Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-14
COUNTY PIG CLUB
 PRIZE WINNING LETTERS

COUNTY PIG CLUB
 PRIZE WINNING LETTERS Experiences of Roscoe On Elmeraft Farm in Lebanon.
 There were fifteen contestants in the county pig club letter writing con- test held under the auspices of the Farm Bureau. The five prize winning letters were as follows:
 =. " First Prize Letter. My Diary-Ros zoe the Berlzshire-- I was born in East Lyme in the month of April, IT, in a comfortable pen along with several other pigs at Branford Farms lived here with
 my brothers and sisters untti the last of June, when was taken by As- Lebanon. I was left at farm called "Elmcroft" When I arrived here was tired and hot. I was put in a large pen where All went we'll. I was fed balanced ration of wheat rniddiings, cornrneal, skim milk and tankage and in the first month I gained 4s pounds I kept on growing even faster uctil the end of the contest that I was in.
 | Along the last of August my owner received word to prepare me for the ! fair in Norwich. I was washed and IOlIc0 c<Srt Qdy uhLlt IlI1IS. Oit
 Labor Day I was placsd in pen near my brothers and sisters. was exc tremely popular. Everybody couipai-
 mented me on my sppearanee;
 Mir. Faux of 4ranford Farms. I took first prize with little opposition. Dur ing the remainder of the fair lived happily to know that was the best l During the rest of my days at Elm croft, I lived in peace until Oct. S1st. when I was weighed and judged. l owe my fine appearance and growth to | my care an> breed. Let me say a good word for by breed. "% A Proclamation.
 ! hereby proclaim that the Berk- shire is the only breed for the Amer ican farmer to raise. ... | Roscoe, a7,member- of. that breed. .1a After the contest closed on Oct. 31st my life was short. On the next Mon day morning I was loaded into an un- l dertaker's wagon to be taken to tD sla ughter house. Just before they messed by two of the most reliable au. thorities in the whole farmyard. | We the undersigned, hereby rati-
 fy this as being trfze- diary of Ros- 1 RRINDLE the Bull,
 | SHEEP, the Pup, ,- 1 RALPH TAYLOR. Second Prize Letter.
 I T entered the Boys Pig club with a pure bred Berkshire barrow. Sammy, as called this pig was then eight 1 pounds. The pen in which I kept Sammy was thirty feet long and fff- | teen feet wide on one side of this pen were two iarge maple trees and on the other side it was open and faced | the southea st, affording the pig both sunlight and shade. I kept in the pen at all times, a barrel cut in half, full ] of fresh, clean water.
 During the first month Sammy gain | ed B pounds. This was gain slight 1 ly more than one pound a day. Dur | ing the second month he gained 40 I pounds. or seven pounds more than
 the previous month, thus bringing the 1 total for the first months up to 73 | pounds. =. I I exhibited Sammy at the New Lon don County fair last fall together with the pigs of five other boys of this club i All these pigs were shown, in the tent of the New London County Farm Bu- i reau. Mir. Faux, the manager of the | Branford Farms, judged the pigs and l then gave us an interesting talk on why he Judged as he did. Sammy won third rrize which was two dollars. and a white ribbon.
 l During tf.e third month Sammy
 gained A pounds. which was three pounds more than the second month. l On October sist. which was the last l day of the contest. Mfr. Whitman, MT. Warner and Mir. SiIn1ns visited our
 homes to weigh the pigs. Sammy deighed two hundred and three pounds which was net gain of one hundred and sixty-two pounds. After weigh- [ ing the pig Mir. Simms gave me some i instructions on how to finish my pig | for market. -,
 l In the front of the record book, l which w:,s given me, was price list of the grain from this price list, kept my record, however, the actual cost of my feed was $15 against S145O gain would be twelve dollars and sixty Ecena.r instead of $7 as quoted in the
 record book.
 l JOHN A. MCCARTHY. :.
 ' - Third Prize Letter . l I joined as a Pig Club member be-
 1 cause I wanted to find out how to
 care for: pigs and see if there is mon
 1 ey- in it at the present time. I. chose la Berkshire for "a good many req .
 sons, the principle one is /that it will
 make more pork in less time at a i,cheaper. cost than any other breed.
 am planning or would like to join as I a. pig club member the next year if
 possible, for think it is a good thing the care and profit in pigs. I learn ! ed at, the pig show and prize contest
 how to pick out a good pig by the good points as my pig took the second prize MT Whitman assistant. county agent; visited ms and gave me some good ideas about feeding and caring for my pig. Green feed is a very inn tportant thing in pig raising as have | learned becau you can procure more pork with less grain.
 T. I named my pig Teddy, because ] ! thought it was a good name for a pig. I fed him three times daily with middlinE and tankage. at the start I honainy chops and .tanlSage at the last | month, mixing it with water. As I had no milk for him, gave him water besides. wetting his feed with it. I weighed my pig with balances and
 tackle block. .sI spent my time with E