f if J t t p I Young People Took a Great Great Inter Interest In Carroll County's Red Cross Pi Pig Pia Club FAMOUS AS RED REDCROSS CROSS PiG CLUB I Cotton County in State of Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi sippi Converter Converted Into General Farming Section IS HARD FOR COUNTY AGENT Hogs and Other Live Stock Now Making MakIng Making Mak Mak- ing Money for Farmers Farmers During During Short Period of Two Years Agriculture Revolutionized Carroll county's Mississippi now famous Red Cross Pig club sent to the St. St Louis market the time other da day a 24 e cars rs of hogs aggregating head Ten Tea per cent of the net proceeds froni from the sale rale were contributed to the Red Cross The Time best load of hogs in the consignment Consignment consign Consign- ment mont consisted of 71 head beau averaging ging pounds pound and sold for fOl 19 19 W a hundred hundred- weight Other hogs ranging from shutes weighing pounds to well well- fattened porkers ers aver averaging pounds p sold for 15 15 to 1875 a hundred weight S This Drills novel Mississippi method of at contributing to the Uc Cross Gross attracted t a n great deal ot of attention at nt the time Na National National u- u stock yards ards Motion pictures of the time various phases of the time marketing both in Carroll Carrol county and at lit the tile smile sale In St St. Louis were taken b by representatives tives of the United- United States department of agriculture But nut the Red Hed Cross Pig club Is only an nn Incident In a rather remarkable experience ex ex- ex- ex of this southern county during dur dur- ing the last Jast two r-e r years rs During that short hart period Its agriculture has bas been entirely revolutionized The Tite transformation transfer transfer- mation dates from the arrival of a n count county agent in WIG I Once Cotton All J I Carroll count county Mississippi used to tobe tobe tobe be an cotton all count county it did not grow row enough corn ha hay or meat macat to supply supply supply sup sup- ply Its own needs Farmers generally gener gener- generally I ally were In iii debt and the time conditions were wet as ns distressing as os those In any other section where cotton and where since the time advent ent of the time boll weevil the time Inability to produce cotton economically has made cotton farming hazardous In the fall fail of 11 1910 10 O. O F. F Turner was appointed count county agent by the Mississippi Mississippi sippi Agricultural college nn and the time United United Unit Unit- ed eel States department of agriculture It Isn't an nn easy job to convert comert a u cotton cot cot- ton tod country into n a general farming fanning section but time tile situation in Carroll count county demanded an aim immediate an an- When the county agent talked diversification di farmers and business businessmen men told him that thai there was no marI market market mar mar- I ket ct for Cor un except cotton This Is a stock answer throughout time tho South Turner had to disprove It IL He answered it with stock In December 1910 1010 he put on his first demonstration In lit the operative co-operative shipment of bogs bog a carload picked up from the farmers of or orthe the time count county lIe He knew that If he demon demon- I I I I that t there ere was money mone In other things besides cotton It would be eaR easy to put the tIme county count on a n safe sate basis with general food tood arid and feed crops and und live liveStock livestock livestock Stock as well as mis n a reasonable acreage In cotton The rime first filSt demonstration was wasa it a ml success Prior to 1910 1016 not a II single le carload shipment nt of oC hogs cattle corn hay hoy or other f farm pro products except c cotton hail luul been made from Carroll county The Time county agent pushed time the and the time growing production of 01 hogs of ef crops on which to raise mise the lime hogs anil then he lie pushed cattle corn hay hayand hayand and peanuts From September 1917 in hi C the first day dllY of October 1918 Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll roil county count shipped 07 67 cars curs of hogs cars of cattle cars car of corn 50 cars of hay bay 20 cars curs o of peas 2 25 cars of Irish potatoes 22 32 cars of or molasses 2 2 cars of ot peanuts 2 cars of sweet potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes und mind 1 car of ot sorghum seed a n total of or of live Jive stock and antI farm products other UHn n cotton colton The Time shipments ship ship- JIl ments culminated in the time traInload of oC hogs from what Is known know as ns the time Carroll Carroll CurI Car Cur roll rol Red Cross Pig club Pig Club Propaganda Late in the winter Inter of oC 1017 1917 the he count county county coun coun- t ty agent took up with busl business ss men anon and with farmers In his Ills county thi th problem of helping time the Red Cross annat ann ano at the same time helping hog lion Uon This was talked In every schoolhouse schoolhouse school school- house and in e every cry rural church In tho time count county Practically every every merchant every ery banker banker- In fact most of the business busi busl- S S 'S ness men raised pigs for this shipment ship ship- ment mont Of course the vast majority were raised by farmers farmer Nearly GOO COO negroes belonged to this timis club Tho shipment attracted a n great deal dea of attention attention at- at at at- not only In Mississippi but Inthe in inthe inthe the St. St Louis market The bureau of or marl markets of bt f the time United States depart depart- me merit t of agriculture ure assisted in calling the time attention of the buyers to these hogs This Interesting shipment Is therefore there fore but the c culmination of ot ofa a a piece pl cc of constructive tI e work accomplished accomplIsh d by the time close opera co-opera operation co-operation Hon of the farmers of of Carroll county with a u good county agent It has made tho the tarm farmers rs of ot I Carroll county countr In Independent they have havo lived at home they have hav paid oft oh as many mortgages as ns in seven years years previous the they hn have e mude CO 50 pel cent fewer chattel mortgages five Eighty per cent used to farm on credit now only 15 per cent need this help It has added to the food supply of the nation m mIn In time of need it has revolutionized the farming of a c county it has made mado the time lot of or the time average farmer of Carroll Carroll Car Cat roll county Infinitely more tolerable and anil has hus brou brought ht him a n degree decree rec o of cc economic nomi safety ly Impossible e under a a crop one c |