ROSE SEEDLING W. S. 18 



Rosa soulieana x R. setigera 6 X R. wiclmraiana x R. odorata d'. Raised at Bell, Md. Plant three 

 years from seed. Photographed by Dr. W. Van Fleet at Bell, Maryland, June 12, 1918. (Fig. 19.) 



Pure-Bred Pigs "Preferred Stock" 



More than 80,000 boys and girls in 

 the United States are enrolled in pig 

 clubs organized and conducted by the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture and the state agricultural colleges, 

 and 71% of the reporting members raise 

 pure-bred pigs. The juvenile wisdom 

 displayed is supported by records show- 

 ing that more than 12,000 pigs made an 

 average daily gain of 1.14 pounds in 



weight, which is considerably above 

 results obtained on most farms. Pig 

 clubs, now established in twenty-eight 

 states, are believed to have such a bene- 

 ficial effect on the swine industry of 

 the country that the Department of 

 Agriculture has assigned forty-nine 

 specialists to foster their further devel- 

 opment. — Weekly Neivs Letter, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. 



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