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A. What do you mean? 



Q. How long a term did you give them to take care of this pig? 



A. Last year we put them out in the latter part of March, and 

 this year we delivered them at the fair. 



Q. What did it cost you, do you figure? 



A. They cost us about $2,000. They were all pure-bred gilts, 

 and we spent just about $2,000, including the insurance on the 

 first 18. 



Mr. Harvey: That all came back at the end of the first year, 

 with a profit? 



Mr. Bailey: Yes, and more than that, and we turned them right 

 back to the boys again, and we put out the 40 head again. 



The Chairman : Here is a mighty good thing. I happened to be 

 at the Cedar Valley Fair this fall and I saw the exhibit as a result 

 of the pig contest. They had a great big tent filled up with sows and 

 pigs as a result of the 18 gilts that went out. You see the point? 

 The fair got back two head in place of one. They have doubled 

 their number instead, and next year it will be four, and at the 

 same time the fair association is not losing money — they are getting 

 back two dollars for one. 



Mr. Bailey : I might say, if you figure this thing out on the 

 basis of seven years, and counting that you disposed of the gilts 

 and hogs that you have at the end of the seventh year, I have figured 

 them at $30 a head, it will amount to $57,000 that the fair associa- 

 tion gets from the hog contest. 



J. A. Benson, Sheldon : I have come in contact with these pig 

 clubs in conducting sales in several places, and there are some things 

 especially interesting in connection with that. The American Poland 

 China Record Association is making a great deal of money from its 

 increased business, and they are especially anxious to aid these pig 

 clubs, and therefore to encourage the formation of them will give 

 $50 in money to each club that will give ten entries of a sow and 

 litter, and they ofifer prizes as high as $35 for the top litter. If there 

 are more than ten litters, each one will get at least $5. There are 

 a good many county fairs that don't ofifer very much to the pro- 

 ducer of pigs. I know, because I have been an exhibitor of pigs 

 since I was a little boy. It might be interesting to you men of the 

 county fairs to know that you can have $50 from the Poland China 

 Record. 



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