Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-09-02
Farm Bureau Notes

vid Youngdahl of Swanville will rep
resent Morrison County in. the Dairy
Judging contest at the state fair.SThe
F! places were won as "a result Of the
! judging work at the Todd county fair
on Wednesday. -Four classes were
placed and reasons given on two classes.
Out Of possible 500 points on plac-
ing and reasons the contestants6scored
as follows: .sx..=-, f. .s @@:>E - ~ r
Lloyd Slit .....:... .468 1880 1898
Louis Bastien ...5... .420.. 1859 1879
Merle Seawall .420 1915 1865
David Youngdahl .579 ISL 1890
The second column Of figures indi-
Gates the previous total score, Of the
contestants and the third column the
total score. 81
The jllG.nS team will leave. here
not lat: than Wednesday, September
Z, and cpyrt at the office state club
leaders, T. A: Erickson at University
| Farm, :on, that. day. The judging work
of all counties: represented will be on
Thursday, September 8. ;, =.:% III: J
Oscsar Yeyngdale, 16-year:old son Of
Mr.. andsM Ms. Ed: Youngdale OF Har-
ling town, is the. champion pig grower
| of Morrison county. He was declared
! the winner Of the pig club contest con-
ducte1;e this summer. under the superVl-
sion:of the Farm Bureau.
| Youngdale started in the contest
with pure bred Poland China boar on
May B.. The, pig at that time was
seven weeks old and weighed 50
pounds He finished the contest on
August 80 and his pig weighed .275
pounds. Animal made an average daily
gain of two pounds and at a cost OF 3
! cents per day. The total cost Of the
feed was $14.40. = f.
This boy is entitled to send his pig
| to the state fair to compete with those
from other counties, the expenses Of
transportation sasof. the pig paid: =. 49,
Following the story submitted by the
winner, which was required as. d part
of the contest:
81, a member Of the Pig Club for the
first year, will inform few facts con-
corning how I selected and grew my
Poland China pig.
In the first place, I like to raise
hogs and especially purebred, because
you are doing something beneficial or
economical. It was April 26 we organ
lied club in Darling under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Kainz. .
The first project I thought Of would
be to raise pig. I had been, and still
was taking care Of my dads pigs. 1t
had nearly been one and one-half
months or on the fifteenth day OF
March that we had SOW that furrowed
twelve husky pigs. All lived. l took
care of these up to weaving. time,
which was when they were only seven
r. weeks old, but they seemed rather large
for their age. There was one especially
larger than the rest, but the difference
+, did not contain the fat, it contained the
bone, the depth with long arched back,
broad chest near heart, the head and
cars of medium length and broad be-
\ tween eyes and smooth all around. This
:! was the pig selected and which I got
from my dad, I named him "Orange-
Gerstdale' so-called because he was a
defendant Of Orange and Gerstdale,
i the leading winner boars.
! The Poland China pig is the leading
pig. 1t is known for it being the early
T., market pig and for its mammoth size.
In hog raising, pasture is important
because it contains mineral which helps
build bone. It also contains other
I building, material. When pasture is
old and tough, pigs should be supplied
with mineral.
nearly always supplied my pig with
fresh we'll water which is hog neces-
! sity.
During the first month or SO, l did
not use any crate, just the : scale to
weigh it. In doing this, had him so
I just put little feed on the scale and
| called him. AS soon as he heard this,
he came to the scale and walked on and
laid down. This way weighed him
often. AS he grew larger used the
crate and handled him gently.
During the first months / did not
leave him have as much feed as nc
wanted at time but fed him oftener.
The last month I left him have just
what he would clean up but did not
feed SO very often.
/ fed corn, oatmeal and middlings.
I fed the oatmeal and middlings as "a
slop, about one to four parts Of skim
med milk and the corn I fed dry. I
also mixed one and one-half pounds Of
mineral in the feed during all the
time. I spent most all Of the time
with hard labor. He sure became a
real pig at times.
I have learned that feeding pigs is
sort of an art. Pigs when young can
easily be stunted by overlooking and
having them locked in small dirty
pen.
A good, generous and willing boy
will make: good pig club member.
49, q =
Catherine stitt of Little Falls town,
ship and Erma s:Kjeldergaard Of Cush:
Fling were theswinners Of p the county
bread club contest and they will re-
ceiSe a%free+ trip to the state fair and
membership in the girls camp to be
conducted there. Miss Stitt baked 70
loaves of bread during the contest and
Miss Kjeldergaard baked 145 loves.
Seven girls completed the contest.
The scores were as follows:
Name Score Story Ave.
Erma Kjeldergaard ....87.6 $50 91.3
Catherine Stitt ,;.......88.0 $50 90.5
Edna Bredfeld .......91.2 $50 88.1
Olive .Kjeldergaard $3.50 900, $50
Bernice Kjeldefgaard :s4.s $50 s6.4
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