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Show Youths Learn, Earn in 4-H Swine Program flMi w TTIlT in iiii n nl-"rl-rTT-r)frlllTf Young hog producers are looking at a better than average year. While production pro-duction costs are up, pork : prices are favorable. And the youths are eligible for scholarships, schol-arships, trips and other recognition recog-nition awards through the national 4-H swine program. Sponsored by Moorman Mfg. Co., boys and girls enrolled in the program get broad practical experiences in the business of hog production. pro-duction. Breeding, feeding, marketing and disease prevention pre-vention are just some of the things stressed in the program, pro-gram, supervised by the Cooperative Co-operative Extension Service. Aiding these 4-11 producers pro-ducers with recognition and incentives is Moorman Mfg. Co., donor of awards in the program. Up to four medals of honor are otlercd to outstanding out-standing 4-llers in the program pro-gram in each county. Each state winner in the 4-H swine program receives an expense- paid trip to the , 52nd National 4-H Congress in Chicago, Nov. 25-29. At that event, six national winners are to be announced and awarded $700 educational scholarships courtesy of the donor. In addition to first hand experience and perhaps an award, the 4-H swine growers accomplish some noteworthy results. A 1972 national winner win-ner from Colorado built from scratch one of the finest Duroc herds in the state. Craig Saxton, of Yuma, provided pro-vided both the labor and management for his prize winning Duroc operation. He also has entered his herd in the state swine testing program pro-gram with the hopes of improving efficiency and ..desired pork quality.' o u Girls, too, like to work with swine projects. And one who didn't even live on a farm, but managed to raise grand champion hogs in state competition is Vickie Smith, of Lusk, Wyo. She admits that it wasn't easy to find a place to keep her animals nor to commute from home to care for them. Her successes in meeting the challenges paid off with a $700 scholarship and a national winner designation. Information on the 4-H swine program and how to participate can be obtained from the county extension office. |