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Show HOW UOKK OF BOYS INCREASES MEAT SUPPLY To help increase the pork supply the Department of Agriculture has released to motion picture theatres, thea-tres, through one of the large companies, com-panies, a film showing the work of the boys' pig clubs which the department de-partment is organizing in all parts of the country. The film shows methods meth-ods of instructing farm boys Who have joined the agricultural clubs how to raise better pigs and the methods used by club members in carrying out instructions. The first pig club was .organized in Louisiana in 1910. Now approximately approx-imately 45.000 members are enrolled enrol-led throughout the country. Clubs in several States are planning to send car loads of fat hogs to fairs and stock shows, after which they are to be marketed co-operatively. Other moving pictures being used to show the importance of increased food production show activities in the national forests, important sources of timber and water supply. |