THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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Photograph from Janet M. Cummings 



a Family op which any club member would be proud to claim ownership 



But this is not an American sty-hold. This sow is rearing her litter in Australia, one of the 



srreat meat reservoirs of the world. 



sources. They are interdependent and 

 mutually stimulating. It frequently hap- 

 pens that one active boy or girl is a mem- 

 ber of several clubs, doing equally effi- 

 cient work in all. In other cases different 

 members of the same family belong to 

 different clubs and there is wholesome 

 rivalry as to which will realize the great- 

 est profit and capture most prizes in his 

 or her particular field of activity. 



THREE PRIZE-WINNERS IN ONE FAMILY 



A notable instance of family coopera- 

 tion is to be seen in the achievements of 

 the three White boys of Norwood, Madi- 

 son County, Tenn. Each sent into the 

 county club agent his record book illus- 

 trated with excellent kodak pictures, and 

 each picture was adorned with a small 

 American flag in the corner, indicative 

 of the patriotic spirit of these young sol- 

 diers of the commissary. 



Bronson White raised 120 bushels of 

 corn on his club acre, and after deducting 



$20.35 f° r expenses (including $5 for 

 rental of the land) he had a profit of 

 $129.66. He also won a $10 prize in the 

 boys' corn club contest, and with this 

 money purchased from his older brother 

 a registered Poland China pig, which he 

 "thinks will make a prize-winner." 



Robert White produced 140 bushels of 

 corn on his acre, which was sold for $175, 

 giving him a net profit of $153.88. With 

 a part of this money and $32 which he 

 won in prizes he purchased half interest 

 in a small flock of sheep, and in connec- 

 tion with this investment he adds the 

 following postscript to the history of his 

 corn-club activities : 



"The sheep is one of the most money- 

 making animals you can raise on the 

 farm. Boys, just think about 18 pounds 

 of wool off one ewe at 75 cents a pound 

 and $50 for her twin lambs at five months 

 old — $63.50 for wool and lambs. Then 

 I took her to the fair at Jackson and won 

 $6 over Obion County's best sheep breed- 



