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6. Demonstrations 



1. Demonstrate upon the blackboard or with paste- 

 board or paper, how to make a hog-house; also a hog pen 

 with feeding floor; then make a miniature outfit for the 

 club festival or school fair. 



2. How best to move hogs from place to place. Would 

 you drive, lead, or coax them? 



3. Demonstrate by diagram the proper divisions of a 

 hog for the butcher's meat block. 



4. Demonstrate the proper method for the vaccination 

 of hogs for hog cholera. (Consult Farmers' Bulletin No. 

 379.) 



5. How to make feeding and watering troughs for hog 

 pens, in a simple inexpensive way. 



7. Play Contests 



1. Contest in hog judging. 



2. Naming and giving five characteristics of each of 

 the various types or breeds of hogs. 



3. Spelling contest, in which words relating to the hog 

 industry are used. 



4. Essay writing contest on one or more of the follow- 

 ing subjects : "The Origin of the Hog" ; "The Care and 

 Feeding of Hogs" ; "Treatment for Diseases of Hogs." 



5. Drawing contest of hogs, hog pens, equipment, etc. 



8. Pork Production Clubs 



The pork production club work can easily be combined 

 with the corn or grain club. Each member takes pure- 

 bred pigs to raise in connection with -the corn or grain 

 crop, keeping, of course, separate records of each interest 



