The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-10
PIG CLUBS BEST
FOR TOWN YOUTH
Boys and Girls Have a Part In
This Food Producing, Money
Making Enterprise.
GOOD USE OF TABLE WASTES
-Four PlanA Of Work Available Out.
llned-Pork Produced VIII Aid
Poor Families In Combating
High Cost Of Living.

Two hundred thousand boys and
girls wanted to grow pork In pig clubs
this year:
You can figure the contribution such
a pig.rnislng army might make to the
meat supply by what 1900 members
produced last year-npproxlmately TO-.
100000 pounds VI dressed pork, That
contribution means that the pig clubs
have an lmportaRt part IN The "more
meat program and Specialists OF the
United States department OF ng1cul.
ture, aided by state club leaders, are
endenvoring to reach the 100000 goal
In membership this year.
The boys aud girls are responding TO
the appeal OF the state aud federal
workers assigned 20 club work, and
indications now ntc that the goal will
be attained. bankers are helping large
numbers OF worthy boys aud girls to
buy pigs and are hndlng Il n most sue
cessful enterprise. The note OF u pig
club member always can be- rated as
"gilt-edged' security, II Is said.
Formation Of Clubs.
The pig clubs are conducted cooper
atiyely by the state extension forces
and the United States department OF
agriculture. Boys and girls who wish
TO Join a club should consult their
county agent or write 10 the Director
OF Extension ut their State Agricul-
suml College. The boys aud girls are
organized into clubs aud suitable local
leaders secured. The members are
uldcd In securing pigs; given lnstruc-
tion in the proper care, feed and man
agcment OF swine, aud at the close
OF the season the members compete
for prizes for the best work. Thes"
prizes usually are Of an educational
nature, such as u trip to the state fair
or farmers short course.
The children Of the farms are not
the only oncs who are aiding IN the In.
creased production campaign. Clubs
have been organized la many towns
and city suburbs, where the boards OF
health give permission. The pigs kept
In the towns are fed very largely ON
table wastes, etc, SO the grain con
sumed and the cost Of production will
both be small.
There are four plans o. work avail
able for pig club members. The hrsI
Is the feeding phase. which consists oi
fnttening one or more pigs to a mar
ketable size. The second Is the breed
Ing phase where a well.bred w%eanling
pig is raised until Il Is OF suitable nge
TO start producing, Then there Is IN,
SOW and litter phase where the club
member cares for u SOW aud her litter
OF pigs. This phase Is not suitable TOT
boys and girls who have not had ex.
porlence In handling swine. For mem.
bers with good training aud experience
there N the herd phase where they
lake charge OF all the hogs on tho
farm.
The work In the towns and Suburbs
IL practically limited to the feeding
phase. The pork produced by thes,
boys aud girls, besides helping 20 meet
the urgent need for pork and pori
products, will also aid many OF thu
, poor families IN combating the higl
} cost OF living.
Besidey The direct increase In the
meat supply from the club members
pigs, the patriotic spirit which the
members universally show IA inspiring
thousands OF farmers TO increase theiI
production where other appeals have