Show PRIZE PIG A PRACTICAL demonstrator 1 Z young porker used to create interest in agriculture by the united states depart ment of agriculture now flow one teacher of CO 60 pupils in a one room schoolhouse situated in the forests of north carolina succeeded in getting her pupils interested in practical agriculture with a pig and less than an acre achot of uncultivated land Is told in a report of one of the field workers of the united states department of agriculture A enrin paper offered it a purebred pure bred pig as it prize for securing a certain number of subscriptions this energetic schoolteacher set out among tho the parents of her pupils and succeeded in selling enough subscriptions to win the pig when the pig arrived the pen was already built by the dren on the school grounds for its reception cep tion tho file parents were invited and talks on pig raising were made the rest of the day wits was spent in driving around to some of the best pig farms in the hie county where various kinds of live brock were scored ano nn discussed the pupils learned that a pig could not thrive entirely on scraps from lunches and occasional cars of corn an interested member of 0 the school committee offered the lie use of his team and implements and the pupils started to work cleaning the forest land to use as it a forage picture pasture they then planted crops of rye wheat rape and grass to afford the pig grazing plots of green forage A cold frame was also put in and cabbage plants were grown for sale the money thus realized being turned over to buy whatever additional feed was necessary to keep the young animal As a result of the interest groused crous cd ed taxpayers and members of the school board have given their support to tho the establishment of a small demonstration 1 farin enrin more land Is to be purchased sedi and the county agent Is to visit tho the school each week since the pig was brought into the school less than a year ago the membership of the county pig club has more than trebled |