Show PORK DAY IS ANNUAL EVENT hog producer bitne witnesses ses sale of H his Is animals and learns reason for different prices pork day is one of the big annual events ot of rings kings cou county rity california it comes in october usually in this contest the farm bureau center is the unit and every farm bureau I 1 in the ofa contest advances advil inces one carload of bo hogs bos S to be exhibited and rated by an expert judge every farm bureau center must baar leave at least six consignors consig nors to the load thus preventing any big concern from exhibiting a carload in the lie contest last jast fall six sir farm bureau centers as well weil as a boys pig club took part in the contest ten carloads were auctioned in III addition to seven cars that lind had been in the contest the county agent leader says in his annual report to the united states department part ment of agriculture there seems s to be no more convincing argument to a ho hog producer than to see the actual sales of his animals take aluce and to know the difference in price paid for a superior quality animal farm bureau sales of this kind were started in in 1916 on the initiative niti athe of the county agent of kern county they are now becoming cornmon common in all pork producing counties of the state there were such sales in 1920 with sales aggregating 1400 |