Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1920 — LIVE STOCK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIVE STOCK

CLUB MEMBERS RAISE SWINE Indiana Breeders Sell Gilts to Boye and Qlrle in Order to Get Them Started R ght. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) If good blood and good individual* will give the right start in the purebred hog business the boy and girt club members' In the vicinity of Oxford, Benton county, Ind., are on the road to success, for the pigs owned by them are of famous Poland China strains. The people of this community have already had an opportunity to see what some of the breeders of good hogs have been doing, for several wellknown hog breeders live In Benton county. These men, who believe In investing money in outstanding individuals and raising nothing but

the best, cooperated with the bankers and the county agent In inducing a number of Indiana breeders to sell some good gilts to the Benton county boys and girls in order that they might get started right In the hog business, consequently the members In the pig club at Oxford have received pigs sired by well-known Poland China boars, and the responsibility of developing them into breeding animals now rests with the boys and girls. Twenty-six members are enrolled in the club, which is organized on the basis of a breeders’ association. The club will elect its own officers, and with the assistance of the county agent, the bankers, the breeders, and their parents will proceed to do busifor themselves.

Members of a Boys’ Club Receiving Information on Good Points of a Brood Sow.