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Show 1 Banks jWp Boys Southern Business Men Help Club Members to Buy Pure Bred Piflt. The "Schoolhouie Pig" a New Wrinkle A number of banks In tho South which havo found It profitable to help farmers lntroduco better slock havo found that It Is a good investment invest-ment to lend monoy to tho boy nnd girl members 'of the pig clubs with which to buy good young sows. This now movement to encourage children to take an Interest In agriculturo seenig to havo started In Arkansas and has spread to other States. It Is very aetlvo In Georgia, whoro In 10 of the U counties in which the pis club work Is now being carried on the banks havo offered to lend money to Junior members for tho purchaso of puro bred pigs. In other counties wealthy residents, seeing tho advantage advan-tage of tho plnn, nro also assisting tho children with loans. In soma Instances tho Indorsement of tho member's parent or guardian Is required whon n loan Is made, lu others no security Is asked. In nil of tho counties, however, each boy who borrows Is required to grow ono aero of corn so ns to havo abundant feed, havo somo corn to sell and pay off his obligations. A bank In Brooks county, Ga., last year loaned as hlg'i as $10 each to boys over their own signature without security, and In only a fow Instances did tho borrowers borrow-ers ask for an extension of time. This movement by the banks Instills In-stills thrift Into tho boy's and often starts them with bank accounts. Ono bank In Macon has sot aside $G0C this year to loan to boys who wish to purchaso puro brcdplgs. Recently Recent-ly a woll to do farmer camo Into tho bank nnd Indorsed his son's note for $10. Tho cashier asked him why ho did It when he had a substantial checking account of his own In tho bank. "Oh, I Just wanted to seo how tho boy handles this obligation. If ho does not pay It, I will, but It will bo worth $10 to me to know what kind of boy I have," replied tho farmer. farm-er. An Endless Chain of Pigs In one county a wealthy man wanted want-ed to do something for the worthy poor boys, so ho bought pure bred gilts and loaned them to twenty of tho boys. TheBO boys must Join tho pig club and do all that is required by Its rules. This fall their hogs must bo bred and next spring two gilts must bo delivered to tho owner own-er by each boy at woanlng tlmo. When tho boys havo complied with all tho requirements tho mother nnd romalndor of tho litter becomo tho property of tho boy. Tho two gilts delivered by the boys are In tura loaned to two moro boys In tho county coun-ty who are required to do as tho first boys did. Thls'plan Is now In operation op-eration in two counties. "Tho schoolhouso pig" Is a now And popular phase of extension of pig production In Georgia . A patron of the school gives a shoat or pig to the pupils. Th? big boys build a pen under un-der the shade of somo trees on the schoolhouso grounds. The Uttlo boys go into the woods and collect- plno needles and make tho bod. Others build a shelter over the corner of. tho pen and construct a feed trough. Tho girls, for surely tho girls nro Interested, In-terested, collect all tho ncraps from tho lunch baskets at noon and feed them to tho pig. Tho pupils also bring to school, occasionally, nn car of corn for. tholr pot jis- Oa Saturdays Sat-urdays and Sundays a boy living near tho school docs tho feeding. Some of tho schools barbecue tho pig at tho end of .tho year, othors hold an auction, auc-tion, nnd with tho monoy buy library books or somothlng for tho schoolroom. Cnro must bo exorcised that the pig Is not overfed. At ono placo In Georgia Geo-rgia ho was foundered twice In ono week. At anothor school tho patrons wondorod what was wrong. The children chil-dren camo homo at night hollow to tholr heels and totod away In tholr dlnnor baskets oach morning enough good food to gorge n hungry harvest hand. In time thoy discovered that n Pig In n pen on tho schoolhouso grounds was rapidly growing ns largo one way as tho other. All of tho breedors who offered to sell purebred pigs to members last year at $10 each havo renewed their offer this year, and a fow new names of breoders havo been added to tho list of thoso cooperating to placo Georgia on n puro bred basis. Tho stato Is developing a now standard of ngrleulturo duo largely to tho activity activ-ity of tho Juvenile farmer. This now ilturo spoils puro bred pigs and j bushols of com to tho ncro. Last year 3,200 mombors of corn clubs raised nn nverago of C8 bushels of corn on an ncro of land, whllo tho nverago yield of corn per ncro in tho wholo stato wno under 18 bushels. Tho pig club boys, in somo instances raised pork at 2 cents por pound. |