The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-07
Roxbury Pig Club Shows Real Achieve
ment.

II Ai%hkts
The Pioneer Pig club Of Roxbur,
held It's first achievement day last Fri
day night, Dec. 1, and real achieve
ment program was carried out. Thi'
club was organized late last spring, unl
der II. c. Richardson, local farmer
who is interested in pure-brcd sto Y
and IN the boys Of the community.
Seven boys wished to own pure bred
Berkshires and on May n seven small
pigs arrived from A. J. Stapleton 81
| Springfield, Mass, one of the finest
| Berkah breeders in this part Of tho
country. The boys received their eight
weeks old pigs by lot at the station.
weighed them, received instructions on
| feeding and took their pigs home to the
new pens or yards they had male IN
advance AIT that time the pigs weighed
from 20 to 30 pounds; now, as shown
| by reports at the achievement meet.
ing, they weigh from 200 to 300. the
total number Of pounds Of pork being
l,438.
One Of the members lost his pig dur
ing the summer, owing to no fault ut
his own, but he intends to start again
in the spring with pig from one Of
the other club members litters, as the
boys all intend to keep their pigs for
breeding purposes and 60 into the bus
mess Of raising Berkshires.
One interesting thing brought out at
the meeting was the fact that these
boys were taken to the Northfeld Ma
tional bank by their club leader aud
other interested townspeople, to tran
sact their own business in regard to
the notes for SIS which they took out
at that time. These notes are payable
a year from the date they were taken
out, May ~, and one boy has already
paid his note, another, nearly 80. The
bank was also kind enough TO cancel
the note Of the boy whose pig died.
The boys exhibited their pigs at the
county fair at Mortified in September
o. this year, winning $40 in prizes and
attracting good deal Of attention
with their Berkshire signs, banners
and printed material pointing to the
Berkshire exhibited in the livestock
section,
Two features Of the achievement
evening were exhibitions Of home rade
equipment which the boys are using in
the care Of their pigs, as self feeder,
a driving pen and hurdle, and gues-
tion box conducted by Mr. Richardson
on the points of Berkshire, to which
the boys responded by telling the
points which they had learned BY study
Of their score cards and their animals
They intend to do much more Judging
work this winter and also to start their
demonstration team early in prepare
tion for the fairs.
FL c. Richardson spoke to the par
ents and to the boys telling of the
plans fer another year and for the |
coming years which include junior |
class, and a study Of marketing conii- /
tions 50 that the boys may gradually
work into real business. Too great |
credit for the success Of this work so
far cannot be given to Mr.. Richardson /
as local leader. The boys in this club
are not only making a success Of their
Hub work but they are interesting
their parents and others in the commu-
atty in a real cooperative work, which
hey hope will grow from year to year.
This club was started at the same
'ime as the pig club in Chittenden
county. The members Of both clubs re-
ewing their pigs from A. j. Stapleron
N the same day.