The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-01


please attend as there will be an cleo
ton for permanent officers.
WINNERS IN THE FAT PIG CLUB
This year for the first time fat
pig club was started In the county. |
The regular pig club for growing out
breeding animals by the boys and
girls has been conducted for four
years and with such success in slim
ulating inchresed interest in the pro-
duction of better hogs by the farmers
that it was thought that the young
folks might do as valuable educational
work for the hog raisers along the
line of feeding for the most economic
i al pork production. Furthermore,
there is not room for all the pig club
members as growers of breeding
stock and many Of them win have to
raise their animals for the pork mar
ket. So, as an educational work in
the matter of fattening hogs, both for
the men and the boys, the fat pig club
Twas inaugurated.
The plan of the work is similar to
that of the regular pig club, except
the feeding period is for only 100
days Where boy owns hogs he
! takes one of his own animals, but
those members who haven't hogs. are
supplied by the county agent. This
club this year was financed by the
Ocala National Bank. which put up
more than $400 to pay for the pigs
and to provide the premiums. The
work was divided into two classes
single pigs and pens of three pigs,
|. ard the best big of pen was allowed
to compete in the pen class.
In the single pig class the winners
were:
First, Carlos Moon, Dunnellon, with
a daily gain of IL lbs; cost per h.,
: rs cents; prize, $40.
Il Second, Ben Bull, 0cala, with a
daily gain of 1.S lbs; cost per h., 10.1
cents; prize. SIS.
Third. Lamar Winegard, Summer
field, with daily gain of 1.9 1bs.; cost
FER h., 14.6 cents; prize, SO.
Fourth, Adm Moon. Dunnellon, with
a daily gain of 1.s lbs; cost per h.,
: 7.5 cents; prize, So.
Winners in the pen class were as
follows:
Adm Moon, Dunnellon, with a daily
gain of "a lbs; cost per h., 81
: cents; prize, SIS.
Second, Carlos Moon. Dunnellon
: with daily gain Of 81 lbs.; cost pei
!: h., 7.6 cents; prize, SIS.
:: Third, Fallner Carter, Ocala, with
: a daily gain Of Is lbs; cost per ID.
: 7.8 cents; prize, $40.
: Judging is based on 40 points fol-
: type of animal. 25 points for Lowest
: cost, 20 points for record kept. and Ii
|: points for daily gain.
!: 1t will be noted that the Bull pif
|: and the Vineyard pig put on gains a
= cost of 10.1 and LAG cent sper pound
: These pigs wer fed on corn and shorts
: the Vineyard pig for the whole per
Z iod and the Bull pig for about one
|: half the period All the other hog
I: were run on peanut pasture, whicl
!. was charged for at the rate of So pc
= month for each animal. Also, tn
D Buhl pig was run on peanuts TO
3 about half the time. The price allow
q ed for peanuts is 81 per bushel, and
I: estimating the gain IN meat 60 be
I: pound for every two pounds of pea
Y nuts consumed. an acre yielding 8
D bushels of peanuts viii produce 81
8 pounds of pork at a cost Of eigh
= cents pound. The lesson from thi
X: demonstration is: Use peanuts 70
4: making cheap pork. The facts learn
Y ed from many feeding tests in whic
u corn and peanuts have been compal
O. ed show that meat produced on cor
AS leosts about so per cent more thu
As that made on peanuts.
x: There were IL members of the fl
y: pig club and 10 finished the contel
" and exhibited their pigs at the count
~ fair The two best individual barrow
- were shown by Francis McRae, Evil
Is ston, and Lamar Vineyard, Summe
E field. Both pigs were sent to Il
W state fair. at Jacksonville to compe
S against all boys of the state. Franc
IL won trip to the International Liv
IS stock show at Chicago. costing Sic
~ and. Lamar won $40 1--WE understar
sX: tho we haven't received the ofici
~ report) in the Poland China classe.
W VIM. A. Seasons,