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association did — and we put up a contest for the boys in each town- 

 ship and put out one of these gilts in each township in the county, 

 which is eighteen. Our plan was, after the boy had exhibited his 

 pigs (sow and litter) at the fair, we were to take back two gilts or 

 two pigs from the litter, and in one or two instances we had 

 to take more pigs, which we disposed of. We took these gilts, 

 and in another contest which took place during the fair 

 we placed them out in the townships again. At the present time we 

 have about 40 gilts in the county. The way we came about to have 

 more than this is we started out with a red and black hog, Poland 

 Chinas and the Durocs, and we found we had two or three boys 

 that were deserving and they wanted the Chester Whites, so we 

 purchased Chester Whites and placed those out, and that gave us a 

 surplus, and that made three, and we put them in one or two town- 

 ships. The pig club has met with wonderful success. The boys 

 are very enthusiastic about it, and we had them in to the fair — and 

 the fathers and mothers were there — we arranged with the county 

 Y. M. C. A. secretary to take charge of the boys during the fair, we 

 fixed them up with sleeping quarters and he took charge of them. 

 The boys stayed on the grounds with the Y. M. C. A. secretary and 

 they enjoyed the fair immensely. I look forward to its being one of 

 the biggest things we have at our fair. 



The Chairman : I don't believe you stated how you distributed 

 them. 



Mr. Bailey : A contest was made by talking with the county 

 agent and the county superintendent of schools. They went to the 

 different townships. For instance, they went to a certain group 

 of townships in one day, they got the boys in each township to 

 enter the contest, and the subject of the contest was the best method 

 of feeding a hog and taking care of hogs intelligently, and the 

 boys receiving the highest marks got the gilt, of course. I think 

 there was as high as nineteen or twenty boys that contested the first 

 time. At the fair the second time I don't remember just how many 

 came in. That contest was held during the week of the fair, and 

 the judging was done during that week also, but I don't remember 

 the exact number that were in that contest. 



Mr. Williams: Did you furnish them score cards? 



Mr. Bailey : Yes, along the same lines. The superintendent and 

 the county agent arranged for the score card for them to work out. 

 Q. How many months did you give them to work on it? 



