14 SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION 



The pig clubs are usually organized in a business 

 manner with officers. A simple constitution and by-laws 

 are adopted. For a president of the club a leader of such 

 work in the community is generally chosen. Other offi- 

 cers are likewise elected, and the duties are prescribed in 

 the constitution and by-laws. Each club adopts a set of 

 rules, which are given also in the above-mentioned 

 Farmers' Bulletin, as follows : 



1. Any boy between the ages of 10 and 18 years may 

 become a member. 



2. Each boy must secure at least one pig if he becomes 

 a member. 



3. Each member must care for his stock in person, and 

 keep a record of the feed given and the pasture grazed. 

 He must record the weight of each pig when it came into 

 his possession, and at stated intervals, so as to determine 

 the gains. The date of farrowing should also be recorded. 



4. Record blanks, which will be furnished, should be 

 rilled out and certified by two disinterested persons. 



5. Each member must have owned and kept a record of 

 his pig for at least four months in order to compete for a 

 prize. 



6. The members must, whenever possible, show at 

 least one pig at the county exhibit, and the winner of the 

 county exhibit must show his pig at the state fair. 



Geographical distribution of swine in the South. As 

 a result of the last census we find the distribution of hogs 

 in the several southern states as follows : 



Delaware 49,260 Maryland 301,583 



District of Columbia 665 Virginia 797,635 



West Virginia 328,188 North Carolina 1,227,625 



South Carolina 665,211 Georgia 1,783,684 



Florida 810,069 Kentucky 1,491,816 



Tennessee 1,387,838 Alabama 1,266,733 



Mississippi 1,292,119 Arkansas 1,518,947 



Louisiana 1,327,605 Oklahoma 1,839,030 



Texas 2,336,363 



