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Show Award of Prizes In BoysCIub Gonlesi The judges in tho prizes r0r the , contest with tho Hoy's club of .i, have tnado their final suinmli.K .,' and awarded tho Hve prizes offeml to tho following boys in the nr.i..r named: Dean Powell, l8l; Knrl Cox 2nd; Leroy linker. 3rd; Jay Smith ith; II, J I.ott, Gth. Several dlltciortttlilnB. entered Into tho contcst-the rate of B,-n, tllP cost of feeding, keeping records, etc The boys pigs, which were taken when they were from two to eight weeks of age. were weighed by the Judges at the beginning of the con-test con-test and at the end of aiut.en W(,,,kg were weighed again. The hoys kept nn accurate record of what hnd been fed the pigs rrom time to time and Just what It cost. Oulns were made In ench Instance or rrom' HI' to i:!2 pounds, at n cost or from 2 1.1 to J 1-2 cents per pound, nt net profit on tho sovornl pigs of from JG.Gl to $7 25 encli. There wero fifteen boys who entered enter-ed tho contest, nil of whom learned valuublo lesRoim In feeding hogs. In the home garden contest Walter Hutchlngs won tho $4.00 prize for being be-ing llrst, and Harry Stewart won the $3.00 In cash ror tho best onions. n. |