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the end of the feeding period. In Tennessee 425 cattle were similarly 

 fed, 172 demonstrations were started with a continuous forage-crop 

 system for hogs, and 1,440 men who fed cottonseed meal to their 

 work stock according to directions reported very satisfactory results, 

 with quite a saving in the cost of feeding. In Georgia 582 farms were 

 visited and advice was given concerning the feeding and management 

 of the stock and the building of suitable pens, sheds, feed lots, and 

 silos. In North Carolina 267 farmers were advised in a similar man- 

 ner. In four counties of South Carolina 660 registered hogs were 

 brought in for breeding purposes. 



The beef-cattle extension work in the Panhandle portion of Texas 

 was continued. The ranchmen of that section are no longer pro- 

 ducing feeder cattle exclusively, but are beginning to grow forage 

 crops and to fatten the cattle for market. The beef-cattle agent, 

 with the assistance of the county agents, has been of much assistance 

 in establishing this neAv work and making it profitable. Eighty dem- 

 onstrations in cattle feeding were conducted and the feeding of 7,000 

 cattle for market was supervised. In addition 200 other cattlemen 

 and 25 hog feeders were vidted and sample rations were made out 

 for them to follow. One thousand hogs were fed under the agent's 

 direction, plans and suggestions were furnished for the construction 

 of 76 silos, and special directions were given for filling 150 silos. 



PIG CLUBS. 



The organization of boys' and girls' pig clubs was continued in 

 Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia, and was begun in four new 

 States — North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, and Nebraska. The 

 work has expanded very rapidly during the year, especially in Ala- 

 bama and Georgia. Nearly 9,000 boys and girls are enrolled in the 

 pig clubs in the seven States. 



At the Louisiana State Fair in the fall of 1914 there was an ex- 

 hibit of 185 registered hogs belonging to pig-club members. They 

 took many prizes in open competition with the breeders' hogs. 



The pig-club agents talked to about 55,000 children and teachers. 

 A motion picture portraying the pig-club work was made. Three 

 prints of this film are being used by the pig-club agents, along with 

 an excellent set of lanteiTi slides, in giving lectures on hog raising 

 and meat curing. Marked progress in hog raising has been made in 

 the counties in w^hich pig clubs are organized. Formerly, a very 

 large percentage of the pork consumed in the 11 counties of Georgia 

 where this work is conducted was shipped in, but in 1914 these coun- 

 ties produced 11,000,000 pounds of cured meat, in addition to which 

 several caa'loads of hogs were sold. 



The hogs in pig-club communities are increasing rapidly in quality, 

 size, and value. In Louisiana 570 hogs owned by pig-club members 

 averaged 196 pounds and were worth $22.26 each, while the average 

 value for all hogs in the State was $7.70. Hundreds of registered 

 pigs were sold by pig-club members to farmers for breeding pur- 

 poses. Over 2,000 registered hogs are owned by pig-club members, 

 and probably 75 per cent of them are sows. Most of them will 

 be kept for breeding purposes. In one State 168 boys each own a sow 

 with a litter of pigs, and 80.4 per cent of them are purebreds. Seven 

 hundred of the boys in Alabama report that they own and are feed- 

 ing according to instructions 1,346 hogs. Many of the boys who 



