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A unique plan for popu
lating Decatur County
farms with thorough
bred hogs has been put
in operation by the
Board of Trade at
Bainbridge. The State
Bank of that city
finances the scheme by
presenting 25 boys with
25 registered Duroc-
Jersey sows, supplying
also the registered boar
for breeding purposes.
From the first Utter
each boy 'must return
to the bank two sows,
which in turn will be
given to two more boys,
on the same terms, and
so on, ad lib. The pigs
must be raised accord
ing to instructions. The
growth of that club is
expected to beat com
pound interest and fur
nished new problems in
school mathematics.
82 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
75 BUSHELS OF CORN TO ACHE, M. MILLER, HOUSTON COUNTY
The Federal Government funds provided by the Smith-Lever
bill, and made available in 1914, were increased by the necessary
State appropriation of an equal amount in 1915. This adds ma
terially to the possibilities of this form of service to the fanner
and will enable the work to be carried into all counties.
Georgia has been a pioneer in extension work among the
farmers, and in some lines it has lead. The first corn club ever
organized is claimed for Newton County, Georgia, in 1904, when
101 boys were enrolled by the county school superintendent, Mr.