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Show AGRIOULTJRAL CLUB"' NOTES. i Tho local High Sthool has one or Ho best agricultural dub, i . Htato rollowlng is a s,mp0 or 1 pers that a,o ,ead . eltt a report ha,uk,pthytl,,8Mlllctlt8 On t,o tlru cf March ltu I. my erkshlro sow rnrrowed .. ,2 One was given ro boar wl... ,.,, svrii "", T,, r,,,,",, ' la.rln 1th . sow , lh mou ih oil Din i ,i """ "ie set oml month of ,Mp r , w fi milk and slums , addition , having io mother's ,,,.11 Tlll. IntltIl,.r , J the pigs wo.e ,,w, t0 ,,, 'J ;aBt!V0 ;u,,,,B ' noi.il, or a ,1 On the flist of May tlm pU;H veaned nnd pm lfl large ,.,? a theyc.ou.dhivep.l-tlse. theyc.ou.dhivep.l-tlse. All the giM.,1 fl.w, cJved after holngvv,n,d vv,sf, ,,",1 lo. hem Thl-.u,,,,,; alfalfa and cowpcas. I continued feeding tho pigs milk and shorts during dur-ing tho third month of tholr llfo. I fed them nt regular houra three times n day during tholr entire llfo and always al-ways put thu grain reed to thorn In milk or water before feeding. I ceased to food milk tho beglnlng or tho third month. Tho Bhorts that I ted arter this were mixed In slops from tho house I red cowpcas for roughage during tho months of June and July, but by the first of August I begun reeding peaches entirely ror roughnge At the end or August 1st, 1 had fed 1 100 pounds or shorts, cost, lug $L':.00 On the rirst or September my pigs were not in tho murketlng condition so I red them on com the rest or tho month. Corn und peaches Booms to put hogs In tho best or conditions. At any rate my pigs demanded tho best marketing prlco or $0.12 per lb. n llttlo higher than most pork was selling at. Tho corn fed nt tho Inst was 17 and 1-2 baskets being worth $0 00, I estimated that tho pigs were worth $0.50 ua piece when ono month old or the entire litter $15.00. Tho total cost of producing tho plga was $15 00 Thoso figures show that I had n net profit of $80.00. In my estimation hog raising Is n u-ry profitable Industry for boys who aro attending school. A boy enn attend at-tend school in tho winter und work Iv.'ry day In tho pummor 'hosldos feeding n llttlo bunch of hogs thrco times a day. I mVo not hnd enough experience with hoga to know whether thoy nlwnys pay, but I think I shall continue to exporlmcnt on n llttlo larger scale nnd find out ror myself. AGRICULTURE CLUB Pleasant Grove HUh School Clinrlcs II. IValker Report on Mp Record of Six FIgf. Date Item to March 1st Pigs Dorn 1 J April 1st Pigs one month old, value $2.50 each U April 1st to Mny 1st Feed, 200 gallons of milk P April 1st to August 1st, 1 4C6 111 shorts I September 1st to October lit, Fed 17 1-2 baskets of corn t $0.35 ., I Total cost of feed for seven months W Totnl cost I15" October 1st Dressed weight of plga 1,012 lbs. at $0.12 per IbJlS Totnl Front IMI |