Show PIG CLUBS HELP I- I i SWiNE INDUSTRY c Direct Effects of Work of Boys and Girls Evident in Many 1 t Parts of Country I J fI L IS IS FULFILLING ITS MISSION Jr Practical and Constructive Means of 4 Meeting Various Problems problems Utilization ti S of Wastes Products By-Products h ki and Grazing Crops Crop t Prepared Prepared by the United ted States Department Depart i S S ment of or Ag Agriculture 2 i- i Evidence In abundance Indicates that tt S S 1 the boys anti and gl girls gills s' s pig club work plays 1 n a promising p part rt in stimulating the S swine industry T e e direct direCt effects are very evident h s In In various valious us s sections ctt hs of of ot the country S They TIley sh show th that t the work Is fulfilling Its il that it Is a practical and b constructive e m means l o of meeting meeting- the J problem In s swine ne husbandry nn anti and stressing stress S. S ing ing economy of production through tI the e utilization of ot wastes b products by-products 5 ond LInd grazing crops through the use se of ot good breeding stock ocl nOlI- nOlI their and their proper S care care- feeding and management nt These S SSi objects are accomplished through the Innate appeal of animal life Iffe to young oung people and their faith optimism mid arid S S S determination which together r with 4 their responsiveness to instruction S lead lend to successful achievement S To provide provide work vori that may meet meet the need In the different sections of ot the theS S T country and the need of the members S S as they advance the following projects S 5 arc aiO are offered and are ire are In common use S 1 Feeding project 0 a tt Fattening Fatten Fatten- i.-i i. ing lag phase In which the member feeds S a fl pig or a number of pigs for pork I S production 5 5 b Breeding phase In which a n S weanling purebred sow pig or boar and In some Romo cases both is raised by bythe bythe byS S the member to breeding size and age 2 Sow and and litter project In Ta this S S S S S project the member has a sow ow either is the one raised In project t 1 or another r I I H h I I I f t i S Excellent t Type of Brood of-Brood Brood Sow and Her 1 I Family I c c. red bred gilt gUt which he or she cares for tor forS I S until the sow has has has' weaned the litter JItter S. S S that Is this project covers the practical cal breeding and raising of ot pigs 5 3 3 H Herd rd project In sections where 55 1 the lite swine industry Is well established the tue members In Ia many lany cases have haye had hud hadS S experience e in caring for swine and are ir- ir not Interested In a unit of ot one or two pigs such members rs may with their S parents parents' consent handle all the hogs hogson on the farm tarm in either meat production I f c 5 5 5 5 or breeding work worl under the fathers father's rs r's 2 direction yet et following the club regulations regu regu- lations atlo and Instructions S |