THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAZAGINE 



Photograph from O. H. Benson 

 POINTING OUT TO A PIG-CLUB MEMBER THE SCORING POSSIBILITIES OP A 



PROMISING UTTER 



To prevent canker sore mouth, pig-club members are admonished to keep the pens clean 

 and well bedded with fresh straw. The day after the pigs are born the little tusks on the 

 sides of the mouth should be clipped off even with the gums, a pair of bone forceps being 

 used for the operation. The tusks should not be pulled-out, however. 



THE UEE STORY OP A PIG-CLUB PIG 



Perhaps no clearer or more concise 

 statement of the cycle of a pig's existence 

 is to be found than in the following re- 

 port made by an Indiana high school pig- 

 club member : 



"The reason that I entered the pig con- 

 test was an argument that I had with a 

 neighbor. He said that a hog would not 



gain over a pound a day for any length 

 of time. I said that he was wrong' and 

 that I would prove it to him. I imme- 

 diately started to look around for a pig. 

 Because of previous observations I had 

 made, I decided to get a Duroc Jersey. 

 I sent to different experiment stations 

 for bulletins relating to hogs and read all 

 I could about them in books and farm 



