The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-04-24
PIG CLUB CONTEST.
portland Union Stock Yards Give
$1,000 In Prizes to Northwest
club Members.


consecutive year, $1,000 in premium
q members in the pig feeding contes
$ oregon, Washington and Idaho. Th
nri4cs will be awarded at the Pacifi
unconditional Livestock Exposition
where the pigs must be exhibited fo
.be final awards. Individually, rat'
90 cain, lowest cost of gain, and com
nleteness and accuracy of record book
and the club story are considered il
making the awards.
The purpose of this contest as stat
al bv the Union Stock Yards com
napv of North Portland, Oregon,
through its president, Mr.. G. A. Pier
SON. IS to give the club members prac-
tical experience in feeding pigs for
market purposes and to demonstrate
the rate of gain in weight, cost OF
oain, and profit that can be made.
A. Eligibility.
/ Any regular enrolled pig club
member of Oregon, Washington or
Idaho is eligible to enter this contest.
q Entering the contest will not in
any way bar members from competing
in the regular pig club contests and
for other awards.
B. Requirements
l. Four pigs from the same litter
must be fed for market purposes.
2. The pigs should be entered in
the contest at weaving time. Idaho
club members are required to weigh
in all pigs entering this project on or
before June Is, 1924.
8. Accurate feed, and weight rec
ords must be kept for period of at
least four months. (Idaho club mem
bers are required to keep these rec
ords from the time the pigs are
weighed in until the project is closed
and pigs sold or otherwise disposed of
for market or home use.)
4. All breeds are eligible to com
pete, and the pigs may be either pure
bred or grade.
Idaho will be divided into three dis
tricts with $125.00 for each district
each district will compete separately.
The first prize pen of each district
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho will
compete for champion. Champion pen,
prize $500
It is expected that North idaho club
members will feed out over 1000 head
of pure bred and grade hogs for mar
ket and home use this year. Arrange
ments are being made SO that all of
this number will be exhibited at the
community, and county fairs
The county and district winners viii
be sent to the Pacific International
November 1924, where
they will compete in the $1,000 con-
test for Oregon, Washington and Ida {
no club members. In order to make ]
it possible for all county and district ]
winners to send their prize winners to
Portland the following plan is being ]
Ii
Community and county winners s
awards will be in the form of free z
rips and expenses to the district fair /
md district awards will be in the form {
# free trips and expenses to the Port
and Pacific International Exposition
Ind Stock Show.
Boys and girls 1921 years of age I
Who wish to enroll for this work !
hould see some local club member, To- r
al leader, your teacher, county school u
uperintendent, county agent, or write o
/. A. Stone, district club agent, Mos $
ow, Idaho, who is in charge of boys +
nd girls club work in North Idaho. Y
Every farm boy and girl interested o
an opportunity to combine earning, Il
earning, labor and fun through organ h
zed boys and girls club work should h
nron in some project that may be il
onducted ON the farm or in the home.