132 TwBNTY-FrBST Biennial Eepobt 



Boys' Pig Clubs. 



A new and attractive feature at the Kentucky State 

 Fair was the exhibit of pigs by the members of the first 

 pig clubs of Kentucky. 



An interesting feature was the exhibit of Moser 

 brothers, two pig club boys of Jefferson county, who 

 forcefully demonstrated the difference in feeding a 

 balanced ration from that of the common practice of 

 feeding "com alone." 



The boys took two pigs from a litter, and the father 

 a third one. The three pigs were in the same pen. The 

 father 's pig weighed 95, the boys ' pigs 220 and 215 

 pounds, respectively. The sons know it cost them 4%c 

 a pound to produce their pigs; the father has no idea 

 of the cost of the runt. 



Gordon Nelson, Jr., another pig club boy, from 

 Christian county, added to the honors of the club by 

 taking the blue ribbon in the junior yearling sow class 

 from the Poland China breeders with his club pig, after 

 winning his class among the boys. Pig club boys had 

 their separate classes, but were also allowed to enter 

 against the farmer. 



After several hundred dollars in cash prizes and 

 cups were hotly contested for, all these hogs were sold 

 at a premium to Louisville packers, with a few excep- 

 tions. 



Not only were the pigs present, but a considerable 

 number of the boys also. This year the State Fair 

 Board sent the winner of the contest in each county to 

 the Farmer Boys' Encampment. These boys, in addi- 

 tion to their instruction in this camp, competed for a 

 handsome trophy and $15 in cash given to the best judge 

 of a ring of swine. 



The Boys' Pig Club in Kentucky is organized by 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry, in co-operation with the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry and the Kentucky College of 

 Agriculture, as a unit of the Farmers' Co-operative 

 Demonstration Work. It is, therefore, part of the reg- 

 ular duties of the county agent, and is organized in coun- 

 ties having these county agents only. 



